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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces that could reduce CO 2 emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. billion in 5 years while reducing overall UK emissions by 2.9%. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28

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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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JUNE 10, 2021

The researchers say that their findings, recently published in an open-access paper in the journal Science Advances , are key to understanding how the universe evolved with the growth of carbon compounds. That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. Zhao et al.

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HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

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JANUARY 8, 2023

The Health Effects Institute (HEI) has launched two new studies funded under RFA 21-1, Quantifying Real-World Impacts of Non-Tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions. The new studies are: Improved Characterization of the Real-World Contributions and Impacts of Non-tailpipe Particulate Matter Emissions ,” led by Greg Evans, University of Toronto.

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Electric cars are cleaner than gasoline ones in 95% of the world, study finds

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MARCH 30, 2020

A new study confirms what electric car drivers already know: that EVs are cleaner than gasoline cars, even when emissions from electricity generation are factored in. The only.

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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APRIL 13, 2020

The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions.

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Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions.

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Ice core data show why air pollution is dropping more slowly in US and Western Europe despite lower sulfur emissions

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JUNE 1, 2021

The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. Despite these successes, sulfate levels in the atmosphere have declined more slowly than sulfur dioxide emissions, especially in wintertime. This does not mean that the emissions reductions aren't working.

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Pollution Emissions Europe Climate Change

UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

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JULY 9, 2020

Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. 2020) “Emissions benefits of electric vehicles in Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services.”

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Tesla Semi real-world sightings show that a cleaner, quieter future is possible for the trucking sector

Teslarati

MAY 29, 2023

If anything, they emphasize the idea that it is possible to adopt a cleaner, quieter alternative to conventional trucking solutions featuring large, noisy, Class 8 diesel-powered semitrailers today. ZERO EMISSIONS FRITOLAY'S TESLA SEMI TRUCK IN THE WILD. Such issues are directly addressed by vehicles like the Tesla Semi.

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Shell and Tsinghua University set up mobility research center

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MAY 25, 2017

Shell officially opened its Joint Research Center for Cleaner Mobility with Tsinghua’s Department of Automotive Engineering (DAE). Shell has partnered with Tsinghua University since 201 to provide students with the latest knowledge in lubricants technology. Shell collaborates with top-tier universities and research institutes globally.

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the COP28 climate conference this weekend. billion Tonnes CO2e100.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Now I want to be clear: I am inspired by the Administration’s commitment to phasing out carbon emissions. The US transportation sector accounts for the largest portion of US greenhouse gas emissions, and I firmly believe it is a human right to breathe clean air. That has a significant impact on safety for all road users. Shaffer et al.

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F-150 Climate Petrol Hummer

Auburn University leads $2M DOE Co-Optima project to evaluate renewable butyl acetate as diesel fuel additive

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Auburn University researchers are leading a $2-million US Department of Energy Co-Optima project ( earlier post ) that will evaluate renewable butyl acetate (BA) as a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.

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Universal Diesel Renewable Fuel

Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

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JUNE 25, 2023

A team from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar has comprehensively reviewed various ammonia decomposition techniques to produce clean hydrogen by recovering the boil-off ammonia while integrating solar energy infrastructures onboard a ship for electricity and heat requirements. The review paper is published in the journal Fuel.

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Qatar Hydrogen Production Solar

Volvo Buses and Singapore University NTU demo world’s first full size autonomous electric bus

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MARCH 6, 2019

Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have demonstrated the world’s first 12-meter autonomous electric bus. Plans are in place to test the bus on NTU campus and to extend the route beyond the university. The fully autonomous electric bus provides a quiet operation with zero emissions.

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Singapore Volvo Universal Electric

In-use emissions report for Achates heavy-duty OP diesel shows substantial margin to most stringent EPA NOx proposed regulation

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APRIL 20, 2022

Achates Power has released initial in-use NO x measurements from the cleaner, heavy-duty diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners. Both CARB and EPA have introduced Low Load requirements, in-use NO x measurement updates, and limits on permissible real-world emissions.

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EPA Emissions Peterbilt Diesel

Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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JUNE 28, 2018

Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO 2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in S cience Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. Total CO 2 emissions of 182 Chinese cities. Shan et al.

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University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist.

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Austin Universal Texas Gas

DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. University of Michigan. University of Michigan-Dearborn. University of Alabama.

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Universal Engine Fuel Alabama

CMU study finds SOA levels in cities like LA will remain high despite cleaner cars; nonlinear relationship between SOA and NOx

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JUNE 22, 2017

The findings of a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, with colleagues at UC Berkeley, suggest that changing atmospheric NO x levels over the next two decades will likely significantly reduce the effectiveness of stricter new gasoline vehicle emissions standards in reducing concentrations of secondary organic aerosol (SOA).

