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Rolls-Royce eras in an all-electric plan by 2030, unveils Spectre EV

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Now, the British Rolls-Royce will era in a fleet of all-electric vehicles by the end of the 2020s, planning to not only scrap combustion engines altogether but keep a legendary tradition of automobiles going under a new pretense: Make them sustainable. Rolls-Royce has had electric plans on its agenda for a decade.

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Tesla Model Y Taxi Fleet: Revel CEO calls out ‘entrenched interests’ for blocking all-electric taxis

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The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (NYC TLC) blocked the company’s attempts to launch a fleet of 50 all-electric taxis in the form of Tesla Model Ys earlier this week. But you can’t stop the future and you definitely can’t stop my team. “Building a business is hard.

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DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

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by employing high rates of carbon capture, using low-carbon electricity, or mitigating upstream methane emissions). gasification, reforming of renewable natural gas) are all generally expected to be capable of achieving 4.0 gasification, reforming of renewable natural gas) are all generally expected to be capable of achieving 4.0

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Hyliion acquires KARNO fuel-agnostic generator technology from GE for range-extended electric truck

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Hyliion, a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a new fuel-agnostic generator (KARNO) from GE Additive for its range-extended series-hybrid powertrain. —Thomas Healy, Founder and CEO of Hyliion.

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There’s Only One Kind Of “Just” Transition I Want To See

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Oil, gas and coal workers have all known for more than a dozen years that their work was helping to destroy people’s health and well being. But they fiercely fought any and all attempts to transition to clean renewable. And their current employers should pay for it all till it’s all done. Talk about real justice.

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Dutch report suggests hydrogen exchange could catalyze hydrogen market

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A hydrogen exchange, similar to electricity and gas exchanges, could act as a catalyst for a market for climate-neutral hydrogen, according to an exploratory study, “A Hydrogen Exchange for the Climate”, presented to Eric Wiebes, the Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle.

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