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Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

Green Car Congress

Our study yielded new insights into the fundamental mechanisms governing hydrocarbon transport within shale nanopores. Pressure management is a cheap and effective tool available to control production efficiency that can be readily adjusted during well operation—but the study’s multi-institution research team discovered a trade-off.

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A Cheap Clean RV Option Emerges

CleanTechnica EVs

With portable Starlink internet now available, there’s almost no […]. With more people remote-working than ever, the idea of hitting the road like Jack and never coming back (no more no more) sounds like a great option. After all, who doesn’t want to wake up to the views of Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon every morning?

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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Many factors will influence this, including emissions regulations, infrastructure, hydrogen availability and total costs of ownership. Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so. Truck production volumes versus zero-emission target dates will require zero-emission transport financial help for some years.

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Buyers Guide: Budget EV Options for Clean Transportation

Clean Fleet Report

Price is one of the most significant roadblocks to clean transportation. While new EVs come out all the time, many of them aren’t cheap. Here are five budget options for sustainable transportation (with links to further Clean Fleet Report tests and news). The 2020 Mini Cooper SE is the cheapest electric car available in the U.S.

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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. —IPG CEO Toby Gill.

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Sunfire, Fraunhofer, partners launch project to scale alkaline AEM electrolysis

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In addition, AEM technology is characterized by its cheap and non-critical materials—similar to AEL technology. However, commercially available membranes lack sufficient stability in alkaline environments, which have limited the widespread adoption of AEM in electrolysis applications.

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Used Electric Vehicles – Affordable and Available

Plug N Drive

At Plug’n Drive, we have lots of visitors come to the EV Discovery Centre , waxing poetic about electric cars, that they are the future of transportation, but they are too expensive and out of reach for most consumers. I have pretty exciting news for everyone who thought they couldn’t afford an EV… Yes, you can!