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JANUARY 12, 2011

Clean Air Power, the developer of Dual-Fuel combustion technology enabling heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, will supply Volvo Bus Corporation with 11 Dual-Fuel systems. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has launched the third year of its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project ( CVRP ) with $15 million in funding. The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is part of ARB’s Air Quality Improvement Program, established by AB 118 (2007, Nuñez), to reduce smog and diesel particulate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a waiver for fuel containing up to 15% ethanol (E15) for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks. The partial waiver was in response to a March 2009 application submitted by Growth Energy under the Clean Air Act. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with members of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) to help promote fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in Germany. As part of its global activities to prepare commercialization of fuel cell vehicles, Kia intends to join the Clean Energy Partnership in 2011. Kia Motor Corp. billion (US$1.9

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5 million to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) to help Southern truckers and small businesses to buy cleaner big rigs. The Clean Trucks Make Cents program will finance up to 100% of the purchase or lease of a pre-2007 tractor-trailer.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (JU) is now flying solo. The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking manages the corresponding JTI. billion) over 7 years, the Clean Sky JTI aims to develop cleaner and quieter aircraft. billion) over 7 years, the Clean Sky JTI aims to develop cleaner and quieter aircraft. Earlier post.).

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Trillium also operates and maintains the OCTA’s compressed natural gas (CNG) station that it built in 2007—meaning Trillium now operates both types of OCTA’s alternative fueling stations. Trillium is the only transportation infrastructure provider that provides systems for both the CNG market and the zero-emissions market.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Four new corporate partners—Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia—are joining the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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MAY 9, 2010

The strategy builds on the existing 2007 strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-duty commercial vehicles, and complements ongoing and planned activities to decarbonize transport and to reduce their environmental impacts. A European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles”. Standardization. Resources.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

The Air Resources Board has selected four projects to demonstrate advanced clean engine technologies that reduce smog-forming and diesel soot emissions. Governor Schwarzenegger provided funding for clean vehicle technologies by signing AB 118 into law in October 2007.

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million trucks)—are now equipped with newer technology clean diesel engines, according to data compiled by IHS Automotive for the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). The data includes total registration information on Class 3-8 trucks from 2007 through 2013 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. million of 8.8

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. New or upgraded Clean Energy LNG fueling facilities are planned for strategic points along truck transport routes in the California cities of Los Angeles, Commerce, Industry, Fontana, Riverside, Tulare, Barstow, and Otay Mesa/San Diego. Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy President and CEO. Located on a 2.7-acre

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JULY 22, 2011

Corning Incorporated will invest approximately $170 million to further increase the capacity of its clean air products plant in Shanghai, China. Corning first expanded the facility in 2007 and last year announced a $125-million second expansion of the facility.

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The funds will support the deployment of thousands of zero-emission trucks, school buses and transit buses to deliver clean air benefits to communities hit hardest by the impacts of pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. —CEC Lead Commissioner for Transportation Patty Monahan. The newly approved plan includes: $1.7

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Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. According to market analysis firm Power System Research, North American OEMs have produced an average of 250,000 heavy duty on-road diesel vehicles equipped with DPFs each year since 2007 to comply with Environmental Protection Agency requirements.

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JULY 6, 2011

The Clean Coal Task Force (CCTF) was created in 2007 by the Wyoming State Legislature to help secure Wyoming’s financial future by preserving the value of coal, an important export from the state. In its first five years, the CCTF has assisted in distributing $31.2

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JULY 1, 2009

Clean Energy Fuels has opened the world’s largest natural gas truck fueling station on a 2.9-acre The Clean Energy station is located on property leased from the Port of Long Beach at Anaheim and I streets. Andrew Littlefair, Clean Energy President and CEO. acre site adjacent to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 19, 2014

Nationally, 44% of the diesel transit buses meet or exceed the first EPA clean diesel standard—Model Year 2007 or newer—while 33% of the US truck fleet meet or exceed the standard. New clean diesel buses have reduced both NO x and particulate matter emissions by 98% compared to 1988 buses.

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ARB will use the majority of those funds for its California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to provide incentives for the purchase of zero-emission and plug-in hybrid passenger cars. The program is designed to accelerate the number of ultra-clean vehicles sold in California and help establish a sustainable market. Earlier post.)

