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AUGUST 9, 2018

Canada-based Loop Energy’s heavy-duty fuel cell range extender ( earlier post ) will power two new zero-emission hybrid-electric Class 8 drayage trucks that will operate for a one-year period as part of a FAST TRACK Fuel Cell Truck Project in southern California. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

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JULY 7, 2022

The move will increase efficiency, reliability and lower the cost of moving manufacturing materials and components in a critical segment of the company’s supply chain. We’ve adopted many environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations. Earlier post. ).

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JANUARY 9, 2022

Automakers including Volkswagen, Daimler, and Ford have also adopted the cost-effective technology in their lower-range EVs. Last month Gotion High-Tech agreed to supply a large listed and unnamed US automaker with 200 GWh of LFP batteries between 2023 and 2028 in an indication of the auto industry’s reliance on Chinese production.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Low-carbon gas. In the longer term, there are major opportunities to scale up the use of low-carbon gas technologies, but these depend on substantial policy action and infrastructure investment in the coming years. Potential magnitude of resource and landed cost of hydrogen in Germany, 2050. —Snam CEO Marco Alverà.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

With the M3P battery, CATL cells could increase an electric vehicle’s range to 700 km or 430 miles. M3P batteries will be made from new materials that CATL states will lower the costs of the cells compared to nickel and cobalt-based batteries. China Improving Battery Supply Chain. China Improving Battery Supply Chain.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award ( DE-FOA-0000996 ) up to $12 million in funding to advance the development of a cost-competitive pathway to produce high-performance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable non-food biomass. Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Improvements in productivity with traditional carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) supply.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Hydra has completed three years of successful on-road testing of the hydrogen-diesel, co-combustion injection system proving no loss in fuel efficiency, range, power, torque, or payload capacity and a carbon emissions reduction of up to 40% per converted truck. —Lodgewood President Arlene Gagne.

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MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame has developed a technology that allows a heavy-duty engine to continue to operate using MCCI-based combustion when fueled on a wider range of fuels, including ethanol. Ethanol’s shorter hydrocarbon chains (two-carbon atoms vs diesel’s twelve- carbon atoms) reduce or eliminate soot formation under typical engine conditions.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. As part of the collaboration, Daimler Truck is also to supply hydrogen-powered fuel-cell trucks to its customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France by 2025.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We believe the fastest way to lower greenhouse gases in the transportation sector is to offer drivers lower carbon choices that meet their needs. At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Methane derived from CO 2 and renewable H 2 sources is an attractive fuel, and it has great potential as a renewable hydrogen carrier as an environmentally responsible carbon capture and utilization approach. —Heldebrant et al. Different methods for converting CO 2 into methane have long been known.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Honda will also further pursue the utilization of local resources, which includes strengthening our collaboration with CATL for the supply of batteries. Honda is conducting independent research on all-solid-state batteries in order to increase the capacity and lower the cost of the next generation batteries for its electrified vehicles.

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MAY 10, 2023

This project will complete key engineering design and demonstration tests to enable cost-competitive, carbon-neutral production of synthetic jet fuel and diesel using nuclear energy from existing light water reactors. 3M Company will develop an isotope recovery process to enable commercial deployment of molten salt reactors.

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MARCH 8, 2017

has received Letters of Intent from fleets totaling 2,150 of the Workhorse W-15 range-extended electric pickup trucks. Electric power will be supplied using Panasonic 18650 Li-on batteries. The truck’s battery pack is expected to deliver 80-mile all-electric range and to achieve 75 MPGe while in all-electric operation.

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JULY 1, 2021

Diversifying the global supply chain would require significant investment from regions such as Europe and North America, according to the latest Battery Metals Outlook from research company BloombergNEF. Automakers could switch to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry, which would reduce the performance of some EVs, particularly their range.

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APRIL 8, 2023

About:Energy’s battery models are undergoing a wide range of validation, including temperature, state-of-charge, and ageing. The project, in partnership with Imperial College London and Arrival, will increase the core capability of About:Energy’s software platform, improve battery lifetime, and decrease the carbon footprint of systems.

