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Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767-300s for cargo network

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Amazon announced its first purchase—rather than a lease—of eleven Boeing 767-300 aircraft. The purchases include seven aircraft from Delta and four aircraft from WestJet; the aircraft will join the Amazon network by 2022. —Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Amazon Global Air.

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City of Montreal signs a framework agreement for the purchase of Nissan LEAF EVs for municipal fleet

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The purchase of electric vehicles is a step towards achieving our goal of 30% reduction by 2020 of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990. By the end of 2016, nearly 100 charging stations that will be accessible to the public, said Elsie Lefebvre, associate Councillor responsible for electrification strategy of the City of Montreal.

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Ballard Power subsidiary Protonex receives $5.8M purchase order for power manager units

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million purchase order for the supply of Squad Power Manager ( SPM-622 ) Special Operations Kits for end customer US Special Operations Command. The purchase order is the largest order in its history and represents follow-on business from the $2.8-million All products under this new order are expected to be shipped in 2016.

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BYD delivers first 2 of 10 electric buses for Toronto Transit Commission

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The TTC purchased 60 all-electric buses from three manufacturers: 25 from Proterra Inc., The order represents a significant advance toward TTC’s goal of purchasing all emission-free buses beginning in 2025 and completing a fleet conversion by 2040. 25 from New Flyer Industries Inc. and 10 from BYD Canada Co. In total, up to $1.8

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Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

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To mitigate any impact, carbon offsets will be purchased by the consortium. In 2016, Kawasaki Heavy, Iwatani, Shell Japan and J-Power established a CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-Chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA). The pilot phase specialized marine carrier is expected to: Have a ship tank capacity of 1,250m 3.

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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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Under the commercial agreement, United has agreed to purchase at least 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years from Dimensional. Dimensional Energy was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 2016 and has spent the last six years refining its reactors and catalysts in both lab and real-world demonstrations.

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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The purchase price of this tug is significant, at roughly double that of a diesel tug, and that is an important consideration for a business that needs to make a profit. Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. This made an ideal candidate for conversion to the first full-size, fully electric port tug.

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