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This research agreement with Ballard demonstrates our commitment to the development of clean energy fuel cell transportation alternatives. Sales of Ballard’s clean energy fuel cell products have also been accelerating, with a 30% cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenue since 2010. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) authorized the Energy Commission to provide approximately $100 million annually over seven years to encourage new fuels and technologies. 10 million to fund projects that establish commercial-scale clean transportation manufacturing facilities in California.

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APRIL 28, 2010

The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air travel within the EU remained the fastest growth area, increasing 48% between 1997 and 2007.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

2010 engines emissions reduction relative to 2010, 2007, and 2004 US emission standards. g/hp-hr between 2007 and 2009 to a level less than or equal to 0.20 Source: CRC. Click to enlarge. For a number of the most important pollutants, levels were substantially lower than required by regulations. Background. g/hp-hr in 2010.

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In this case, the improvements are attributed to the ARB’s Drayage Truck Regulation and to the Comprehensive Truck Management Program at the Port of Oakland, which require vehicle owners serving the port to clean up their trucks by either replacing them with newer models or installing diesel particulate filters (DPFs).

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The Government of Canada will consult with provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, industries, and non-governmental organizations to develop a clean fuel standard. The overall objective of a clean fuel standard would be to achieve annual reductions of 30 megatonnes (Mt) of GHG emissions by 2030. petroleum coke).

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APRIL 24, 2009

The California Air Resources Board approved $42 million in AB 118 Air Quality Improvement Program projects that will accelerate the commercialization of on-road and off-road clean engine technologies. Governor Schwarzenegger provided funding for alternative fuels and clean vehicle technologies by signing AB 118 into law in October 2007.

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JULY 25, 2009

Exposure to ozone at levels currently deemed safe by the NAAQS clean air standards can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. The previous primary and secondary standards were identical 8-hour standards, set at 0.08 Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

L Detroit Diesel Series 60 and the Caterpillar C15 engine models for the beginning of the second phase of a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency pilot project , which includes the development of diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for these engine models and obtaining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

million in a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for selling heavy-duty diesel engines that were not certified by EPA and did not meet applicable emission standards. Detroit Diesel will pay $28.5 Detroit Diesel Corp.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

So today I’m announcing a Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force that will be charged with the goal of figuring out how we can deploy affordable clean coal technology on a widespread scale within 10 years. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016. President Obama.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

The specially equipped 2007 Chevrolet Equinox was part of GM’s 119-vehicle Project Driveway program, launched in 2007. According to Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked Nº 1 in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012. By using renewable hydrogen, this vehicle has saved 5,260 gallons of gasoline.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Worldwide, compared to the results of MECA’s 2007 survey, the overall 2008 sales figures remained about the same (43,118 diesel retrofit devices were sold by MECA member companies worldwide in 2008 vs. 44,625 in 2007). In California, 5,606 diesel retrofit devices were sold, of which 96% were diesel particulate filters.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

The turbocharged concept allows reaching engine speeds of 6,000 rpm, with a high indicated efficiency of 45% along with clean combustion; power density at 6,000 rpm is 64 kW, with 300 kPa intake pressure. 2007) A Preliminary Study Towards an Innovative Diesel HCCI Combustion ASME Paper No. ICEF2007-1743 (2007). Tamagna, D.,

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MAY 9, 2010

Bosch’s analysis of Polk data shows the average percentage of registrations for cars with clean diesel engines were: Audi A3 TDI: 20%. Lars Ullrich, director of diesel systems marketing for Robert Bosch LLC, noted that car buyers chose clean diesel vehicles at higher rates than most market watchers expected. Polk & Co.,

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MAY 21, 2009

Cummins is progressing in the development of Light Duty Efficient Clean Combustion (LDECC) technology for light-duty diesel engines. improvement in fuel consumption compared to a 2007 baseline engine. Cummins’ Light Duty Efficient Combustion technology is designed to scale down across smaller light-duty engines. Source: Cummins.

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Nichols was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chairman of the California Air Resources Board in July 2007 for her second stint in the position. She first served as Chairman under then-Governor Jerry Brown from 1978 to 1983. —Mary Nichols.

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