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California ARB holding two workshops on developing measure to reduce emissions from TRUs

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TRU gensets are typically engine-powered generators designed to provide power to electrically driven refrigeration units. TRUs and TRU gensets emit diesel PM, NO x , greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Carrier Transicold’s Vector 8100) that are plugged into the electric power grid while in use.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

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A 2021 study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin found that despite technical advances, cruising remains a major source of air, water and land pollution affecting fragile habitats and human health. will triple between 2019 and 2030, as will methane emissions. research that predicts demand for L.N.G.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

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The country’s electricity consumption in 2019 was nearly six times as great as in 1990. cents from newer plants that have additional pollution-control equipment, the cost of solar energy has dropped to 2.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, and wind power to 3.4 percent from solar and wind power. cents per kilowatt-hour and 5.5

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