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International Seabed Authority greenlights seabed nodule collection trials by Metals Company

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The conclusion of the International Seabed Authority’s review process allows NORI to proceed with its planned integrated pilot collection system trials in its NORI-D exploration contract area in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean. Main components of the Prototype Collector Vehicle.

International

International Nauru Companies Water

Hyliion and Cummins optimizing Cummins ISX12N natural gas engine as generator for Hypertruck ERX powertrain

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2022

Hyliion and Cummins are partnering to optimize the Cummins natural gas engine as the generator for the Hyliion Hypertruck ERX powertrain ( earlier post ). Together the companies plan to obtain key environmental certifications for Cummins’ natural gas internal combustion engines to be used in Hyliion’s Hypertruck ERX powertrain.

Gas

Gas Engine North America Gas-Electric

Cummins begins testing of hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Cummins has begun testing a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine. Following the proof-of-concept testing, the company plans to evaluate the engine in a variety of on- and off-highway applications, supporting the company’s efforts to accelerate the decarbonization of commercial vehicles.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen International Engine Fuel

NYK Line, JMU and ClassNK partner to commercialize ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier (AFAGC) that would use ammonia as the main fuel, in addition to an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).

Gas

Gas Commercial Fuel Mariner

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. For battery-electric vehicles and internal-combustion-engine vehicles, the breakeven time is 1.2

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Light Gas Ford Vehicles

The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Deepsea mining company TMC The Metals Company ( earlier post ) announced a strategic partnership with Low Carbon Royalties Inc. gross overriding royalty on a producing natural gas field in Latin America, providing exposure to a lower-carbon transition fuel aligned with government emissions reduction policies.

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Amazon invests in electrofuels company Infinium

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

Infinium Electrofuels have the potential to help investor Amazon and other companies to decarbonize their operations and meet their net-zero carbon goals. The funding round was led by AP Ventures, a leader in venture capital related to the hydrogen economy.

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Tesla to appear at China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Tesla will appear at the first China International Supply Chain Expo later this month, set to be held in Beijing. The expo will feature a total of 515 exhibitors, including Tesla, Apple and several other companies, according to a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday. companies appearing at the expo would also advance this goal.

International

International China Supplies Highlander

Botswana Invites Local & International Companies To Express An Interest In Manufacturing EVs In The Country

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2022

The Government of Botswana, through the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) invites local and international companies with track records and relevant experience to express their interest in manufacturing electric vehicles and related components in Botswana.

Botswana

Botswana International Manufacturer Companies

Stellantis Could Offer Internal Combustion Versions of Electrified Models if Customers Want Them

The Truth About Cars

MAY 2, 2024

Stellantis isn’t ignoring EVs, but it isn’t ready to move on from internal combustion if that’s what its customers want. Knight noted that Stellantis wants to send a message that it’s not shy about electrification but said that it will have to walk the line between progress and appealing to its customers.

International

International Jeep PHEV Plug-in

Shell to close 1,000 gas stations to focus on EV charging deployment

Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

Gas and oil giant Shell is looking to close as many as 1,000 retail gas stations in the coming years, as it pivots toward deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The company has also said it plans to focus on public charging stations, rather than on home charging, due to its competitive advantages in the sector.

Gas

Gas Charging Gas-Electric Wind

Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). What government policies may be most impactful for lowering EV costs?

Michigan

Michigan Gas-Electric Gas Batteries

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

Gas

Gas Global Industrial Industry

ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop natural gas transmission pipeline retrofitting technology to rehabilitate existing cast iron and bare steel pipes by creating new, robust pipes inside of old ones. Natural gas is a crucial energy source for 75 million American households and businesses. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

Gas

Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding developing ammonia-fueled ocean-going liquefied gas carrier

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2022

Lines (MOL), Tsuneishi Shipbuilding, and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding launched a joint project aimed at developing and building an ocean-going liquefied gas carrier that will use ammonia as its main fuel. Mitsui O.S.K. Ammonia-fueled Ocean-going Vessel.

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Fuel Gas Clean Cleaning

GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. —Secretary General Sentyurin.

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Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology for carbon capture

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

Baker Hughes has entered into a global exclusive licensing agreement with SRI International to use SRI’s innovative Mixed-Salt Process (MSP) for CO 2 capture. As an energy technology company committed to the energy transition, Baker Hughes is the ideal partner to demonstrate the advantages and commercial benefits of our MSP solution.

Carbon

Carbon International Water 2020

bp bolsters UK blue hydrogen plans by reaching agreements with more ?potential customers; 1GW blue hydrogen by 2030

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

manufacturer Venator and gas distributor Northern Gas Networks.?. operated as Lucite International).?. International, an industrial park in Teesside, to scope the supply of clean hydrogen to its combined ?heat heat and power plants and developing hydrogen infrastructure at Wilton International to enable ?hydrogen

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Supplies

Tesla Gigacasting to make BEV production cheaper than gas by 2027

Teslarati

MARCH 10, 2024

Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) could become cheaper to produce than gas cars within the next few years, in part due to Tesla Gigacasting techniques, as one research firm suggests. “It is simply entering a new phase where companies with the best products and services will win over the remaining.” million units in 2025.

