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Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

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Gemilang International Limited (GML) will deliver 140 units of fully-electric school buses to California in 2022. The Hong-Kong-listed company said it has been supplying electric buses to the US since 2016. Based in Johor, Malaysia, GML has designed and manufactured coaches and assembled buses for more than 30 years.

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LBNL, Nissan researchers explore ethanol internal reforming in SOFCs for vehicle applications

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Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Nissan Research Center report on their investigation of the internal reforming of ethanol fuel on high-performance metal-supported solid-oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFCs) with infiltrated catalysts in a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Dogdibegovic et al. Earlier post.)

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Buick unveils 2016 Cascada convertible at NAIAS

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Buick introduced the 2016 Cascada convertible at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Cascada will be the first Buick convertible offered in the United States in 25 years and the latest globally developed vehicle to join the brand’s growing portfolio. It goes on sale in early 2016.

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New MOF material captures and converts NO2

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The NO 2 can then be easily converted into nitric acid, a multi-billion dollar industry with uses including agricultural fertilizer for crops; rocket propellant and nylon. The internal empty spaces in MOFs can be vast for their size; one gram of material can have a surface area equivalent to a soccer field.

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Indian tech company wins ITF innovation award for converting diesel buses into EVs

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India-based KPIT Technologies is being awarded the “Promising Innovation in Transport Award” 2016 during the 2016 Summit of the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany for developing a system that can convert new as well as existing diesel buses into full battery-electric buses.

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MAN Diesel & Turbo to convert 3 more coastal container ships to LNG

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The vessel now meets both the Tier II and Tier III emission requirements set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Launched in 2016 after COP 21, the initiative has since found broad support within the shipping industry and German politics. TOTE ro-ro conversion in the US.

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Enerkem plant becomes first ISCC-certified plant to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol

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a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. Enerkem Inc., —Tim Cesarek, Senior Vice President, Business Development.

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