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JANUARY 25, 2019

Meeting standards for fine particle pollution, or PM 2.5 , is the San Joaquin Valley’s most critical air quality challenge. The San Joaquin Valley has the worst particulate matter pollution in California—and the worst in the nation for annual federal standards. The newly adopted 2018 Valley PM 2.5

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

EarthSense Systems—a joint venture between the University of Leicester and aerial mapping company BlueSky—has published MappAir, the first high resolution nationwide map of air pollution. ultrafine pollution particles smaller than 2.5 Air pollution is not a constant threat. micrometers) later in 2017.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Proterra, a leading innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, and Komatsu, a global leader in construction equipment, are partnering to leverage Proterra’s battery technology for the development of Komatsu’s first battery-electric middle class hydraulic excavator.

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JULY 9, 2022

The benefits with battery electrification are significant, including eliminating emissions in operations, reducing noise pollution, and lowering costs by lessening the need for ventilation and cooling when required; this is especially important as underground mines keep getting deeper.

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MAY 6, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the initial steps in the development of programs that will invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act in US port infrastructure while reducing air pollution. The Clean Ports Program will invest $3 billion in technologies to reduce harmful air and climate pollutants at US ports.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

billion Fiscal Year 2021-22 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives is targeted to benefit lower income communities and those disproportionately burdened by environmental pollution. The remainder comes from the Air Pollution Control Fund and the Air Quality Improvement Program. Over half of the $1.5

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JUNE 15, 2017

Ballard Power Systems’ subsidiary Protonex has received an initial order for its fuel cell propulsion system, together with design services, from FlyH2 Aerospace, a South African-based developer of hydrogen fuel cell powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial applications. Commercial details of this order are confidential.

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JULY 7, 2023

WasteFuel recently launched its WasteFuel Methanol Module, designed to produce up to 100 metric tons per day of fuel grade methanol from a variety of waste sources including landfill gas and biogas from anaerobic digestion. WasteFuel expects its first project will be in Dubai and the company has a pipeline of additional projects to develop.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Volvo Group’s American subsidiary Mack Trucks announced plans to commercialize the Mack LR Electric, its refuse model equipped with a fully electric integrated Mack drivetrain. In addition, minimal changes to the gauges and select switchgear were made, allowing Mack to carry over the ergonomic driver-designed LR cab.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Aqua Metals believes this advance makes it the first fully operational lithium battery recycler using advanced electro-hydrometallurgy—replacing polluting furnaces and intensive chemicals typical of recycling with electricity to separate the critical metals from spent lithium batteries.

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JUNE 14, 2021

The large-scale, multiyear demonstration is designed to assess the operational and technical feasibility of the vehicles in a heavy-duty setting, as well as to expand infrastructure to support hydrogen throughout the region. —Kevin Baney, Kenworth General Manager and PACCAR Vice President. Planning for S2S began in 2018.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

China, despite being one of the world’s largest producers and market for electric vehicles (EVs), is actively exploring alternate energy technologies for automobiles to meet its sustainability goals, including hydrogen internal combustion engines (H 2 ICEs) for commercial vehicles, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Administered by CALSTART, the EnergIIZE Commercial Vehicles (Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles) project will use a concierge-like model working directly with eligible applicants to help plan and fund the purchase of charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure. CALSTART will receive an initial $17?million?to

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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 ”. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort.

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APRIL 25, 2023

ConMet and ConMet eMobility are enabling the development of zero-emission commercial vehicles, providing innovative technology for the electrification of refrigerated trailers required for Sysco to deliver food safely and efficiently. InCharge Energy and ABB E-mobility are supplying and preparing to activate 40 Terra 124 DC fast chargers.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Total toxic air releases in 2011 declined 8% from 2010, mostly because of decreases in hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions, even while total releases of toxic chemicals increased for the second year in a row, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report published today.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Internal combustion engines, when burning a fuel-air mixture, produce harmful pollutants such as soot and NO x. To decrease emissions, engineers design and calibrate engines to adjust combustion temperatures, but have been stymied by the soot/NO x trade-off. —“Process for the production of an improved diesel fuel” CA3125557A1.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

But, in many high-use areas and remote locations, upgrading grid connections to meet future charging demand is not practical or commercially viable. The Flameless Ceramic Turbine combines flameless combustion technology and innovations in ceramic design to deliver demand-responsive power without the emissions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

a developer and manufacturer of advanced range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains for heavy-duty applications ( earlier post ), is gearing up for a commercialization push with the appointent of four advanced engineering and commercialization executives. Wrightspeed Inc., —Ian Wright. Tim Dummer, Chief Business Officer.