Gas

Gas Production Tesla Cheap

Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America. In 2019 Clean Energy provided an estimated 16 million gallons of Redeem to UPS.

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Clean Cleaning 2019 Renewable

Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries team up to build ships powered by solid oxide fuel cells running on natural gas

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Bloom Energy is the world’s leading provider of stationary fuel cells and SHI is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding companies. SHI aims to be the first shipbuilder to deliver a large cargo ship for ocean operation powered by fuel cells running on natural gas. Bloom Energy Servers use natural gas, biogas or hydrogen as fuel.

Gas

Gas Industrial Industry Mariner

Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

McDermott International, a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions (ECS) to the energy industry, has joined a consortium of public, private and academic partners collaborating on a US Department of Energy (DOE) project—Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond.

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Texas Energy Companies Hydrogen

Tesla sues German gas station giant over EV charger placement

Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2023

Tesla has partnered with Dutch charging company Fastned to sue the German gas station giant Tank and Rast. It heads to court alongside the Dutch EV charging company Fastned to challenge the potential monopoly of German gas station operator Tank and Rast. Today, Tesla has announced it is doing just that.

Gas

Gas Tesla Germany Grant

Climate and Clean Air Coalition to work with oil and gas companies to reduce emissions

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

More than a dozen Ministers from countries around the world released a statement earlier this week calling for accelerated action to substantially reduce venting, leakage, and flaring of natural gas from oil and gas operations worldwide.

Climate

Climate Oil Clean Cleaning

Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold

Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas-powered cars in the extreme cold, according to a road assistance service in Norway. Everywhere in the world, internal combustion engine vehicles fail in the cold a lot more often than electric vehicles, but that’s mostly due to the fact that there are a lot more of them.

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Gas-Electric Electric Vehicles Gas Norway

Eight energy majors commit to reduce methane emissions within natural gas industry

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall committed to reduce further methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world. The energy companies also agreed to encourage others across the natural gas value chain—from production to the final consumer—to do the same.

Gas

Gas Emissions Industrial Industry

Aptera's hyper-efficient, solar-charged car: Does $2 gas change its appeal?

Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2020

Is it a good idea to market an efficiency-focused car around oil dependence when national-average gas prices are headed toward $2.00 A video recently last Tuesday by Aptera takes exactly that angle—introducing the company’s electric three-wheeler in light of international conflict and climate change, as related to the oil.

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Aptera Gas Climate Change Solar

Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

Gogoro’s e-scooters are most famous for their battery-swapping architecture, with the company’s iconic green and black battery modules serving as the basis for hundreds of thousands of battery swaps each day. Based in Taiwan, Gogoro has regularly expanded into new countries by partnering with local energy companies.

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Nepal International Batteries Battery

Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

Teslarati

JANUARY 14, 2024

Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. Toyota sets goal to sell 1.5 million BEV units by 2026 What are your thoughts?

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Toyota Carbon Engine Gas

Werner Enterprises signs letter of intent to secure 500 Cummins X15H hydrogen engines

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, has signed a letter of intent to purchase 500 Cummins’ 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines upon availability. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Since announcing the fuel agnostic platform, which includes the hydrogen option in both the 15-liter and 6.7-liter

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Fleet International

China Yuchai launches China’s first operating hydrogen engine for commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2022

The engine design upgrades the engine structure and its subsystems such as the combustion and gas distribution systems. The commercially-available diesel-fueled version of the YCK05 has a power range from 190-240 PS and maximum torque of 900 N·m.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Commercial Engine China

BP claims EV charging stations ‘on the cusp’ of being more profitable than gas pumps

Electrek

JANUARY 16, 2022

Oil giant BP claims the use of its BP pulse electric vehicle chargers is “on the cusp” of being more profitable for the company than filling up an internal combustion-powered car with gas.

Gas

Gas Charging Oil Gas-Electric

Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the body of laws that govern international military conflicts, and they provide rules about how weapons should be used. All countries involved in the autonomous weapons systems (AWS) debate at the United Nations have stated that AWS must follow international law. Non-Military Use of AWS.

International

International Legal Libya Ukraine

CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. passenger travel demand.

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Tax Los Angeles Emissions Companies

Statkraft to supply renewable power for Fortescue’s Holmaneset 300 MW green hydrogen & green ammonia project

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2023

Currently in the feasibility phase of the Holmaneset Project, FFI is conducting several environmental, viability and social studies and is developing a project concept in line with Norwegian regulations, FFI’s environmental and social policies and values, and international good practice.

