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was a retailer, everyone in the chain of commerce—that is manufacturers, distributors, dealers, installers, and retailers—has an important responsibility to ensure that all aftermarket products they offer for sale have first been exempted by CARB. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that AZAA Investments, Inc.,

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By harnessing the power of the tide at EMEC’s tidal energy test site at the Fall of Warness, Eday, Orkney, prototype tidal energy converters—Scotrenewables’ SR2000 and Tocardo’s TFS and T2 turbine—fed power into an electrolyzer supplied by ITM Power situated next to EMEC’s onshore substation.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a remedy proposed by Volkswagen that will reduce the excess NO x emissions from the Generation 3 (MY 2015) diesel 2.0 liter vehicles. With the approval, VW can offer vehicle owners the choice to keep and fix their car, or to have it bought back.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

It will deploy the world’s largest offshore HVDC (high-voltage direct current) system with a rating of more than 900 megawatts (MW), keeping electrical losses to less than 1% per converter station. A converter station here will feed electricity into the mainland grid. The completed link will be capable of supplying more than 1.5

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That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed photovoltaic panels, a battery storage system, and a solar water heater at the Shree Batase Secondary School in Melamchi, which is about 45 kilometers from the capital city of Kathmandu. “The

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federal and state authorities FCA maintains its position that the Company did not engage in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat emissions tests. The settlements do not change FCA’s position that it did not engage in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat emissions tests. Background.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Pike Research forecasts that biorefineries globally will attract $170 billion in new capital investment between 2012 and 2022, reaching 81 billion gallons per year (BGY) of installed capacity. BGY of installed capacity worldwide in. United States, Brazil, and Europe—at 34.6 advanced biorefineries, Pike says. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The company had earlier said the fuel cell sedan would be on sale in Japan before April 2015, and in the US and Europe by summer 2015. To maximize cabin space and lower the center of gravity, a distinctive feature of its architecture is that the fuel cell, battery and tanks are installed under the floor. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The project targets the development of a value chain that converts renewable resources into isobutene and subsequently into methacrylic acid, an essential component of acrylic paints. At the beginning of 2015, Global Bioenergies announced having reached the project’s first milestone and having received payments totaling €2.3

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APRIL 30, 2014

The second installation will be located within the UI service territory at a site to be named in the next 30 days. FuelCell Energy will install the power plants and operate and maintain them for 20 years under long term service agreements. The plants are expected to be operational in early 2015.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The new facility will convert biomass such as sugar cane bagasse and straw into 40 million liters (10.6 Pedro Mizutani, Raízen’s Executive Vice President, said that continuous commercial production will commence with the upcoming 2015 harvest season. million gallons US) per year of cellulosic biofuel. Raízen produces more than 2.2

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JANUARY 4, 2016

The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution. Consistent with EPA’s Notices of Violation, issued on September 18, 2015 for 2.0 Beetle (2013-2015).

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federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. Installing a BESS on-site helps alleviate this grid demand for EV charging. per kilowatt (kW) or $671.78

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If we look at the Gen 2 architecture as commercialized in the 2015 time frame, we’re looking at the sub-10 level sometime in the 2018-2022 time frame. At or below the 10 grams level, Freese said, the fuel cell system would use less platinum than current catalytic converters for combustion engines. Charles Freese. Source: GM.

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The brand’s electrified model range has been continually expanded in the following years: e-Golf and Golf GTE followed in 2014, the Passat GTE and Passat Variant GTE in 2015. 3 started in November at the Zwickau plant, which has been fully converted for this purpose. To date, more than 37,000 customers have reserved an ID.3

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After the successful operation of the two OLEV buses by the end of this year, Gumi City plans to provide ten more such buses by 2015. There is a receiving device installed on the underbody of the OLEV that converts these fields into electricity. Schematic diagram SMFIR technology. Click to enlarge.

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The plant currently builds the Teana, Murano and X-Trail, and Qashqai will be added in 2015. Positioned between the gasoline engine and the next-gen Xtronic CVT (where the torque converter would normally be), the motor also functions as a generator, conveying energy from the CVT to the battery upon deceleration.

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Continental will launch its third generation of power electronics for hybrid and electric vehicles in August 2015. For functional reasons, the power electronics is therefore positioned between the high-volt battery and electric motor, regardless of where the control unit is installed in the vehicle.

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The plant will convert abundant low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into high-value specialty products (solvents, lubricants and waxes), as well as transportation fuels. The modules will be transported to the Ashtabula project site for installation.

