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Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

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emission rate of methane from natural gas and a 20-year global warming potential), total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for blue hydrogen are only 9%-12% less than for gray hydrogen. The open access paper by Cornell’s Robert Howarth and Stanford’s Mark Jacobson is published in the journal Energy Science and Engineering.

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bp begins shipping LNG from Mozambique’s first LNG project and first FLNG platform

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As bp aims for an LNG portfolio of 30 million tonnes by 2030, the new Mozambique supply source expands bp’s flexible, high-quality LNG portfolio and further enhances the company’s capability to deliver LNG to markets globally.

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. In 2012, India accounted for 15% of the global market for diesel passenger cars, the second-largest market after Europe. Brazil: no diesel in passenger cars.

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FEV testing finds Transient Plasma ignition system increases fuel efficiency and decreases emissions

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Data was collected with the stock ignition system with a representative ignition strategy, followed by comparison to a drop-in replacement with the TPS nanosecond pulsed power ignition system (coil and plug). The Toyota 2.5L engine was tested at FEV North America and results indicate improvements over the stock ignition system.

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Rosenbauer and Berlin Fire Dept to develop hybrid fire truck; project eLHF

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What initially motivated the Berlin Fire Department’s concluded tendering procedure were the growing demands with regard to environmental protection and the complex exhaust systems of conventional chassis, which are having an increasingly negative effect on the design and operation of firefighting vehicles.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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This puffy line is not just exhaust from the engine, but a change in the clouds that’s caused by small airborne particles of pollution. Small particles in exhaust from burning fossil fuels creates “seeds” on which water vapor in the air can condense into cloud droplets. C, or 1.8 ?F, F, since the late 1800s.).

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Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

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Thus, the researchers concluded, switching from PFI to GDI vehicles will likely lead to a reduction in net global warming. Therefore, the secondary organic aerosol and ozone formation potential of the exhaust does not depend on engine technology. Lambe, Bruce Frodin, Satya Sardar, Hector Maldonado, Christine Maddox, Andrew A.

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