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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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IPG’s project will demonstrate the role of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in bringing EV charging to high-use and remote locations through clean, cheap, grid-independent power generation. —Brian Cull, Senior Intelligent Transport Systems Engineer, Highways England.

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Vale partners with Wabtec on ammonia fuel study and orders three FLXdrive battery electric locomotives

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The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to test ammonia as a potential clean, alternative fuel to replace diesel. This way, we would have a clean operation at EFC. Today, three to four diesel locomotives pull the train.

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Alstom to test its hydrogen fuel cell train in the Netherlands; first pilot project outside Germany

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The ambition is to organize the test during the first quarter of 2020. Alstom is committed to developing and implementing mobility solutions that permit not only the emergence of fully sustainable transport systems but also help drive the broader energy transition.

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California Air Resources Board Launches $20M in Funding Assistance for Heavy-Duty Hybrid Trucks and Buses

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The program will also help achieve the goals of the state’s Climate Change Scoping Plan that requires California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 with clean alternative fuels. Transportation accounts for 40% of the total emissions of climate changing gases.

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California-to-Canada Hydrogen Road Rally Starts 26 May

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California is a proponent of diversifying the fuels used to power transportation. In April 2009, ARB adopted a low carbon fuel standard aimed at driving down greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for 40% of the state’s total emissions of climate changing gases.