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DECEMBER 28, 2022

In February 2022, GTI Energy, S&P Global Commodity Insights and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) launched the Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as an important driver of energy transitions.

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APRIL 5, 2021

million (US$13 million) in public funding to 22 feasibility studies looking to scale up the industrialization of low-carbon emission vehicle technologies. The key technology opportunities being explored with this funding include: Batteries. Loop Technology Ltd – HySMART – Dorchester, Dorset.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Early in February, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that they will build the world’s first ship for transporting carbon dioxide solely from carbon-capture facilities. Carbon capture is picking up steam around the world as heavy industries and power plants try to meet emissions-reductions targets.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Cientifica, an investment company focusing on the acquisition of businesses making use of advanced materials, graphene and emerging technologies, has signed an exclusivity agreement with London Graphene Ltd (LGL) jointly to explore a number of applications of graphene in energy storage.

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MAY 1, 2014

Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have conducted a comprehensive environmental cost–benefit analysis of near-term alternative bus technologies. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Ford is launching a multi-million pound project designed to help improve air quality in London. Ford is the first volume manufacturer to offer PHEV technology in this segment of the van market. Commercial vehicles in London make 280,000 journeys on a typical weekday, travelling a total distance of 8 million miles (13 million km).

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses. The impact of carbon materials on the hydrogen storage properties of light metal hydrides.” EP/T022760/1. EPSRC funding award.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

million grant award to deliver multiple Intelligent Energy Storage Systems (IESS) at various locations for Toronto Hydro and London Hydro. Separately, Electrovaya announced it is working with Walmart Canada on a number of opportunities to lower its carbon footprint and improve efficiency in the distribution and warehousing industry.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A team at Imperial College London has examined the relative costs of carbon mitigation from a lifecycle perspective for 12 different hydrogen production techniques using fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewable sources. An open-access paper on their work is published the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. Parkinson et al.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

New research by scientists at King’s College London suggests that air pollution from London’s roads is improving overall but more work may be needed to tackle some sources of traffic pollution, which continue to breach limits in many parts of the city. Despite a reduction in the total number of vehicles on London roads by 0.5%

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and Johnson Matthey (JM) have signed an agreement with Fulcrum BioEnergy to license their Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support Fulcrum’s drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel. The novel reactor system combines an optimized catalyst with a unique fixed-bed tubular reactor geometry.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

California’s approach to transportation fuel policy—its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)—will become a global phenomenon, suggests Lux Research. Lux sees this approach as a winning one for several reasons: The feedstock-, technology-, and fuel-agnostic approach opens up opportunities along the entire value chain.

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APRIL 8, 2023

The launch showcased the first version of the platform and the company's vision for its technology roadmap. The characterization and modeling technologies brought into the platform were developed through research programs at Imperial College London, University of Birmingham and The Faraday Institution.

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MARCH 10, 2023

Purolator’s investment in environmental sustainability, including the electrification of 60% of its fleet, is expected to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030 by 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e). This month, Purolator will begin deploying 25 Ford E-Transit vans in London, Ont.; Richmond, B.C.;

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MAY 22, 2014

The UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) is inviting organisations that have made a real difference in the area of low carbon transport to apply for the Low Carbon Champions Awards. There are seven categories of Awards reflecting the diversity of those engaged in encouraging the shift to lower carbon vehicles and fuels.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

The first of a planned fleet of eight hydrogen fuel cell buses in London will start operating on 18 December. The vehicles were specifically designed for Transport for London (TfL) using technology developed by ISE, Wrightbus and Ballard. The buses are joining a fleet which also includes 100 hybrid buses.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Zap&Go Ltd has been selected to contribute its unique Carbon-Ion (C-Ion) technology to a consortium led by Williams Advanced Engineering to develop next-generation battery systems for electric vehicles. The consortium seeks to deliver faster-charging, higher-power, higher-energy batteries that improve upon today’s technology.

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JUNE 5, 2014

Woven carbon fiber can act as an electrode for lithium ion batteries. Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. Photo: Peter Larsson) Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 29, 2022

The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds.