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Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

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JANUARY 18, 2023

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Earlier post.).

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UCR study finds ultra-low emission natural gas bus exceeds federal and state NOx standards; as low as 0.0007g/bhp-hr

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JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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Standards Gas Emissions Los Angeles

TECO 2030, Shell and partners to receive €5M in Horizon Europe support for 2.4 MW fuel cell system for tanker retrofit

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to TECO 2030, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited and Shell International Exploration and Production BV, the HyEkoTank project involves partners Ektank AB, Blom Maritime AS, TECO Solutions AS, Umoe Advanced Composites AS (UAC), FKAB Marine Design, Neste Oyj, and UiT - The Arctic University of Norway.

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Europe Fuel Hydrogen Mariner

Wärtsilä and partners to pursue greater fuel efficiency for shipping in 3-year EU-funded project SeaTech

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MARCH 6, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, together with a consortium of six other industry and academic partners, has been awarded EU funding for a major project aimed at reducing fuel consumption and lowering emission levels for shipping. It involves precise controlling of the engine to achieve extreme reductions in exhaust emission levels.

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Fuel Mariner Norway Emissions

York study finds post-lockdown UK traffic getting back to normal but air remains cleaner as congestion is down

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JULY 12, 2020

Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, according to a new study by researchers at the University of York. We think the reason is that congestion has not fully returned, and this has quite a large effect on emissions and hence concentrations.

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Cleaner Pollution Emissions Universal

Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI

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APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Saudi Aramco and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), with a colleague from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, assessed the effects of adopting 4 hybrid architectures on the life-cycle GHG emissions of a novel high-reactivity fuel in an advanced compression-ignition engine (GCI).

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Gasoline Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Emissions

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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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). The only criteria emission of concern is NO x. Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.

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Hydrogen Engine Saudi Arabia Universal

Bombardier introduces new, more efficient and cleaner Evinrude outboards

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JUNE 15, 2014

Bombardier Recreational Products & Vehicles (BRP) has introduced a new two-stroke direct-injection outboard engine that produces up to 75% fewer total regulated emissions, with 15% better fuel efficiency and 20% more torque than leading four-stroke engines: the G2 engines, the next generation of Evinrude E-TEC outboard engines.

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Cleaner Wisconsin 2002 Fuel Economy

Continental Aerospace Technologies finalizing HVO testing for use in CD-100 engine series

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JULY 26, 2023

This research and development investment signifies Continental’s commitment to fostering a more sustainable general aviation industry aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting environmental stewardship. Continental CD-100 Jet-A Engine Series: aircraft engine facing right. HVO is a renewable and carbon-neutral fuel alternative.

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Engine Oil Alternative Fuels Fuel Alternative

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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Convert Hydrogen Power Powered

Argonne VERIFI researchers applying GSA to investigate combustion engine parameters; seeking cleaner and more efficient engines

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JULY 18, 2014

By gaining a better understanding of how these parameter uncertainties affect outcomes, the VERIFI researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Connecticut, are seeking to create cleaner and more efficient engines. Diesel Emissions Engines Fuel Efficiency Simulation'

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Cleaner Engine Connecticut Diesel

Syzygy Plasmonics raises $23M Series B to electrify chemical manufacturing; photocatalytic reactor for hydrogen production

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APRIL 10, 2021

Licensed from Rice University, Syzygy’s “antenna-reactor” plasmonic photocatalyst has been published in leading academic journals such as Science , Nature , and PNAS. of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Earlier post.). The heat demand to power the combustion processes for chemical production accounts for 3.6%

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GE Aviation and the University of Cincinnati collaborate on new research center

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

GE Aviation, in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI), has created the GE Aviation Research Center at the company’s world headquarters in Evendale, Ohio. The scope of this agreement marks a first in Ohio between a leading aerospace company and a leading university research institute.

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Universal Ohio Engine Cleaner

Wabtec signs MOUs with CMU, Genesee & Wyoming to decarbonize freight rail & improve safety; battery and fuel cell locomotives

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

G&W), the largest owner of short line and regional freight railroads, to pursue zero-emission battery and hydrogen freight strategies, as well as increase rail utilization across North America. —Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, Wabtec announced an MOU with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W),

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Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A new study suggests that focusing on a gasoline-fueled vehicle’s cold start is the best target for future design changes to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. Much of this haze is formed from volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, and fine particulate matter from tailpipe emissions. That’s still the best place to reduce emissions.

