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Rio Tinto Alma smelter site for first commercial demo of ELYSIS GHG-free aluminum smelting technology

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APRIL 21, 2021

ELYSIS has selected the Alma smelter, operated by Rio Tinto in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, for the first installation and demonstration of its inert anode technology at a commercial size of 450 kiloamperes (kA)—a common capacity for modern, full-scale smelters. Earlier post.). Source: Alcoa. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The UK government is awarding £54 million to 15 projects to develop technologies that remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. The funding comes under Phase 2 of the Direct Air Capture and Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies competition. The carbon dioxide can then be permanently stored or used in various products or applications.

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Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

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JULY 11, 2023

According to DTF’s analysis of S&P Global Mobility TIPNet Vehicles in Operation Data as of December 2022: Diesel dominates the trucking sector: For the largest commercial trucks (Class 8) in operation that are 2010 or later model years, 95.4% are electric, and the remainder are gasoline or other fuels. are CNG, 0.3% That’s a 10.2%

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W?rtsil? & Vantaa Energy Ltd. to cooperate on a carbon-neutral synthetic biogas production project

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MAY 20, 2020

a Finnish energy company, have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy plant in the city of Vantaa in the capital region. Once feasible, the parties intend to continue joint development of the project towards a commercial-scale pilot project.

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Bakken Energy to purchase synfuels plant and convert to blue hydrogen production as part of $2B hydrogen hub project

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Energy infrastructure developer Bakken Energy (Bakken) has reached agreement with Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) on key terms and conditions to purchase the assets of the Dakota Gasification Company (Dakota Gas), a subsidiary of Basin Electric, and the owner of the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

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Monolith to collaborate with Goodyear on carbon black for its tire production; methane pyrolysis

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Monolith , a leader in clean carbon black production, signed a collaboration agreement and letter of intent (LOI) with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, one of the world's largest tire companies. Monolith’s carbon black enables manufacturers such as Goodyear to meet sustainability goals and demand for clean materials.

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Volvo Group and Westport sign LOI to form JV to advance commercialization and adoption of HPDI

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JULY 20, 2023

Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to establish a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport’s HPDI (High Pressure Direct Injection) fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications.

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Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

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JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. It is the first time this feedstock has been used to make rDME at commercial scale.

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GoFor and ODIN partner to launch last-mile commercial EV delivery platform in N America

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MARCH 29, 2022

GoFor, a North American delivery company committed to carbon-negative last mile services, and ODIN Automotive announced a preferred partnership to deploy ODIN’s electric delivery vehicle ecosystem in the US and Canada starting in Q2 of 2022. ODIN acquired StreetScooter production rights from DHL in January. Earlier post.).

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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

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Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology for carbon capture

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MARCH 30, 2021

The MSP developed by SRI currently has a technology readiness level of 4 as per the scale defined by the European Union as part of the Horizon 2020 framework program. The MSP combines readily available potassium and ammonia (NH 3 ) salt solutions to enable reduced reboiler and auxiliary electric loads, emissions, and water usage.

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ROSATOM, Metalloinvest and Air Liquide to evaluate joint project in low-carbon hydrogen production for DRI

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JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the joint work, the parties plan to evaluate the technical and commercial aspects of a potential project for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen for Metalloinvest factories located in Belgorod and Kursk regions. —Evgeny Pakermanov, President of Rusatom Overseas JSC. Earlier post.).

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ExxonMobil and Porsche testing biofuels and lower-carbon eFuel in race conditions

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MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. Analysis indicates the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly with a liquid fuel. Earlier post.).

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Alcoa exploring technology to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining; MVR powered by renewable energy

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MAY 21, 2021

The development project has the potential to reduce carbon emissions in the alumina refining process significantly. Alcoa of Australia is currently conducting technical and commercial studies to adapt MVR technology to refining. The MVR technology powered by renewable energy could reduce an alumina refinery’s carbon footprint by 70%.

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IHS Markit: production of carbon-free “green” hydrogen could be cost-competitive by 2030

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JULY 16, 2020

The hydrogen produced by electrolysis is rapidly developing from pilot to commercial-scale operation in many parts of the world. The hydrogen produced by electrolysis is rapidly developing from pilot to commercial-scale operation in many parts of the world. —Simon Blakey, IHS Markit Senior Advisor, Global Gas.

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Ricardo commits to achieving net zero carbon by 2030

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ricardo plc has made a public commitment to its shareholders, customers and workforce to achieve net zero carbon emissions from its operations by the end of calendar year 2030. Moreover, for the first time, the company has included ‘scope 3’ emissions from air travel as part of its inventory.

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

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AUGUST 22, 2022

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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LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The traditional thermal cracking of ammonia uses high heat and pressure to convert it to hydrogen gas. The heat required to drive this process is achieved by burning fossil fuels, making ammonia cracking extremely carbon-intensive. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030. Earlier post.).

