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Canada launches $1.5B Clean Fuels Fund with call for proposals

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Canada has launched the $1.5-billion billion Clean Fuels Fund with a call for proposals for projects that increase Canada’s capacity to produce clean fuels. It also supports feasibility and front-end engineering and design studies. Seamus O’Regan Jr.,

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Canada Nickel exploring incorporating carbon capture & storage in mining tailings in Crawford project

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Canada Nickel Company announced that its latest test work results support the incorporation of carbon capture and storage into the Crawford Project.The company’s In-Process Tailings (IPT) Carbonation process is a novel method for accelerated carbon capture and storage. —Mark Selby, Chair and CEO of Canada Nickel.

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Environment Canada/MECA team assesses black carbon emissions in GDI engine exhaust; evaluation of prototype gasoline particulate filter

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Although gasoline direct injection engines (GDI) are a favorable technology for reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, recent studies have shown that GDI vehicles could emit more PM than traditional PFI (gasoline port fuel injection) vehicles as well as heavy-duty diesel trucks equipped with diesel particulate filters.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. Reviva has been providing quality remanufactured engines and engine components for more than 70 years.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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Sharma, a semiconductor engineer, was instrumental in organizing the meeting for the Tokyo-based company. Sharma worked for several years as an RF engineer in the semiconductor industry before joining Renesas in 2021. While building his radio, he says, he fell in love with engineering. “I After all, that is the motto of IEEE.”

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Environment Canada study finds vehicle exhaust a significant source of isocyanic acid; suggests consideration of new emission standard

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Researchers at Environment Canada have found that vehicle exhaust is a significant source of isocyanic acid (HNCO), a toxic gaseous acid that is a product of various forms of combustion and a potential health concern. HNCO and its aqueous anion isocyanate (CNO ? In the reported study, Wentzell et al.

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Air Canada to operate biofuel flights in support of environmental research on contrails and emissions

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Air Canada is participating in the Civil Aviation Alternate Fuel Contrail and Emissions Research project ( CAAFCER ), a research project led by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to test the environmental benefits of biofuel use on contrails.

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