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Hamburg project testing use of liquid hydrogen in aviation maintenance and ground processes

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Funded by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Lufthansa Technik will work with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Center for Applied Aeronautical Research (ZAL) and Hamburg Airport over the next two years to design and test maintenance and ground processes in handling hydrogen technology.

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

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The results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand of the cars tested by Green NCAP in 2022 show that the current and continuous trend towards larger and heavier cars, significantly increases the negative impact on climate and energy demand. million vehicles were sold, out of which 12.2%

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Orange County unveils 10 new fuel-cell-electric buses along with debut of US’ largest public transport hydrogen fueling station

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The project is also a partnership with Air Products, which designed and provided enabling equipment for the hydrogen fueling station and will provide maintenance and hydrogen fuel. Trillium was contracted for construction, operations and maintenance of the fueling station. To date, the funding award of $12.47

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Ballard-powered fuel-cell electric vehicles rack up 30M km; enough to circle the globe 750 times

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Some of the FCEBs that have been operating for more than 8 years in the field have now exceeded 35,000 hours of revenue service with no major fuel cell maintenance requirements. Our products have powered FCEBs and commercial trucks in 14 countries around the world, and delivered 97.3% availability in 2019.

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Rolls-Royce developing turbogenerator technology for hybrid-electric aviation applications

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The research and development of this technology is being part funded by the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Rolls-Royce is also set to build on our existing network to offer maintenance services for electrical systems. —Rob Watson, President – Rolls Royce Electrical.

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Bremen orders 35 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G electric articulated buses with NMC 3 batteries

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The super-heavy duty version of the maintenance-free on-board electrical system battery has an output of 2 x 220 Ah. These recently-ordered all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G buses with NMC 3 battery technology form part of the transport company’s climate protection strategy.

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