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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The Electric Daily in Brazil. Iveco has presented a prototype of its new Electric Daily in Brazil, destined to be the first zero emission light commercial vehicle produced in Latin America. Electric Daily MY06: Powertrain. Electric Daily MY06: Main components layout. Electric Daily MY06: Main components layout.

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JUNE 4, 2010

AV) to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in seven South Carolina cities. The multi-port configuration is user friendly and lends itself to cost-effective electrical installation. Plug In Carolina has selected AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) Duke Energy, Santee Cooper and Lockhart Power.

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JUNE 29, 2014

Ever since our first solar array in 2006, GM has realized the benefits of renewable energy. partnered to use aggregation software and solar charging canopies with integrated storage to manage the flow of solar power to benefit the electric grid, operated by PJM Interconnection. —Rob Threlkeld, GM global renewable energy manager.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. below their 2006 levels. from 2014 to 2015.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The PEM system uses heating from electrically conducting gas (a plasma) to convert the feedstock (usually waste) to valuable products. The PEM system is environmentally attractive based on its minimal environmental impact and ability to provide near-total destruction of organic materials (providing large volume and weight reduction).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

She joined the center as a co-op student and retired in 2014 as chief of its electrical engineering division. Congress and launched in 2001. She got another promotion, in 2010, to chief of the electrical engineering division. Mather won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries supporting the Big Bang model.

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JULY 15, 2009

Tossell of the University of Maryland notes in the new study that other researchers (Brooks 2006) discovered the molecule—a macrocyclic amidourea—while doing work unrelated to global climate change. Light (2006) Anion-binding modes in a macrocyclic amidourea. Light (2006) Anion-binding modes in a macrocyclic amidourea.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The G-Code is powered by two individually controlled drive cores: a compact, turbocharged hydrogen-fueled combustion engine which solely drives the front wheels, and an electric motor which drives the rear axle and transmits its power selectively to the two wheels via a dual multi-disc clutch. The 2+2-seater SUC measures about 4.10

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JUNE 16, 2012

The amount of electricity used to produce each vehicle in Ford’s manufacturing facilities has been reduced by about 800 kilowatt-hours—from 3,576 kWh in 2006 to 2,778 kWh in 2011. By comparison, average households in states like California, New York, Illinois and Michigan use between 562 kwh and 799 kwh monthly.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The awards come from FY2012 funds via FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program, which has provided nearly $90 million since 2006 to speed the development of fuel cell technology. Fuel Cell Bus Altoona Testing Comprehensive testing of an existing fuel cell bus, essential for commercialization of fuel cell electric buses. Consortia lead.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

liquids produced from shale formation via techniques such as hydraulic fracturing—oil shale is a sedimentary rock containing up to 50% organic matter rich in hydrogen, known as kerogen. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. million tonnes emitted in 2007.

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 7, 2010

Unlike liquid organic electrolytes, however, the solid electrolyte possesses excellent stability thanks to its resistance to degradation or vaporization even at high voltages and temperatures.

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JULY 16, 2009

PNNL’s metal-organic heat carrier (MOHC) in the biphasic fluid may help improve thermodynamic efficiency of the heat recovery process. When exposed to heat brought to the surface from water circulating in moderately hot, underground rock, the thermal-cycling of the biphasic fluid will power a turbine to generate electricity.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

A box-type vehicle will operate at 20 km/h (12 mph) on the track to generate electricity using the forces of air resistance and the speed of the train. The project has been in progress since the 2006 fiscal year, under the sponsorship of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual By KATIE HAFNER New York Times Published: September 14, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. But unlike most charities, this one will be for-profit , allowing it to fund start-up companies, form partnerships with venture capitalists and even lobby Congress. H ere is a big development for PHEVs.

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MAY 22, 2009

Organized by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Fuel Cell Partnership, National Hydrogen Association and US Fuel Cell Council, the tour will travel more than 1,700 miles and have 28 stops. Fuel cell technology is also being used to power transit buses and forklifts, and to produce electricity for industrial uses.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Liquid fuel consumption by end-use sector, 2006-2030. CDP is an independent, not-for-profit organization, that serves as a scorekeeper and data-house for carbon emission and climate change information disclosed by businesses around the globe. Source: CDP. Click to enlarge. Carbon Disclosure Project Transport Report.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

While oil sands emissions have more than doubled from 1990 to 2006, the absolute increase in emissions from oil sands over the same period is less than the absolute increase in Canadian electric or transportation sector emissions, and far less than the increases in these sectors on a North American basis, they note.

