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US Air Force demonstrating hydrogen as alternate fuel source

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The US Air Force is demonstrating the use of hydrogen as an alternate fuel source at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. This 25-passenger crew bus is one of the vehicles powered by a hydrogen fuel cell used at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in a demonstration of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source. (US

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Rio Tinto and bp to work together on one-year trial of B30 marine biofuel

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This B30 biofuel blend can reduce lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by up to 26% compared to standard marine fuel oil. FAME is a renewable alternative fuel (biodiesel) largely produced from recycled cooking oils and renewable oil sources. Rio Tinto is also accelerating the delivery of its climate commitments on shipping.

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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

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In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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Two Companies Plan to Fuel Cargo Ships With Ammonia

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The companies, Brooklyn-based Amogy and Osaka-based Yanmar , say they plan to combine their respective areas of expertise to develop power plants for ships that use Amogy’s advanced technology for cracking ammonia to produce hydrogen fuel for Yanmar’s hydrogen internal combustion engines. We have a long way to go.

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Mazda Motorsports announces Skyactiv-D diesel racing engine program for new GRAND-AM GX series

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SKYACTIV-D racing engine. Mazda Motorsports will supply racing versions of the new SKYACTIV-D diesel engines ( earlier post ) to customer teams competing in GRAND-AM ’s newly announced GX Class for advanced/clean technologies, beginning with the 2013 season. The engines—stock-block Mazda SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter

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Sandia researchers optimizing endophytic fungi-derived renewable hydrocarbons for current and advanced combustion engines

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Engine experts and biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a project that aims to modify endophytic fungi to produce optimized fuel-type hydrocarbons. We just don’t know much about some of the compounds, so we need to do research on their ignition chemistry and how they behave in an engine ,” Taatjes said.

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DEED advertising pays off

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They now realize that EVs are less expensive to maintain than gas-engined vehicles. I thought it would be internal combustion running on hydrogen, but then we found out it was electric vehicles.” So that meant I had a plug-in hybrid in 2008,” he said, explaining that it wasn’t long before folks from Toyota paid him a visit.

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