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British Columbia is first Canadian province to release its own hydrogen strategy

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JULY 10, 2021

Part of CleanBC , the BC Hydrogen Strategy includes 63 actions for government, industry and innovators to undertake during the short term (2020-25), medium term (2025-30) and long term (2030 and beyond). Establishing ambitious carbon-intensity targets and a regulatory framework for carbon capture and storage.

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SoCalGas, Ford developing F-550 Super Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Truck

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) is working with Ford Motor Company on a demonstration project to reduce commercial fleet emissions by developing a F-550 Super Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Truck. More recently, SoCalGas announced plans to install 1,500 electric vehicle chargers at 67 company facilities by end of 2024.

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Cummins and Komatsu to collaborate on advancing development of zero emissions mining haul trucks

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JUNE 30, 2022

In August 2021, Komatsu announced its power-agnostic truck concept for a haulage vehicle that can run on a variety of power sources, including diesel electric, trolley, battery power and hydrogen fuel cells. The alliance’s initial target is advancing Komatsu’s power-agnostic truck concept, with a goal of commercial offering in 2030.

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EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

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APRIL 17, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 28 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2019. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% from 2018 to 2019. Transportation. Source; EPA.

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Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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Cummins beginning development of medium-duty and heavy-duty hydrogen combustion engines; H2-ICE program

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We’ve established significant goals as part of our PLANET 2050 sustainability strategy, including a target of zero emissions. Reducing well-to-wheels carbon emissions requires innovation of both energy sources and power solutions. liter and a heavy-duty 15-liter engine. The development of the 6.7-liter

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C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

a pioneer in natural gas decarbonization, recently raised $11.5 C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. C-Zero Inc., cal/mol H 2 ) is slightly (.

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Hydrogen Gas Clean Cleaning

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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MAY 18, 2021

The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives. The California pilot program was part of a $22.6m-illion A fleet of second-generation FLXdrives will be commercialized and could enter supply chain routes in the next few years.

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UK launches new $1.6B commercialization program for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and first UK CCS Roadmap; making a play for global leadership

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APRIL 3, 2012

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a new competition for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to drive down costs by supporting practical experience in the design, construction and operation of commercial scale CCS ( CCS Commercialization Programme ) with £1 billion (US$1.6

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EPA finalizes MY 2027 heavy-duty truck NOx standards; first step in Clean Trucks Plan

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The announcement is the first of three major actions being taken under EPA’s Clean Trucks Plan , announced in August 2021, which will move the US heavy-duty trucking fleet towards low-carbon and electric technologies. Setting stronger emissions standards for medium-duty commercial vehicles for MY 2027 and later. Earlier post.).

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EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. The EU is investing more than €1.8

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Drax, C-Capture to pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture storage project

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MAY 21, 2018

UK-based renewable power generator Drax will pilot the first bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project of its kind in Europe, which, if successful, could make the renewable electricity produced at its North Yorkshire power station carbon negative. This pilot is the UK’s first step, but it won’t be the only one at Drax.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

These achievements highlight the company’s ability to leverage existing infrastructure within the transportation sector, giving it a clear advantage to scale quickly and move to commercialization. The commencement of ClearFlame’s first pilot fleet trial with Beck’s, highlighting strong interest from commercial fleets.

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Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

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MARCH 7, 2021

SOECs can be used for direct electrochemical conversion of steam (H 2 O), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), or both into hydrogen (H 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), or syngas (H 2 +CO), respectively. The SOEC is a ceramic cell that uses electricity to split water molecules (H 2 O) into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ). —Hauch et al.

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MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

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MARCH 11, 2022

The new method simply requires eliminating any carbon dioxide present during a critical manufacturing step, called sintering, where the battery materials are heated to create bonding between the cathode and electrolyte layers, which are made of ceramic compounds. Reaction product for annealing in air is from previous work.

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Lithium Ion MIT Batteries Battery

EPA opens door to consider Carbon Capture and Utilization as part of new Clean Power Plan; algae industry locks on

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AUGUST 4, 2015

EPA’s newly released voluminous final Clean Power Plan rule ( earlier post ) has established the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants (Electric Generating Units, EGUs), with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030. The actual text of the CPP rule is, however, more reserved.

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EPA Carbon Clean Cleaning

MAHLE wins series order from DEUTZ for development and supply of components for hydrogen engines

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JULY 12, 2023

We see hydrogen as an important building block for sustainable mobility, especially in the commercial vehicle sector. Our successful pilot projects demonstrate the potential in the commercial vehicle sector. The DEUTZ carbon-neutral TCG 7.8 The Stuttgart-based technology group is contributing this expertise to the DEUTZ project.

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Vulcan Energy signs binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with Umicore

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Lithium developer Vulcan Energy Resources has signed a binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with Umicore, a leader in cathode materials production used in lithium-ion batteries for electrified transportation, as part of Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium Project. Earlier post.). —Vulcan Managing Director Francis Wedin.

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NFI begins piloting Volvo VNR Electric heavy-duty trucks in Southern California

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America announced today that third-party supply chain solutions provider NFI began piloting two Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project, becoming the third company to deploy its battery-electric trucks.

