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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

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Volvo Trucks and Bucher Municipal have now entered into a collaboration to electrify sewer cleaner trucks. By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. —Volvo Trucks President Roger Alm. Order system for electric trucks.

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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. The industrial processes behind crude oil refineries and the inner-workings of gas-powered combustion engines can emit PAHs, which can form into toxic air pollutants such as soot. Zhao et al. PAHs have a dark side, too.

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Researchers use LCLS to get real-time view of chemical reaction; important insight into how catalysts work

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Catalysts, which can speed up chemical reactions and make them more efficient and effective, are essential to most industrial processes and to the production of many chemicals. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science. Catalytic converters in cars, for example, reduce emissions by converting exhaust to less toxic compounds.

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California Energy Commission awards $2M to Symbio H2 Central Valley Express heavy-duty fuel cell truck project

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) selected Symbio, Michelin, and Faurecia along with GTI and other industry partners, to develop and demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled, regional-haul Class 8 truck, as major contributors to a state-supported hydrogen mobility project.

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US DOE Selects Two Teams for $40M Award to Develop the Next Generation Nuclear Plant

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If successful, the NGNP Demonstration Project will demonstrate high-temperature gas-cooled reactor technology that will be capable of producing electricity as well as process heat for industrial applications and will be configured for low technical and safety risk with highly reliable operations. —Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu.

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Proof-of-principle of cost-effective methane cracking technology for H2 production without CO2; 50% cleaner than SMR, comparable to electrolysis

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CO 2 emissions from the ammonia industry alone amount to approximately 200 million tons per year—by comparison, Germany generates around 800 million tons of carbon dioxide per year. The main by-product of methane cracking—solid black carbon—is also an increasingly important industrial commodity.

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RingGo survey: only two-fifths of UK drivers likely to consider an EV for next vehicle

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This demonstrates how difficult it is to change ingrained behaviors, despite many becoming even more appreciative of cleaner air and healthier environments in recent months.

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