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APRIL 7, 2015

launched the new Nissan X-Trail Hybrid, which goes on sale on 13 May 2015 at Nissan dealers throughout Japan. Nissan is planning to introduce Forward Emergency Braking as standard on major models in Japan, by the end of autumn 2015. The clutches and motor are installed co-axially in the space of the torque converter.

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MAY 6, 2016

Edeniq’s patented technology is commercially proven, with 29 of the company’s Cellunators installed in 6 US ethanol plants. Edeniq has also signed several license agreements for its Pathway technology, which integrates the mechanical Cellunator equipment with cellulase enzymes to convert corn kernel fiber to cellulosic ethanol.

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MARCH 6, 2014

100km (34 mpg US) in 2015. annually—between 2015 and 2020. An alternative possible accounting for pure electric and the electric portion of PHEVs would be to use converted gasoline-equivalent fuel economy with an equation developed from a separate regulatory proposal. in 2018–2019, and 1.5

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The paper examines the Phase 1 results of the DNV-led project FellowSHIP (Fuel Cells for Low Emissions Ships, earlier post ), the first large-scale fuel cell installation operating on board a merchant ship. Multiple type C tanks hold 920 m 3 of liquid hydrogen to facilitate a roundtrip equivalent to ten full operating days. Source: DNV.

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MAY 5, 2015

The company expects to offer another back-of-cab mount system, 150DGE with a range of 660-825 miles (1,062-1,328 km) in fall 2015. Adoption Forecasts 2015). The Electronic Control Module (ECM) converts the tank readings through the Fuel Level Interface Module (FLIM) and outputs the signal to the factory-installed fuel gauge.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

In the Camry hybrid prototype, Toyota is installing SiC power semiconductors (transistors and diodes) in the PCU’s internal voltage step-up converter and the inverter that controls the motor. Road testing of the Camry prototype will begin (primarily in Toyota City) in early February 2015, and will continue for about one year.

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In Germany, BMW and Total have officially begun the field testing of AdBlue pumps installed at three fueling stations in Munich and Berlin. From September 2015 all new cars must meet the Euro 6 emissions standard to meet the criteria for admission. AdBlue pump nozzle. Click to enlarge.

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with measures such as lowering the temperature in some manufacturing processes or installing new filters in the rain test when verifying the water tightness of cars. A further highlight among the measures implemented in 2016 is the energy recovery project, which involves installing cells in the paint stacks that convert heat into electricity.

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MAY 26, 2014

TOTAL is also integrating into the electricity system a solar installation on the station’s roof, developed by its photovoltaic daughter company SunPower. 2G has installed a block heat power plant which is operated using the CO 2 -neutral energy sources and can convert the hydrogen into electricity and heat.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert six megawatts of input power, will utilize renewable electricity for electrolysis, producing oxygen and hydrogen, the latter which could one day power fuel-cell vehicles. Audi plans to launch a second TCNG model, based on the A4, in 2015. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Design of the AFRI project is underway and the equipment modules are expected to be installed in 2013. Production of bio-based jet and diesel is expected to begin in 2013 and production of bio-based gasoline, part of the C 3 product platform, will follow in 2015.

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The TCD 2015 engine series is now approved for use with 100% biodiesel. All Deutz engines from the new EPA Tier 4 interim / EU Stage III B generation can run on biodiesel blends of up to B7 (7% biodiesel) without any problem, and comply with prescribed emissions levels, according to the company.

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At the same plant, a new 500-kilowatt solar panel system has been installed to generate renewable energy for production of Ford vehicles like Focus and Focus Electric. cubic meters per vehicle in 2011 within a corporate goal of reducing the amount of water used per vehicle by 30% between 2009 and 2015.

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The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. California Energy Commission.

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JULY 7, 2014

2015 Lexus NX 300h. The 2015 Lexus NX debuts in two versions, the NX 200t with a turbocharged 2.0-liter liter gasoline engine especially for use in the 2015 NX 300h. It also converts AC from the generator to DC for storage in the hybrid battery. The entire 2WD PCU is installed in the engine compartment.

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Making its North American debut at the New York International Auto Show 2014 will be the updated 2015 BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle, which will include the X3 xDrive28d, the first BMW Advanced Diesel X3 model for the US. Earlier post.). The X3 xDrive28d will accelerate from 0 – 60 mph in just under eight seconds.

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million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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The hydrogen from electrolysis and CO 2 , delivered by a pipeline, are fed to a plant where the gases are converted in a reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) reactor to syngas (H 2 and CO). The syngas is then further converted to hydrocarbons using Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis. Earlier post.). 2015.06.085. 2015.01.013.

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