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Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

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The Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH ( AGR ), a waste management company in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has put a converted DAF CF 340 hydrogen fuel cell truck into operation as part of the EU-funded HECTOR (Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe) project.

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Lunaz to begin production of electric classic Range Rovers; prices begin at £245,000 excluding local taxes

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Every car by Lunaz goes through a full bare metal restoration and re-engineering process ahead of conversion to the company’s proprietary electric powertrain. Every car by Lunaz represents an individual customer build. This provides extraordinary scope for personalization. It starts with an exhaustive inspection.

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NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing nearly $80 million in four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms in the fields of living cell-based therapies, personalized heart tissue, point-of-care health systems and fuel derived from shale gas.

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Electra raises $85M to advance Low-Temperature Iron process; electrochemical refining at 60?C

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Conversion of iron ore into iron accounts for 90% of steelmaking emissions that may be eliminated using Electra’s process. Electra will complete the build-out of a green-iron refining pilot plant in 2023 at its headquarters in Boulder, CO, and plans to have a commercial-scale demonstration plant qualified by the second half of this decade.

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Off With His Head: Heritage Customs Shows an Open-Top Defender

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Far from a backyard Sawzall job, this conversion involves a semi-electric soft top, roll cage which conforms to FIA standards, snazzy new wheels, different upholstery (water resistant, perhaps), and the expected scattershot blast of badges and emblems. Depending on spec, it can take upwards of 3 months to create one of these machines.

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This company just launched red solar panels to match terracotta tiled roofs

Baua Electric

Photo: Sonnenkraft Austrian solar manufacturer Sonnenkraft has debuted its new “Terracotta” solar panel that matches red-tiled roofs and is historic-building compliant. The 400W double-glass solar panels have red frames, and have general building approval from the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt).

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

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Because so much energy is lost turning steam back into water in the Rankine cycle, at most a third of the power in the steam can be converted into electricity. In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. It took us a long time to get the data needed to let us connect to the grid.

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