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DHL and London Stansted Airport to Use ITM Power’s Hydrogen Refueller in Hydrogen ICE Trial with Converted Ford Transit Vehicles

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DHL Supply Chain and London Stansted Airport recently signed agreements to participate in Hydrogen On Site Trials (HOST) of ITM Power’s transportable high pressure hydrogen refuelling unit (HFuel). The conversion features Ford’s 2.3-liter

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge. Littlewood et al.

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TomTom launches Congestion Index based on traffic database; congestion levels in 57 cities in North America and Europe

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TomTom’s Congestion Index also compares congestion levels between January and March 2012 with the same period in 2011. Conversely, Edmonton, New York, Boston, Minneapolis and Toronto experienced a reduction in congestion levels. London, 27%. Marseille, 41%. Brussels, 34%. Paris, 32%. Dublin, 30%. Bradford – Leeds, 28%.

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SITA UK and Cynar to build UKs first commercial plants to convert waste plastic to diesel

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The objective of the new agreement is to build 10 UK plants dealing with 60,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste per year and to commission the first plant in London by end 2011. Suez Environment will commission the first of the plants by the end of 2011 in the greater London area.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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Importantly, the conversion to electric vehicle technology is expected to avoid the daily consumption of seven gallons of fossil fuel per vehicle, thereby cutting operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions across the 50-strong taxi fleet by more than 80% and 70%, respectively. On 29 December 2011, the City of Bogota enacted Decree No.

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Protean Electrics retrofitted through-the-road plug-in hybrid van showing significant fuel economy gains

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The retrofitted Vivaro has been shown at the 2011 Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin and the eCarTec show in Munich, Germany. Protean Electric outfitted the front-wheel-drive Vivaro with a through-the-road hybrid conversion kit of two Protean Electric PD-18 motors attached to the rear axle. in Traverse City, Mich.

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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

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We show that water-splitting catalysts comprising earth- abundant materials can be integrated with amorphous silicon with minimal engineering to enable direct solar-to-fuels conversion based on water splitting. Nocera (2011) Wireless Solar Water Splitting Using Silicon-Based Semiconductors and Earth-Abundant Catalysts. Jarvi, Arthur J.

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