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JULY 21, 2021

Low Total Cost of Hydrogen by Exploiting Offshore Wind and PEM Electrolysis Synergies. The technology has the potential to enable increased green hydrogen production from renewable offshore wind energy, reducing global carbon dioxide emissions. million, and two potential follow-on awards of up to $1.1 million each. Terves, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery-grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials and precursor material to the North American battery supply chain. Globalization has created an electric vehicle supply chain that is too long, too costly and increasingly unreliable. Canada-based First Cobalt Corp.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

It is an ideal fun hatch which offers premium, safety and technology features, eco-friendly footprint, spirited performance, all made even more desirable with the added advantage of a low cost of ownership. A 7.2kW AC home fast charger which can add 35km range with 30 min of charging. and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd.

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JUNE 1, 2017

million (US$141 million) of government funding, alongside significant funding from industry, to help develop the next generation of driverless and low-carbon vehicles, as part of the Industrial Strategy and the government’s Plan for Britain. The UK Government recently awarded £109.7 million (US$21.5

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The company will install an electrolysis system at Donaldsonville to generate carbon-free hydrogen from water that will then be supplied to an existing plant to produce green ammonia. Additionally, the company is developing CCS and other carbon abatement projects across its production facilities.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

million) grant from the Bavaria FIT program under the Bavarian undersecretary of the state of Katja Hessel to fund the development of a novel carbon-fiber precursor with revised properties. Precursors comprised of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers are the raw material needed for carbon fiber production and important for determining quality.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 29, 2022

GET ON THE JOURNEY TO CARBON ZERO. Businesses big and small will play a vital role in reducing New Zealand’s carbon emissions through the transition to more sustainable transport. Step 1: Your carbon strategy. You should develop a fleet strategy that matches your overall carbon strategy. Business example.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Resources and Energy Quarterly, the Australian Office of the Chief Economist (AOCE) predicted that as the market moves into a phase of excess supply, lithium prices will probably fall this year and BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey predicts the price of the Lithium-Ion battery will also likely to reduce.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Given the nature of wet waste resources that requires dedicated waste management practices to collect, store, treat, and dispose of the waste, shifting the waste resources from going through conventional waste management practices to utilization as feedstocks for energy production may represent an avoided cost of waste management and disposal.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The technologies in Alcoa’s roadmap, including a new, proprietary post-consumer scrap recycling process, have the potential to decarbonize a significant portion of the upstream aluminum supply chain and provide a competitive advantage in a carbon-constrained world. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 25, 2010

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is providing £30 million (US$45 million) in new funding to further encourage a shift to low carbon transport. million) in a second round of the Green Bus Fund Competition to buy new low carbon buses. million) for a low carbon truck demonstration project, also subject to a feasibility study.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. We need both a policy like a carbon tax and to put more R&D money into renewables.

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JANUARY 25, 2016

At the same time, energy efficiency gains and increased use of renewable energy sources and lower carbon fuels, such as natural gas, are expected to help reduce by half the carbon intensity of the global economy. By then, they are expected to make up nearly 25% of supplies of which nuclear alone represents about one third.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

World’s biggest green hydrogen project developers and partners come together to launch Green Hydrogen Catapult initiative New initiative aims to drive down costs to below $2 per kilogram, to transform energy across most carbon intensive industries, accelerating race to zero emissions Founding partners include.

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MARCH 13, 2023

70 million to strengthen Canada’s global leadership role in enhancing critical minerals supply chain resiliency through international collaborations related to critical minerals. Global Partnerships Program. $70 Northern Regulatory Initiative. $40

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. Evolution of REEV Technologies – Building a UK Supply Base (REEVolution).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Award amounts range from $500,000 to $80 million, with most receiving at least $2 million.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Teijin Limited has achieved a significant reduction in the cycle time required for molding carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) automobile cabin frame, bringing it to less than one minute. Long-fiber thermoplastic pellet: high-strength pellet made from carbon fiber, suited for injection molding of complex parts.

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AUGUST 13, 2022

Based on the mode of battery-vehicle separation, CAES’s modular battery swap solution will solve the three major problems of facing the electric vehicle industry, namely, the range anxiety, the inconvenience of refueling and the high total cost of ownership.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Ranges of automotive fuel cell system costs at mass manufactured volume using technology from three UK companies supported by the Carbon Trust. Source: Carbon Trust. —James Wilde, Director of Innovation and Policy at the Carbon Trust. Click to enlarge. 500,000 units per year). Click to enlarge.

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