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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

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Hydrogen is converted to electricity in the fuel cell, with water vapour as its only emission, while the batteries provide additional power wherever and whenever needed. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

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Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (Nùñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), created the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP). The Energy Commission also approved a plan outlining actions that California can take to improve clean energy access in the low-income multifamily building sector.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. Every nightfall, cranks mounted on a floating platform lower the ring 25 meters below the surface to expose the seaweed to cooler, more nutrient-rich water.

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Researchers use IPCC AR5 models to forecast 10% drop in Colorado River flow in next few decades

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It may not sound like a phenomenally large amount except the water and the river is already over-allocated. The study expands on findings published in 2007 in the journal Science that the American Southwest is becoming more arid as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns shift. You can’t go build another water project ,” he said.

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Hyundai Heavy lands $1.12B order for two deepwater drillships; total of 9 new drillship orders this year

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billion order to build two deepwater drillships for drilling contractor Rowan Companies Inc. The vessels, measuring 229 meters in length and 36 meters in width, are rated for operations in water 12,000 ft (3,657 m) deep. The drillships Hyundai Heavy builds use the drillship-specific Gusto P10,000 design. Source: GustoMSC.

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President Obama Orders Federal Agencies to Trim Greenhouse Gases; 30% Reduction in Fleet Petroleum Use by 2020

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It also requires federal agencies to increase their energy efficiency, reduce the petroleum consumption of their fleets, conserve water, reduce waste, support sustainable communities, and leverage their federal purchasing power to promote environmentally-responsible products and technologies.

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MHI and Dominion reach agreement to continue engineering and planning work in support of third unit at North Anna Nuclear Plant

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Dominion has selected MHI’s US-Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) as the reactor design for its potential third nuclear power generation unit. In March 2007, Luminant selected the US-APWR design for its Comanche Peak Units 3 and 4.

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