Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Olympic Delivery Authority has granted planning permission for a hydrogen refuelling facility to be built in east London—a major milestone in bringing a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell buses into service. ISE is a leading supplier of hybrid buses and clean heavy-duty vehicles. US-based ISE Corp.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

The City of Westminster and operator Veolia have ordered a retrofit of 92 Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) for the upcoming Ultra-low Emission Zone in London. The homologation criteria in London are very ambitious, and the test vehicles have proven the Eminox-Amminex partnership to be a competitive solution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A consortium, led by Dearman, the clean cold and power technology company, has been awarded £6 million (US$7.9 Liquid nitrogen expands 710 times between liquid and gas phases and this expansion is used to drive the pistons of an engine. Earlier post.).

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Achates Power prefers compression ignition in its OP engines because it enables combustion in the middle of the combustion chamber for clean, efficient combustion and minimal heat loss.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The CEME campus is located on the A13—one of the main East London arterial roads between London City Airport and the M25—providing publicly accessible refueling infrastructure to East London. ITM Power was selected by the Hydrogen London to be the Hydrogen Refueling Station partner for London.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

This program will begin in London, England, but will quickly expand to Paris, France, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the coming year. Expanding our partnership with Hertz into Europe will significantly boost our transition to zero-emissions, helping drivers reduce running costs and cleaning up urban transport.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Both reports also emphasized that although natural gas is the lowest carbon fossil fuel, it is still a fossil fuel. Source: IEA.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. Natural gas taxis are expected to account for 54% in 2050. Its cumulative cost is 4.6

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

One example is diesel and natural gas generators, that are plugged into local transformers. However, wind and solar generation is location specific, and it is not as simple as transmitting wind power from Scotland to power homes in London. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Natural gas engine and vehicle company Westport Innovations Inc. Founded in 1986, Prins is a leading developer of high quality alternative fuel systems powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The first plant will take hundreds of thousands of tonnes of household waste per-year, destined for landfill or incineration, including diapers, plastic food containers and chocolate bar wrappers, and convert it into clean-burning, sustainable fuels. This will contribute to the airline’s commitment to reduce net emissions by 50% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

UPS’ long-term commitment to sustainability is transforming commercial transportation and logistics, spurring growth in the clean fuels market and enabling critical engineering advances. The company’s wider sustainability progress is detailed in the newly released 14 th annual Sustainability Report.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2011

The BA-Solena plant in London will convert more than 500,000 metric tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas (BioSynGas) every year, using Solena’s proprietary plasma gasification technology. The waste will come from food scraps and other household material such as grass and tree cuttings, agricultural and industrial waste.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The objective of the new agreement is to build 10 UK plants dealing with 60,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste per year and to commission the first plant in London by end 2011. Suez Environment will commission the first of the plants by the end of 2011 in the greater London area. A hat-tip to Harold!).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Lux’s observation comes shortly after the Government of Canada announced it will develop a similar low-carbon clean fuel standard requiring reductions in the carbon footprint of the fuels supplied in Canada, based on lifecycle analysis. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

The NO 2 plan is one element in the Government’s efforts to deliver clean air. In 2018, the Government will publish a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy which will address other sources of air pollution. 27M – Clean Bus Technology Fund and Clean Vehicle Technology Fund. 11M – Air Quality Grant.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Oil and gas. Norway and Canada will hold regular meetings at both the political and official levels between their energy ministries.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 10, 2022

The Japanese shipbuilding giant joins a list of ambitious projects that plan to ship CO 2 from the power plants and factories where it’s emitted to sites where the gas can be used or permanently stored. But shipping the gas at the scales required for CCUS brings technical challenges. Shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. 2009) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities.

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APRIL 13, 2018

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution codifying an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for international shipping. in 2015.

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JULY 21, 2013

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. Two hydrogen fuel stations are already open in London—one of which has public access—with a third to come as part of the LHNE project. The ix35 Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2016

The report also identifies five ways that countries as diverse as the United States and Brazil can achieve their targets to increase energy security, foster rural economic development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Previous studies into growing crops for use as fuels have tended to blame bioenergy crops for food shortages.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The facility will convert more than 500,000 metric tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas (BioSynGas) every year, using Solena’s proprietary plasma gasification technology. The facility will also export more than 20 megawatts of baseload renewable power to the grid after powering the entire facility with clean electricity.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from global shipping are on the rise again, according to a new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Naya Olmer, Bryan Comer, Biswajoy Roy, Xiaoli Mao, and Dan Rutherford (2017) “ Greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, 2013–2015 ”.

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JUNE 7, 2017

They have a long way to go before reaching numbers capable of making a significant contribution to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge. Still, the IEA noted, electric vehicles only made up 0.2%

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; If Birol were from Maine, he might have simply observed , “You can’t get there from here.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The companies say they a vision for a larger role for methanol as a clean and sustainable fuel worldwide. Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity. and Gong, H.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Carefully choosing how we reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have the added benefit of reducing global health inequities. The air pollution study also had funding from the Health Effects Institute, California Air Resources Board and Clean Air Task Force. (A Thus, it has been called the most regressive tax in human history.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. A gas plenum is at one end of the 2-3m long fuel pins. The U 2 N 3 fuel is 20% enriched and set in HT-9 cladding tubes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A paper published at the end of October by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) quickly to implement Tier 3 emission and fuel regulations noted that: ultra-fine (UF) particles have recently attracted significant scientific and medical attention.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 27, 2007

Michael Kanellos over at CNetNews.com reports from the recent Clean-Tech Investor Summit that Tesla Motors will be selling its battery packs to other electric car companies. First in line appears to be Th!nk nk Global of Norway with its ready-for-manufacture Th!nk A Tesla-powered Th!nk

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Furthermore, EVs are also more economic to own than their gas counterparts. This means pricier EV models can still become more cost-effective than their cheaper gas counterparts within a few years (see graphic above). EVs accelerate faster than gas-powered cars and have more than enough speed for every-day usage.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Hydrogen: Have five gigawatts of “low carbon” hydrogen production capacity by 2030 – for industry, transport, power and homes – and develop the first town heated by the gas by the end of the decade. Innovation and finance: Developing cutting-edge technologies and making the City of London the global centre of green finance.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The exception would be for ships fitted with an approved “equivalent arrangement” to meet the sulfur limit—such as an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) or “scrubber”—which are already permitted under regulation 4.1 of MARPOL Annex VI.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Honda next year will offer Californians futuristic sedans that can travel 300 miles (480 km) or more on a tank of hydrogen gas while emitting nothing more toxic than pure water vapor. Myth #2: Hydrogen gas is dangerous to store and use. In fact, hydrogen has a rapid diffusivity (3.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Among the elements of the plan are a total ban on diesel in Paris in 2020; the Rue de Rivoli and the Champs-Élysées to be dedicated to ultra-low emission clean vehicles; and the four districts of the center to be transformed into vast semi-pedestrian areas. London, Berlin.) to ban diesel vehicles that comply with European regulations.

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