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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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While solar and wind provide carbon-free electricity or H 2 through water splitting, they lack the ability to directly produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals without additional carbon sources. By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change.

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Air Products India wins contract for solar-powered hydrogen fueling station

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Air Products India installed, and in January 2012 commissioned, a hydrogen fueling dispenser in Pragati Maiden, Delhi to serve a fleet of hydrogen-powered auto rickshaws. Once complete, the UPES project will mark the third Air Products hydrogen fueling station operating in India.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

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Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. After an hour or so of breakfast and conversation, we unplugged our respective vehicles and went off to our appointments in the Capitol.

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Toyota’s new conventional and hybrid powertrains for 2018 Camry deliver significant boost in efficiency

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Toyota unveiled the 2018 Camry at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January. The improvements in the conversion efficiency of the PCU and the transaxle/electric motor combine to reduce energy loss by a total of approximately 20%. Earlier post.). Toyota Safety.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

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Aqua Metals has developed a process that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective. But the start of a cleaner way of recycling is that you grind them up and separate the materials, and you create this material called black mass, which looks like a black sandy material.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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New Engines for the New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé: More Power, Less CO2

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The combustion air from the air cleaner first flows through the low-pressure compressor, where it is compressed as a function of the LP turbine's operating energy input. 7-speed auto. 5-speed auto. 7-speed auto. 7-speed auto. The work performed in the wind tunnel led to a drag coefficient (C d figure) of 0.24.

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