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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. Technologies to reduce the weight and improve electrification in SUV vehicle platforms.

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MARCH 6, 2014

The UK and China have agreed to a new £20-million (US$33-million) three-year program that will support research to develop new low carbon manufacturing processes and technologies, low carbon cities and offshore renewables in the two countries. million (US$11 million) available each year. million (US$9.4

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

SAF can reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by over 80% compared to the traditional jet fuel it replaces. Markets for lower-carbon products are growing, and this agreement demonstrates our ability to supply them. The SAF will be supplied to British Airways to power a number of its flights from early 2022. —Darren Cunningham.

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JULY 25, 2022

The fleet operators include telecoms, express delivery, national utilities and national infrastructure companies, a national UK supermarket chain, a national vehicle breakdown and recovery association, an ambulance fleet, a national fleet leasing group and a zero-carbon technology group.

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JUNE 25, 2020

New York City Transit Authority has selected BAE Systems to supply 435 electric hybrid power and propulsion systems for its new fleet of transit buses, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption. With fully electrified accessories, each bus can also support engine stop/start technology for idle reduction. Series-E components.

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MARCH 26, 2022

bp pulse, bp’s EV charging business, intends to make the investment over the next 10 years helping to meet the UK’s fast-growing demand for EV charging and support the country’s transition to low carbon transportation for both consumers and fleet vehicles. bp plans to invest £1 billion (US$1.3 This investment allows us to deliver more.

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JULY 2, 2009

The UK Government is establishing a £30 million fund (US$49 million) to encourage the purchase of low carbon emission buses (LCEB). The fund is part of the Department for Transport’s wider strategy to encourage a shift to low carbon transport and improve air quality in UK cities. At present, low carbon buses make up just 0.2%

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Ricardo has won a bid for funding under round three of the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund to support a new £10-million (US$16-million) low carbon vehicle research and training facility to be built at the Ricardo Shoreham Technical Centre. The development of the Ricardo VERC was selected for part-funding under the £1.05-billion

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board (TSB) will invest more than £12 million (US$19.4 million) in 22 studies and projects to develop new technology that will speed up the reduction of CO 2 emissions from road vehicles. John Laughlin, the Technology Strategy Board’s Low Carbon Vehicles program manager.

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JULY 3, 2012

US-based Solena Fuels has selected microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group for use in a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) project under development in the UK. The leading partner in the project is British Airways, which intends to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet by 2015.

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. and PM 10 , including of NTP and TP emissions, at key selected London trial sites.

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JULY 12, 2010

Later this week, the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership will host the inaugural LowCVP Low Carbon Champion Awards, recognizing best recognize best practice in vehicle manufacturers, fuel suppliers, fleet operators and developers of products and services that reduce greenhouse gases from the road transport sector.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

While scarcity of rare earth elements (REE) in absolute terms is unlikely to be a concern, their future supply could be disrupted by technical, environmental and financial factors, according to a briefing note published by the Geological Society of London. Overcoming these challenges will take some time, as will reopening pre-existing mines.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Hydrogen: Working with industry aiming to generate 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for industry, transport, power and homes, and aiming to develop the first town heated entirely by hydrogen by the end of the decade. Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, planting 30,000 hectares of trees every year.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Ultimately, the company expects the projects will support its efforts to provide low-cost and low-carbon energy to the electricity grid. The demonstration machine is to designed to demonstrate General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion technology, creating fusion conditions in a power-plant-relevant environment.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued a letter to energy ministers gathered at the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum in London calling for an aggressive effort “ to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to the point where widespread, affordable deployment can begin in 8 to 10 years. ”.

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JANUARY 3, 2018

The project, named SUNRISE (after Synthomer, UCL & Nexeon’s Rapid Improvement in the Storage of Energy), will develop better battery materials based on silicon as a replacement for carbon in the cell anode, and optimize cell designs for automotive application.

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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. Some of the technologies could be applied in FCEVs as early as 2020, according to the report. Click to enlarge. 500,000 units per year). Click to enlarge.

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