Green

Green Renewable Supplies Hydrogen

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2023

EcoCeres , an Asia-based bio-refinery company, announced its first shipment of 100% agricultural waste-produced cellulosic ethanol to the European markets, a milestone the company achieved after commissioning another facility in China.

Europe

Europe Waste Asia Renewable

Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2021

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society.

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Power Powered Design Energy

Yanmar commercializing maritime hydrogen fuel cell system

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

The company plans to propose the installation of this system into various ships, including passenger ships, work ships, and cargo ships operating in coastal areas where hydrogen refueling is relatively accessible. Yanmar Power Technology, a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings, is commercializing a 300 kW maritime hydrogen fuel cell system.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Commercial Fuel Mariner

EVs lend international automakers a 2nd probability in Bharat

Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

Bharat’s transition to electrical automobiles is giving automakers whose standard gas vehicles have did not form a mark a 2nd probability. Prime taxes, price-conscious shoppers and tough logistical problems have made it tricky for lots of international carmakers to thrive in certainly one of Asia’s greatest economies.

International

International Suzuki Automobile Tax

Cummins unveils 15L hydrogen engine

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2022

This version, with expected full production in 2027, pairs with clean, zero-carbon hydrogen fuel, a key enabler of Cummins’ strategy to go further faster to help customers reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With Cummins’ significant global manufacturing footprint, the company can quickly scale production.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Long Beach Carbon

GTI International acquires BKi; operator of California Fuel Cell Partnership

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2016

GTI International (GTII), a subsidiary of Gas Technology Institute (GTI), has acquired BKi, a professional energy services and consulting firm serving energy efficiency, energy supply, and alternative transportation markets. Both in and out of California, GTI is accelerating the use of new and more efficient end use equipment.

International

International California Oakland Fuel

EY: oil & gas megaproject overruns to cost industry more than $500B

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

A new report by EY finds that 64% of multibillion-dollar, technically and operationally demanding oil & gas megaprojects continue to exceed budgets, with 73% missing project schedule deadlines. Source: EY Megaprojects oil and gas report. —Axel Preiss, EY’s Global Oil & Gas Advisory Leader. Click to enlarge.

Oil

Oil Industrial Industry Gas

China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

CNOOC Limited—China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world—is acquiring all of the Common Shares of Canada-based energy company Nexen Inc. billion cash. The price represents a premium of.

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Oil-Sands Oil Canada Gas

3 investors to put $150M into US natural gas fuel company Clean Energy

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Three investment companies will invest $150 million in Clean Energy Fuels Corp, North America’s leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation. Lionfish Investments Pte Ltd, an investment vehicle managed by Seatown Holdings International Pte. The investors are Springleaf Investments Pte.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Gas Companies

International Seabed Authority greenlights seabed nodule collection trials by Metals Company

Hyliion and Cummins optimizing Cummins ISX12N natural gas engine as generator for Hypertruck ERX powertrain

Cummins begins testing of hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine

NYK Line, JMU and ClassNK partner to commercialize ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier

Ford, U Mich study finds greater greenhouse gas reductions for pickup truck electrification than for other light-duty vehicles

The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

Amazon invests in electrofuels company Infinium

Tesla to appear at China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing

Botswana Invites Local & International Companies To Express An Interest In Manufacturing EVs In The Country

Stellantis Could Offer Internal Combustion Versions of Electrified Models if Customers Want Them

Shell to close 1,000 gas stations to focus on EV charging deployment

Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding developing ammonia-fueled ocean-going liquefied gas carrier

GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology for carbon capture

bp bolsters UK blue hydrogen plans by reaching agreements with more ?potential customers; 1GW blue hydrogen by 2030

Tesla Gigacasting to make BEV production cheaper than gas by 2027

Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries team up to build ships powered by solid oxide fuel cells running on natural gas

Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

Tesla sues German gas station giant over EV charger placement

Climate and Clean Air Coalition to work with oil and gas companies to reduce emissions

Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold

Eight energy majors commit to reduce methane emissions within natural gas industry

Aptera's hyper-efficient, solar-charged car: Does $2 gas change its appeal?

Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

Werner Enterprises signs letter of intent to secure 500 Cummins X15H hydrogen engines

China Yuchai launches China’s first operating hydrogen engine for commercial vehicles

BP claims EV charging stations ‘on the cusp’ of being more profitable than gas pumps

Can Autonomous Weapons Be Compatible With International Humanitarian Law?

CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

Statkraft to supply renewable power for Fortescue’s Holmaneset 300 MW green hydrogen & green ammonia project

EcoCeres makes first cellulosic ethanol shipment to Europe

Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

Yanmar commercializing maritime hydrogen fuel cell system

EVs lend international automakers a 2nd probability in Bharat

Cummins unveils 15L hydrogen engine

GTI International acquires BKi; operator of California Fuel Cell Partnership

EY: oil & gas megaproject overruns to cost industry more than $500B

China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

3 investors to put $150M into US natural gas fuel company Clean Energy

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