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U. Houston-led project looking for new exhaust treatment catalysts for low-temperature lean-burn combustion engines

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million project to find new catalytic materials that work at lower exhaust temperatures, allowing automakers to build vehicles that operate more efficiently while retaining the ability to clean emissions before they leave the tailpipe. Catalytic converters clean vehicle exhaust into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide.

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ITM Power to deploy solar-powered hydrogen refueling station at CEME; wind-powered public H2 station opens in South Yorkshire

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The South Yorkshire refueling station consists of a 225kW wind turbine coupled directly to an electrolyzer, 220 kg of hydrogen storage, a hydrogen dispensing unit and a 30 kW fuel cell system capable of providing backup power generation for nearby buildings.

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Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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Requirements of phasing out coal emissions, averting emissions and/or use of unconventional fossil fuels, and avoiding the need to extract final drops of oil from the most extreme places on the planet, together have strong policy implications. A first step is to remove fossil fuel subsidies. Kharecha et al. Kharecha et al.

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U. Mich, Ford team studies effect of ethanol in reducing PM from DISI engines; insights into fueling strategies to reduce soot

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Further understanding and characterization of the underlying physical and chemical mechanisms of PM formation in DI combustion systems is critical to achieving clean emissions. Lower combustion temperatures and a lower boiling point compared with gasoline result in lower NO x and unburned hydrocarbon (UHC) emissions.

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