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Honda Transmission contracts with Juhl Wind for two utility-scale wind turbines at Ohio plant; up to 10% of electricity for operations

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announced an agreement with Juhl Wind , Inc. to develop, install, and operate two utility-scale wind turbines (each rated at about 2MW) to generate electricity for the plant’s operations. The two wind turbines will supply up to approximately 10% of the plant’s electricity. Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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We have gathered statistical information on energy and energy demand drivers from all different resources, such as the China Environment Yearbook , the Transportation Yearbook , the Power Yearbook , the Iron and Steel Yearbook , the Cement Almanac , statistics of oil companies and power companies. It was underreported.

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Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

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The researchers say this highlights the long-term persistence of contaminants introduced by human activities in the environment. In the 1980s, annual average airborne lead concentrations in central London dropped from 500-600 ng/m 3 of air to around 300 ng/m 3 , before dropping further to around 20 ng/m 3 in 2000. Tremper, Dominik J.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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As the lithium surface is well passivated by LiNO 3 additive in ether solvent, internal shuttle effect is largely eliminated and thus excellent performance over 2000 cycles is achieved with a constant capacity of 200 mA h g ?1. Energy Environ. 1 can be achieved. —Yang et al. Earlier post.). —Stanford Prof.

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Evidence from glacier ice: Until it was banned, leaded gasoline dominated the anthropogenic lead emissions in South America

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Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

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The German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation is lending its support to the Electrification of Mercedes-Benz Small Vans in Development and Production project (EMKEP) in Berlin. The technology optimises the CO 2 balance of the vans with certified green electricity, or even surplus wind energy (“Wind-to-Vehicle/W2V”).

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