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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom is a pioneer of hydrogen technology, having introduced the Coradia iLint to the German market in September 2018 ( earlier post ). Alstom’s hydrogen technology has also been purchased by SNCF (France) and FNM (Italy). The battery is used to store braking energy, to boost acceleration and for auxiliary supply.

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Valeo and Smovengo join to remanufacture Velib e-bike motors and batteries – ET Auto

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Valeo’s commitment to the e-bike sector includes the supply of Valeo Cyclee electric motors and the circular maintenance of other essential components used in e-bikes such as the Smovengo bikes. All maintenance parts are prepared for a second life or recycled.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The City of Lancaster will supply guaranteed feedstock of recyclables, and will save between $50 to $75 per ton in landfilling and landfill space costs. The market for all recyclables, from mixed plastics to cardboard and paper, collapsed in 2018, when China banned the import of recycled waste materials.

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The Next Oil Price Spike May Cripple The Industry

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While they offer a smoother ride, more passenger and storage space per square foot, and less noise and environmental pollution at a lower “cost of operation” (fuel and maintenance), in terms of “cost of ownership” EVs can yet compete with ICEVs. Why the price of oil could spike before that. Since (non-U.S. 100 perhaps?),

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. IER, which runs Autolib, is expanding to Lyon and Bordeaux in France and will have its initial U.S. By 2022, not even California will meet the 10% ZEV requirement.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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“These properties provide the possibility to design smaller, less complex, and lower-cost fusion systems that are quicker to build and easier to take apart for maintenance.” The largest by far is Iter , a collaborative international effort to build a massive tokamak in Cadarache, France.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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That continued until 2003, when British Airways and Air France retired their fleets, together amounting to just 12 aircraft. While the Concorde successfully overcame the technical hurdles standing in the way of supersonic passenger service, it succumbed to economics: The cost of fuel and maintenance was especially high for these planes.