CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 30, 2022

Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that designs, develops, and deploys electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has been awarded with a place on TIME’S 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 for its efforts in electrifying Africa.

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Electrek

JULY 20, 2022

Swedish-Kenyan mobility company ROAM has launched its first production-intent model of electric motorcycles designed for both urban and rural terrain in Africa. The post ROAM launches production-ready Air electric motorcycle with two swappable battery packs appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A lot of the action is being driven by local startups that are designing, developing, and then in collaboration with international contract manufacturers or similar, have […] We have seen a lot of progress in the electric mobility sector on the African continent over the past five or so years in quite a number of countries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2023

Poland-based Hynfra has signed a framework cooperation agreement with Amarenco MENA, a major developer of renewable energy projects in the Middle East and North Africa and part of Amarenco Group. Under the agreement, the partnership’s focus will be on producing green ammonia and hydrogen in the MENA region. Hynfra P.S.A.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2023

ARC Ride designs and builds electric vehicles, as well as runs a battery-as-a-service business in Nairobi, Kenya. ARC Ride wants to be the leading Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) infrastructure provider for electric 2- and 3-wheel vehicles across Africa.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Occidental and Carbon Engineering are also adapting Stratos’ front-end engineering and design study for a DAC plant to be built at King Ranch in Kleberg County, which is part of the South Texas DAC Hub that was selected to receive a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 16, 2023

One Electric recently announced the launch of two electric motorcycles and one electric scooter model which are completely designed, developed, and made in India, with design patents pending. The company claims to be the first to develop and launch multiple indigenous electric two-wheel models in India.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2011

South Africa state-owned power utility Eskom reports that a design study is currently under way for an underground coal gasification (UCG) demonstration plant, which will include a 250,000 Nm 3 /h gas production plant and a 100 MW to 140 MW gas turbine plant. Mining Weekly.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 20, 2022

The Roam Air is designed both for urban and rural environments. Several years of research and months of development were dedicated to building the optimal electric motorcycle for Africa. Roam has today announced the launch of its next-generation electric motorcycle, the Roam Air.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2022

Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that develops, designs, and manufactures electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has officially changed its name to Roam Motors. Roam is one of the firms leading the transition to sustainable transport in Africa.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Decarbonisation solutions provider Noco-noco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noco-noco Inc (Nasdaq “NCNC”), and Greenfuel Energy Solutions have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the aim of transforming India’s clean electric mobility sector through the incorporation of cutting-edge battery technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Enel operates in the US and Canada through two companies: Enel Green Power North America and Enel X North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Houston-based Biofuels Power Corporation ( BFLS ) has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, Inc. The Liberty technical team is also credited for designing the FT (Fischer-Tropsch) Reactor which will convert the synthetic gas to synthetic crude oil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. Details of the 28 companies awarded a total of $4.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 14, 2023

A lot of intracity passenger bus services in various African cities are run by private players using small- to medium-sized buses ranging from 14- to 36-seat models. Some routes are also serviced by higher capacity buses.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

One webinar, for example, brought together representatives from the ETH Zurich university, the Clean Energy Ministerial forum, and Student Energy. The Clean Energy Ministerial is a partnership of 29 countries that are working together to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2023

The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. We receive these cereals and clean and grind them,” she says. “We

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I learned to use the onsen properly: to pull up a small stool and a bowl to the shared shower area, to scrub every inch of the body, to shampoo and condition my hair, to clean between my toes and under my fingernails, to rinse my body and the area I occupied. Once clean, you soak. You soak until your body is red with warmth.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

New Delhi: noco-noco Pte Ltd (noco-noco), the wholly-owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc, and Greenfuel Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at revolutionizing India’s clean electric mobility landscape through batteries with superior efficiency, performance, and longevity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2009

Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

The EcoFit Single Module is designed to be up to 60% smaller and 40% lighter compared to the EPA 2013 solution it supersedes, all while improving emissions reduction performance. The remaining ash can be removed during regularly scheduled cleaning events based on the recommendations of the engine manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

million early deaths associated with exposure to vehicle tailpipe emissions could be avoided annually by 2050 if governments require the strongest vehicle pollution controls and ultralow-sulfur fuels, according to a related analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation included in the report. Further, an estimated 1.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2015

These filters are designed for gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines to reduce particulate emissions in compliance with the Euro 6c emissions regulation (particulate number of no more than 6 x 10 11 particles/km), which takes effect on 1 September 2017. —Josep Fornos, Executive Vice President, Clean Air, Tenneco.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Experts contributed from ten institutions across Africa, Europe and America, including the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the World Bank and Imperial College London in the UK. —lead author Keith Kline of ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The proposed partnerships aim to improve EU preparedness and response to infectious diseases, develop efficient low-carbon aircraft for clean aviation, support the use of renewable biological raw materials in energy production, ensure European leadership in digital technologies and infrastructures, and make rail transport more competitive.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

I was interested in the design and operation of airplanes and spacecraft.” People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. Her team’s research program included projects in Australia and Africa.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2010

The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanisms has been strengthened to drive more major investments and technology into environmentally sound and sustainable emission reduction projects in the developing world. The next Conference of the Parties is scheduled to take place in South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December 2011.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. The package includes the Green Climate Fund; an Adaptation Committee designed to improve. access the fund, boosting their efforts to establish their own clean energy futures and adapt to. existing climate change.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

Measurements reported by the following regional networks were used: the Asian Clean Air Initiative for Asia, and Airbase for Europe. Afr: Africa; Amr: America; Emr: Eastern Mediterranean; Eur: Europe; Sear: South?East Percentage of city population experiencing increasing and decreasing PM 10 annual means, by region.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

They say the program is designed to improve urban connectivity and promote economic growth in Kenya. MCC and the Government of Kenya jointly designed the Kenya threshold program to address challenges that […]

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

The company received more clean-energy patents during 2011 and 2012 than any other organization, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index of US patents. With efficient designs and the right combination of materials, many future GM vehicles have the potential to be up to 15% lighter than comparable vehicles on the road today.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Increases of 6 °C or more in average monthly summer temperatures would be expected in large regions of the world, including the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, and the contiguous United States. Projections for a 4°C world show a dramatic increase in the intensity and frequency of high-temperature extremes.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

Those are absolutely renewable, absolutely clean, and carbon-negative fuels. The Indian market ranges from the very affluent who are as good as any buyer in Europe to the buyers who are like poor people in Africa. How do you predict what design parameters will appeal to the people in the future?

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This time around, though, the emphasis is on “green hydrogen”—that is, hydrogen produced using clean energy such as solar or wind power. While some recent efforts call for radical new reactor designs, this report highlights an old approach with a modern spin. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 9, 2023

Roam, a Nairobi-based technology company that develops, designs, and deploys electric vehicles tailored for the African continent, has just unveiled its new production facility that is more than 10,000 square meters in size.

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