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Gasoline Emissions San Diego Los Angeles

Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

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APRIL 2, 2011

The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

Universal

Universal Fuel Land Rover Alternative Fuels

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. Earlier post.).

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Honeywell UOP opens first facility in China to test flare emissions for VOCs

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OCTOBER 22, 2017

Honeywell UOP’s Callidus Technologies business began operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The test center in Luoyang, Henan Province, aids customers that are working to reduce emissions of VOCs in industrial flare systems and improve flare operation.

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China Emissions Gas Industrial

Black carbon linked to increased cardiovascular risk; exacerbated by co-exposure to motor vehicle emissions

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Black carbon (BC) from incomplete biomass and fossil fuel combustion is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM) air pollution and a major climate-forcing emission. The team’s findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS). —Jill Baumgartner.

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Carbon Emissions Motor Motors

Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Harvard University recently purchased four Proterra battery-electric buses and electric infrastructure. To achieve this, the University made a commitment that all Harvard-owned vehicles will operate without fossil fuels. Harmful air pollutants will also be reduced providing health benefits to local communities.

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Buy Massachusetts Electrical Electric

Ricardo wins UK funding to develop future electric trucks

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ricardo will be partnering with the University of Bath for both projects. of these are using cleaner propulsion. of all vehicles on the road but account for around 35% of CO 2 road transport emissions. Currently, there are just over half a million trucks on the road in the UK, but only 0.2%

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Future Electric Electrical Cleaner

Study concludes environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution even with increased production

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. Shapiro and Reed Walker (2018) “ Why is Pollution from U.S.

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Pollution Production Los Angeles 2008

Altalto waste-to-jet fuel plant advances in UK; BA, Shell, Velocys

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AUGUST 22, 2019

million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year. The technology, built by Velocys, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% for every tonne of sustainable jet fuel that replaces a tonne of conventional fossil fuel—equivalent to taking up to 40,000 cars per year off the road.

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Waste Fuel Alternative Fuels 2005

Clean Air Power demonstrates Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen

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MAY 15, 2022

UK-based Clean Air Power has demonstrated a Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on hydrogen to reduce its carbon emission output. FOAK is aimed at making railways cleaner, greener and more passenger friendly. Clean Air Power’s main project partner was rail freight operator, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

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Clean Cleaning Diesel Hydrogen

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

HEI launches two new non-tailpipe particulate emission studies

Electric cars are cleaner than gasoline ones in 95% of the world, study finds

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Ice core data show why air pollution is dropping more slowly in US and Western Europe despite lower sulfur emissions

UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

Tesla Semi real-world sightings show that a cleaner, quieter future is possible for the trucking sector

Shell and Tsinghua University set up mobility research center

Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Auburn University leads $2M DOE Co-Optima project to evaluate renewable butyl acetate as diesel fuel additive

Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

Volvo Buses and Singapore University NTU demo world’s first full size autonomous electric bus

In-use emissions report for Achates heavy-duty OP diesel shows substantial margin to most stringent EPA NOx proposed regulation

Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

CMU study finds SOA levels in cities like LA will remain high despite cleaner cars; nonlinear relationship between SOA and NOx

Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

UCR study finds ultra-low emission natural gas bus exceeds federal and state NOx standards; as low as 0.0007g/bhp-hr

TECO 2030, Shell and partners to receive €5M in Horizon Europe support for 2.4 MW fuel cell system for tanker retrofit

Wärtsilä and partners to pursue greater fuel efficiency for shipping in 3-year EU-funded project SeaTech

York study finds post-lockdown UK traffic getting back to normal but air remains cleaner as congestion is down

Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

Bombardier introduces new, more efficient and cleaner Evinrude outboards

Continental Aerospace Technologies finalizing HVO testing for use in CD-100 engine series

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

Argonne VERIFI researchers applying GSA to investigate combustion engine parameters; seeking cleaner and more efficient engines

Syzygy Plasmonics raises $23M Series B to electrify chemical manufacturing; photocatalytic reactor for hydrogen production

GE Aviation and the University of Cincinnati collaborate on new research center

Wabtec signs MOUs with CMU, Genesee & Wyoming to decarbonize freight rail & improve safety; battery and fuel cell locomotives

Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Honeywell UOP opens first facility in China to test flare emissions for VOCs

Black carbon linked to increased cardiovascular risk; exacerbated by co-exposure to motor vehicle emissions

Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

Ricardo wins UK funding to develop future electric trucks

Study concludes environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution even with increased production

Altalto waste-to-jet fuel plant advances in UK; BA, Shell, Velocys

Clean Air Power demonstrates Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on combination of diesel, biogas and hydrogen

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