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Vulcan signs binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with Renault

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Following the launch of Renault ElectriCity—a new production unit for electric vehicles in Europe—the Group will purchase between 26,000 to 32,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium chemicals over the duration of the agreement. Vulcan aims to supply the lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle market in Europe.

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SoCalGas adding 50 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell EVs to fleet

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has taken delivery of 23 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEV), marking the company’s first purchase of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Earlier this year, in partnership with Hyzon Motors, announced plans to deploy its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric utility truck.

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Fleet Hydrogen Toyota Fuel

Teijin & Fujitsu to develop blockchain-based platform to promote sustainable use of recycled materials; starting with FRP

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JULY 12, 2022

Teijin and Fujitsu launched a joint project to realize a blockchain-based commercial platform for enhancing the environmental value of recycled materials for manufacturers. To achieve these goals, both the government and the private sector are actively working to regulate waste disposal and develop improved recycling technologies.

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ZeroAvia and ZEV Station sign MoU to develop hydrogen refueling ecosystem at California airports

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APRIL 5, 2022

ZeroAvia, a developer of hydrogen-electric aviation, signed an MoU and announced a new partnership with the hydrogen fueling firm ZEV Station to develop green hydrogen refueling infrastructure for airports in California. ZeroAvia’s partnership with ZEV Station is going to be a significant part of that journey.

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Hydrogen California Emissions Fuel

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

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JULY 14, 2011

American Electric Power is terminating its cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy and placing its plans to advance carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology to commercial scale on hold, citing the current uncertain status of US climate policy and the continued weak economy as contributors to the decision.

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Ascend Energy and Atrex Energy demo tubular SOFC electric ATV, fueled by natural gas

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MARCH 29, 2017

Ascend Energy, in collaboration with solid oxide fuel cell manufacturer Atrex Energy , released the results of a joint project to demonstrate a newly developed tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV). A hybrid electric-type vehicle would require $7.50 Ascend worked with Tructronics Inc.,

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BC to open office to accelerate hydrogen deployment

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APRIL 14, 2022

Part of CleanBC , the BC Hydrogen Strategy includes 63 actions for government, industry and innovators to take over the short term (2020-25), medium term (2025-30) and long term (2030 and beyond). Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy to drive the commercialization of new hydrogen technology; and.

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Hydrogen Carbon Renewable Canada

Rio Tinto Alma smelter site for first commercial demo of ELYSIS GHG-free aluminum smelting technology

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

W?rtsil? & Vantaa Energy Ltd. to cooperate on a carbon-neutral synthetic biogas production project

Bakken Energy to purchase synfuels plant and convert to blue hydrogen production as part of $2B hydrogen hub project

Monolith to collaborate with Goodyear on carbon black for its tire production; methane pyrolysis

Volvo Group and Westport sign LOI to form JV to advance commercialization and adoption of HPDI

Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

GoFor and ODIN partner to launch last-mile commercial EV delivery platform in N America

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology for carbon capture

ROSATOM, Metalloinvest and Air Liquide to evaluate joint project in low-carbon hydrogen production for DRI

ExxonMobil and Porsche testing biofuels and lower-carbon eFuel in race conditions

Alcoa exploring technology to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining; MVR powered by renewable energy

IHS Markit: production of carbon-free “green” hydrogen could be cost-competitive by 2030

Ricardo commits to achieving net zero carbon by 2030

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

LOTTE, Sumitomo of Americas and Syzygy Plasmonics to partner on photocatalytic cracking of ammonia to produce hydrogen

British Columbia is first Canadian province to release its own hydrogen strategy

SoCalGas, Ford developing F-550 Super Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Truck

Cummins and Komatsu to collaborate on advancing development of zero emissions mining haul trucks

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

Cummins beginning development of medium-duty and heavy-duty hydrogen combustion engines; H2-ICE program

C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

UK launches new $1.6B commercialization program for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and first UK CCS Roadmap; making a play for global leadership

EPA finalizes MY 2027 heavy-duty truck NOx standards; first step in Clean Trucks Plan

EU investing €1.8B in 17 large-scale clean tech projects

Drax, C-Capture to pilot Europe’s first bioenergy carbon capture storage project

ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

EPA opens door to consider Carbon Capture and Utilization as part of new Clean Power Plan; algae industry locks on

MAHLE wins series order from DEUTZ for development and supply of components for hydrogen engines

Vulcan Energy signs binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with Umicore

NFI begins piloting Volvo VNR Electric heavy-duty trucks in Southern California

Vulcan signs binding lithium hydroxide offtake agreement with Renault

SoCalGas adding 50 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell EVs to fleet

Teijin & Fujitsu to develop blockchain-based platform to promote sustainable use of recycled materials; starting with FRP

ZeroAvia and ZEV Station sign MoU to develop hydrogen refueling ecosystem at California airports

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

Ascend Energy and Atrex Energy demo tubular SOFC electric ATV, fueled by natural gas

BC to open office to accelerate hydrogen deployment

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