article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

article thumbnail

Clean Energy Expands Southern California LNG Truck Fueling Infrastructure

Green Car Congress

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

Clean 170
article thumbnail

3M completes certification process for its first CNG Tank

Green Car Congress

3M recently completed the NGV2-2007 certification process for its first compressed natural gas (CNG) tank. AVS of Salt Lake City, Utah; and World CNG of Kent, Wash. Earlier post.) 3M expects to announce certification of other geometries in the coming months. Alternative Fuel Solutions of Mahaffey, Penn.;

article thumbnail

Researchers develop JP-8 enzymatic biofuel cell; electricity from alkanes under mild conditions

Green Car Congress

A team from the University of Utah and CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) reports the first bioelectrocatalysis of alkanes to produce electricity. However, the current methods for converting JP-8 to energy are insufficient. Minteer (2007) “ Enzymatic Biofuel Cells ” The Electrochemical Society Interface. Click to enlarge.

Utah 230
article thumbnail

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. million tonnes emitted in 2007.

Estonia 236
article thumbnail

US Department of the Interior Offering Second Round of Oil Shale Research and Development Leases; Cuts Potential Commercialization Acreage 87.5%

Green Car Congress

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Earlier post.) The allotted acreage for commercial development represents an 87.5% Earlier post.)

Oil 170
article thumbnail

Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

Green Car Congress

Professor George Miley of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of its Fusion Studies Lab, reported on progress toward a “cold fusion battery”—a small power unit that uses a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) (i.e., Instead, they used the term “low energy nuclear reactions (LENR).”

Fusion 326