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JULY 16, 2019

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $70 million in funding to replace more than 200 old diesel school buses with all-electric buses that will reduce school children’s exposure to harmful emissions and help the state reach its climate and air quality goals. —Energy Commissioner Patty Monahan.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Electrify America has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at more than 140 ultra-fast DC charging stations around the country, including more than 90 installations in California.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are joining forces to develop an innovative solution that fully integrates an electrolyzer into an offshore wind turbine as a single synchronized system to produce green hydrogen directly. It is a prime example of enabling us to store and transport wind energy, thus reducing the carbon footprint of economy.

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MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Loop Energy, a provider of fuel cell electric range extenders for medium- and heavy-duty transport applications, announced a cash investment from Cummins Inc. Loop Energy will also supply Cummins with range extender systems for incorporation into demonstration trucks.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

New research by economic and public policy consulting group M.Cubed finds a proliferation of backup generators across California, with nearly 90% being diesel-fueled, posing significant obstacles to achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets and driving nearly $136 million in annual health costs. Source: Bloom Energy.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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APRIL 30, 2014

FuelCell Energy, Inc. UIL Holdings Corporation is a diversified energy delivery company serving more than 700,000 electric and natural gas utility customers in 66 communities across two states, with combined total assets of more than $4 billion. has received a contract for two 2.8

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MAY 12, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new CO 2 standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. Through 2042, EPA estimates the net climate and health benefits of the standards on new gas and existing coal-fired power plants are up to $85 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Irizar has manufactured a liquid natural gas (LNG) i4 model coach with a range of more than 1000 kilometers (621 miles) for intercity or short distance routes. They have a gas capacity of 704 liters and they weigh 830 kg when completely full. They comply with regulation R66.02 greater and the complete system weighs less.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. The battery-powered locomotive ( FLXdrive ) will be situated in a consist between two Tier 4 locomotives, creating a battery-electric hybrid consist.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, is joining forces with Energy Observer , the first hydrogen-powered vessel to embark on a round-the-world voyage. Energy Observer , formerly a racing catamaran, is now an experimental platform for tomorrow’s energy sources. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

This new staff discussion draft focuses energy tax policy on stimulating domestic, clean production of electricity and transportation fuels, which account for 68% of energy consumed in the US. It also would repeal a number of current tax incentives, including those for plug-in electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. 15 million for medium- and heavy-duty electric truck and hybrid vehicle demonstration projects. $12 12 million for natural gas vehicle incentives.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Fossil fuel subsidies continue to far outweigh support for renewable energy, according to new research conducted for the Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online service. GSI, in collaboration with the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and The Energy Resource Institute. GSI: Fuel Subsidies in India.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) will demonstrate the impact of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in UK electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, following a £1-million contract from Highways England. Not only can IPG’s technology deliver low-emission, pollutant-free energy on today’s cleaner fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Evonik and Siemens Energy commissioned a pilot plant—sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)—that uses carbon dioxide and water to produce chemicals. The necessary energy is supplied by electricity from renewable sources. The pilot plant is located in Marl, in the northern Ruhr area.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

At that distance, the battery-powered buses could satisfy about 70% of Metro’s bus routes, reducing air and noise pollution throughout the region. Among the buses under test are four New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, heavy-duty transit buses (two 40-foot and two 60-foot).

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MAY 18, 2021

The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives. Building on our long history of pioneering train energy management technologies, this demonstration of coupling 2.4 —Eric Gebhardt, Wabtec Chief Technology Officer.

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MAY 7, 2021

is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trailer units (TRUs) to its fleet located at the company’s Riverside, Calif. By operating the all-electric TRUs, UNFI anticipates it will save approximately 135,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year while reducing particulate matter pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.

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MAY 6, 2021

Completed in less than one year, the electric school bus fleet project is part of a series of electrification initiatives by the Stockton Unified School District to become the nation’s leading zero-emission school district. The Mobility House’s mission is to create an emissions-free energy and mobility future.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Con Edison and its partners Lion Electric and Posi-Plus are developing the country’s first all-electric bucket truck capable of performing the full range of work that electric utilities require of such vehicles. As of last year, every new light-duty vehicle that Con Edison buys is a plug-in hybrid or all-electric.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

The GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) tool provides a common, transparent platform for lifecycle analysis (LCA) of of the energy and environmental effects of a wide variety of transportation fuels and vehicle technologies in major transportation sectors (i.e., CO 2 -derived ethanol.

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JUNE 14, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles and its partners rolled out five new hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and introduced two hydrogen fueling stations. The Port’s technology development partners are Toyota Motor North America, which designed and built the powertrain’s fuel cell electric power supply system; Kenworth Truck Co.,

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MAY 21, 2020

Energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster, California. SGH2’s gasification process uses a plasma-enhanced thermal catalytic conversion process optimized with oxygen-enriched gas. It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $6.4 The UTSR Program conducts research to increase the efficiency and performance of gas turbines while lowering emissions. The UTSR Program conducts research to increase the efficiency and performance of gas turbines while lowering emissions.

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MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Primary energy, non-renewable [Megajoule]. Primary energy, renewable [Megajoule]. Note the large impact of energy storage in the latter. For the future, the electricity mix can also be manually entered to test the effects of different scenarios.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

China has a number of critical economic and environmental imperatives driving its pursuit of vehicle electrification, said the roster of plenary speakers at the SAE 2013 New Energy Vehicle Forum held in Shanghai this week. New energy vehicles is a relatively blue ocean. —William Russo, President and CEO, Synergistics.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

An electrically driven compressor for precise exhaust gas recirculation is also used. The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). This leads to a significantly more compact and cost efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment system, even for future extremely strict pollutant emission limits.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $175 million for 68 research and development projects aimed at developing novel advanced energy technologies. Led by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the OPEN 2021 program prioritizes funding high-impact, high-risk technologies that support novel approaches.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. The RNG product with very low carbon intensity could be used for carbon emission reductions in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential energy sectors. The Gasification-powered RNG Process.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. Natural gas. Geothermal.

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JULY 6, 2013

The consortium has been formed in parallel to a draft European Directive to promote the development of alternative fuels such as electricity and hydrogen, which is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the European Council. To join the consortium, contact AFHyPaC.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The HT PEM-technology operates at 160-180 °C and has a high resistance to impurities in reformat gas which makes it suitable to combine with fuel reformers. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. The hydrogen produced is subsequently used in the fuel cell to produce electricity.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas.

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