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Santa Monica signs 5-year deal with Clean Energy for renewable LNG for bus fleet; deploying CWI Near-Zero NOx engine

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The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. BBB began using Redeem by Clean Energy in January 2015. Through this commitment, clean burning RNG and the new 0.02 Earlier post.).

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Cummins Agrees to Pay $1.6 Billion in U.S. Emissions Fines

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billion for violating the Clean Air Act. But said those same devices allowed the vehicles increased performance during regular use — increasing pollution and violating the Clean Air Act. While we are a far cry from claiming that diesels are clean, the issue is more nuanced than many would have you believe.

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Dürr building smart and resource-efficient paint shop at San Luis Potosí in Mexico for BMW Group; Industry 4.0

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The waste water treatment plant, the deionization system of the water (DI plant), and the shop ventilation are also included in the scope of services. Instead of a constant volumetric flow rate, the fresh and exhaust air is controlled as a function of the number of vehicles currently in the oven and their position.

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The Importance of Electrifying Municipal Vehicles

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Clean the air and sneak up on the bad guys The increase in air quality would save money and improve people’s health. Electric vehicles with the greatest public health benefits include school buses and other forms of public transport since people usually breathe in exhaust fumes from conventionally powered vehicles while waiting to board.

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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Joule’s Helioculture platform uses engineered microorganisms directly and continuously to convert sunlight and waste CO 2 into infrastructure-ready fuels, including ethanol and hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) that serve as the essential chemical building blocks for diesel. The optical research engine was another test station.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

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IndyCar sponsorship allows the company to connect its advanced energy technologies with the advanced technologies in racing, educating potential customers how they can produce clean, reliable energy for everyday use, peak and stand-by emergency power. CFR : Other than the clean power source, what else do you sell on?

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Dearman begins on-vehicle testing of Gen 2 transport refrigeration system powered by liquid air engine; lighter, more efficient

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The Dearman liquid air engine is an innovative heat engine that uses liquid air (or liquid nitrogen) as a “fuel” and emits cold air as exhaust. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink. Earlier post.)