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Swissterminal powered by 100% green electricity in Switzerland
Swissterminal powered by 100% green electricity in Switzerland
Frenkendorf, Switzerland, 15 September 2021: Swissterminal AG, a leading Swiss integrated logistics service provider, has set itself the goal of achieving net-zero emissions from its entire operations. An important step towards this goal has already been achieved: the company now operates its terminal sites in Switzerland with 100% renewable electricity.
Swissterminal signed a contract with Renergy GmbH, an independent Swiss...
UPS sets sights on 30% sustainable aviation fuel by 2035
UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS) — like many shipping and delivery companies — has a goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, including scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions.
But how will UPS get there?
At an investor and analyst conference Wednesday, UPS shared some medium-term environmental, social and governance goals for 2035 that will move the company closer to net-zero emissions.
1. UPS will reduce CO2 emissions by 50% per package delivered for global small package operations by 2035, using 2020 as...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-sets-sights-on-30-sustainable-aviation-fuel-by-2035
Breakthroughs could slash emissions from aluminum and steel production
While transportation accounts for about one-quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions, nearly 8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions comes from manufacturing metals such as aluminum, steel and iron, according to Our World in Data.
Manufacturing 5.9% of the world’s aluminum, En+ Group is producing aluminum with a purity higher than 99% and with the “lowest carbon footprint” in the industry at its plant in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The metals segment of En+ Group, Rusal, created a low-carbon...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/breakthroughs-could-slash-emissions-from-aluminum-and-steel-production
Green hydrogen: The future of fuel?
The transportation sector is researching and adopting the use of alternative fuels such as hydrogen fuel cells and electric batteries. The majority of hydrogen produced today comes from natural gas and coal.
Green hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced using electrolyzers powered by renewable electricity, according to a 2020 study entitled “The Role of Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Energy Transition — A Technological and Geopolitical Perspective” and written by Michel Noussan, Pier Paolo...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/green-hydrogen-the-future-of-fuel
Daimler and PGE creating Electric Island for truck charging
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) and Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) are creating an Electric Island for commercial truck charging that will include fast charging of greater than 1 megawatt by the spring of 2021.
The development on Swan Island near DTNA’s headquarters in Portland, Oregon, is expected to be the first of its kind in the United States. The 50-50 joint venture site is under construction. Neither DTNA nor PGE revealed the cost of the project.
The greenhouse gas emissions-free...