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MARCH 24, 2009

RTP is a rapid thermal process in which biomass such as wood chips or straw is rapidly heated at ambient pressure to generate high yields of a pourable, liquid pyrolysis oil, which can then be burned for energy in industrial burners and furnaces or converted to green electricity.

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MAY 9, 2015

Transit fleets have been instrumental in developing technologies, such as compressed natural gas buses, exhaust after treatment systems, battery electric buses, and fuel cell buses. Innovative Transit Beyond Buses. Many transit operators installed natural gas refueling infrastructure at their facilities.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). The Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle is a two-ton step van, and will participate in the USPS fleet in Long Island, New York for a twelve-month pilot program.

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APRIL 24, 2009

At its meeting on Thursday, the California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation that will implement Governor Schwarzenegger’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( earlier post ) calling for at least a 10% reduction from 2006 levels in the carbon intensity (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) of California’s transportation fuels by 2020.

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JUNE 19, 2009

In ARB’s analysis, most vehicles on the road in 2050 will need to be electric drive, or ultra low-carbon fuel vehicles—i.e., electricity or hydrogen—by 2050 in order to achieve the required 80% reduction in greenhouse gases. This assessment was the basis for his decision to apply the funding in that area elsewhere.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Transportation sources accounted for approximately 40% of all GHG emissions in the US in 2006; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (above 8,500 gross vehicle weight rating) represent about 22% of the transportation emissions, up from 15 percent in 1990, according to the EPA. The core of the analysis consisted of a series of modeled simulations.

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JULY 30, 2009

O 4 as the main candidate) to support a 10-mile electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV 10) application. This is an opportunity to make a major new contribution to the future of electric drive in the US and to forge a closer relationship with a major global car maker. spinel cathode (LiMn 1.5 O 2 material.

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APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs, inspiring the formation of new industries, jobs and the revitalization of markets that are currently stalled. Aircraft Efficiency : electric/hybrid aircraft, alternative aviation fuels. Education & Global Development.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

A set of 10 basin-oriented assessments released by the DOE in February 2006 estimated that 89 billion barrels of additional oil from currently stranded oil resources in ten US regions could be technically recoverable by applying state-of-the-art CO 2 -EOR technologies. Chemical techniques account for less than 1% of US EOR production.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Bob Taylor, then at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) , got interested in connecting computers, in part to save the organization money by getting the expensive computers it funded at universities and research organizations to share their resources over a packet-switched network. thesis involved signal processing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Public-private investment initiatives, government funding for infrastructure and consumer subsidies, falling production costs and notably, the commitment to future OEM launches of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs)—all indicate a clear road to adoption. Myth #1: Hydrogen energy is not all that energy efficient.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In 2006, Honda was the first auto company to voluntarily and publicly announce targets for the reduction of its CO 2 emissions for its products and operations globally. The new paint line will cut CO 2 emissions in the painting process by 18% (12,000 metric tons annually) and reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 66%.

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JULY 14, 2013

A study of Tesla Roadster user data published by plug-in vehicle advocacy organization Plug In America (PIA) projects that the battery packs in the Roadsters will retain 80-85% of capacity after 100,000 miles (160,934 km) driven. The RAV4-EV survey will document the 10-year experience of owners of these early electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion billion Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the older (1965) High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).

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AUGUST 30, 2009

An unmodified Volkswagen Golf 5 FSI was operated successfully on HE15 (15% hydrous ethanol blended with gasoline), meeting European exhaust emission standards in testing conducted by the Netherlands research organization TNO Automotive and by SGS Drive Technology Center of Austria. Renergie was formed by Ms.

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JUNE 9, 2009

Sainsbury’s electric Edison. UK retailer Sainsbury Online, which uses the Smith Electric Vehicles Edison electric vans for home shopping delivery in London, is ordering another 50 Smiths electric vans for its fleet. The Mayor plans to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2015

As the Chair of the working group for SAE J2601—the Worldwide Hydrogen Fueling Protocol—Schneider played a major role in the successful release of this new hydrogen fueling standard, which will provide essential support for the emerging fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) infrastructure. Hydrogen Storage.

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