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USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

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Fulcrum will gasify 147,000 tons of municipal solid waste to produce synthesis gas which it then will catalytically convert to synthetic paraffinic kerosene/jet fuel via a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. Fulcrum licensed its gasification system from ThermoChem Recovery International. which received a $12.8-million

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Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries team up to build ships powered by solid oxide fuel cells running on natural gas

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SHI aims to be the first shipbuilder to deliver a large cargo ship for ocean operation powered by fuel cells running on natural gas. The IMO, an arm of the United Nations, is the global standard-setting agency for the safety, security, and environmental performance of international shipping.

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Nestlé Waters Converts Lift Trucks from LPG to Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility.

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Bosch offers more details on the light-duty hydraulic-hybrid drive developed with PSA

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The hydraulic hybrid is system is designed to enable a boost effect that would normally be offered only by more complex electric drives. A conventional internal-combustion engine combines with hydraulic units and an accompanying gas (e.g., In operation, hydraulic units compress a gas cushion using hydraulic fluid.

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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

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In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges.

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Don’t stop the EV music

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The late Jack Rickard of EVTV , a long time member of Gateway Electric Vehicle Association (GEVA), is something of a legend at the St. Jack had been making these videos since 2008,” Howard said. “He Back to the Beck Rickard explained that her father started converting cars to electric with a 1957 Beck speedster.

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Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

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CatLiq converts biomass and organic wastes in water at near or supercritical conditions (280-350 °C and 180-250 bar). In 2008, SCF ran a series of tests of CatLiq using aqueous feed streams at the pilot plant in Herlev, Denmark. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report. SCF Technologies presentation (2008). Iversen, S.

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