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JULY 23, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for airplanes used in commercial aviation and large business jets. The implementation process provides significant lead-time to designers and manufacturers of aircraft covered by the standards.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. A Solid State Technology Enabled Compact, Modular Design to Reduce DC Fast Charging Cost and Footprint.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

One of the prominent obstacles utility providers face can be “demand charges,” which are electricity surcharges on peak power usage designed to capture the marginal costs imposed on the grid by high-capacity, high-utilization infrastructure, such as factories.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Managed by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ( DNREC ), the ZEV program is designed to accelerate the commercialization of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles. According to the U.S.

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JUNE 18, 2016

This marks Canada’s first regulation of air pollutant emissions from locomotives. These voluntary agreements have resulted in railway companies adopting commercially viable and feasible technologies and adjusting operations to reduce emissions. from 1990, while railway freight traffic increased by 69.6% over the same time period.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2021

British Airways will invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial-scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia and acquire cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuel from the plant. In addition, the partnership will involve LanzaJet implementing early stage planning and design for a potential commercial facility for British Airways in the UK.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Source: Reaction Design. Reaction Design is introducing the first volume of the industry’s most well-validated available Model Fuel Library, the result of seven years of research and validation under the Model Fuels Consortium ( earlier post ). —Bernie Sanders, CEO, Reaction Design. Click to enlarge.

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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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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Mining equipment and services provider Komatsu plans to utilize Proterra’s high-performance battery systems for the development of prototype machines this year before the expected commencement of commercial production in 2022. The collaboration represents Proterra’s entry into the underground mining equipment market.

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APRIL 13, 2023

The proposal retains the proven regulatory design of previous EPA standards for light-duty vehicles, but leverages advances in clean car technology to further reduce both climate pollution and smog- and soot-forming emissions. Together, the proposals would reduce oil imports by approximately 20 billion barrels.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When fully implemented, the e-trucks will reduce Danfoss’ scope 1 and 2 emissions in Denmark by 10-15% with the added benefit of next to zero noise and air pollution, thereby ensuring an improved working climate for drivers. With this transformation, Danfoss will be the first company in Denmark to have a 24-hour truck in operation.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Commercialization of the ATJ process has been years in the making, starting with the partnership between LanzaTech and the US Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. LanzaTech’s process can use any source of sustainable ethanol for jet fuel production, including ethanol made from recycled pollution.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

billion to advance the development of two commercial-scale direct air capture facilities in Texas and Louisiana. and Worley, seek to develop and demonstrate a DAC facility designed to remove up to 1 million metric tons of CO 2 annually with an associated saline geologic CO 2 storage site. Potential Future DAC Hub Studies.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

The technology is designed to increase safety and operating efficiencies, including the potential for automated movements in UPS depots. Taking an active investment role in Arrival enables UPS to collaborate on the design and production of the world’s most advanced electric delivery vehicles.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

The European Union appears to be undergoing a transition from the testing of and experimentation with electric vehicles to full-scale EV commercialization, according to a new report from the EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC). —Thiel et al.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

This leakage occurs in all gasoline-powered vehicles, including passenger cars and an increasing number of small- and mid-sized commercial vehicles. If fuel vapor is released into the atmosphere, it contributes to a category of pollutants known as evaporative emissions.

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JULY 24, 2020

They are located near major commercial freight routes and are designed to accommodate commercial fleet vehicles of all sizes. As part of the advanced clean truck rule, California regulators are considering additional measures to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from trucks.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

BlueHDi diesel engines ( earlier post ), designed and produced by the PSA Group. The engine options therefore meet the Euro6 standard with what is considered the most effective pollution control technology on the market. million specific driving tests representing different types of heavy commercial vehicle use.

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