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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.

Qatar

Qatar Hydrogen Production Solar

Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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JUNE 10, 2021

That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. The industrial processes behind crude oil refineries and the inner-workings of gas-powered combustion engines can emit PAHs, which can form into toxic air pollutants such as soot. Zhao et al. PAHs have a dark side, too. Zagidullin, Valeriy N.

Cleaner

Cleaner Insight Engine Hawaii

Aramco awards $10B in contracts for vast Jafurah shale gas field development

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

In late November, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) announced the start of development of the vast Jafurah unconventional gas field, the largest non-associated gas field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It will make Saudi Arabia one of the world’s largest natural gas producers.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Gas Gas-Electric Oil

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%. The novel recycling system captures the CO 2 from the top gas and reduces it to CO using a perovskite crystalline mineral lattice. Kildahl et al.

Carbon

Carbon Emissions Cleaner Gas-Electric

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

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AUGUST 24, 2023

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which requires fuel producers to reduce the carbon intensity of fuel sold in the state, is largely responsible for the shift by encouraging the use and production of cleaner alternatives. Since compliance began, the program has helped to replace more than 8.6 billion gallons of diesel.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Diesel California

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

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JULY 6, 2020

In the short- to medium-term, hydrogen technology could be used to replace compressed natural gas (CNG) in some areas with minor changes to the existing infrastructure, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Currently, in the power industry, hydrogen accounts for less than 0.2%

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Cleaner Power Powered

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

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JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., This development is consistent with Air Products’ growth strategy of executing global megaprojects that enable a transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. Hydrogen-fueled electricity will offset the remaining five percent of emissions.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production Energy Canada

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from both electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations.

Emissions

Emissions Gas Energy Power

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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JULY 21, 2021

In addition to its regional and temporal scope, this study is distinct from earlier LCA literature in four key aspects: This study considers the lifetime average carbon intensity of the fuel and electricity mixes, including biofuels and biogas. This results in significantly lower battery production emissions than in earlier studies.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery

California Energy Commission awards $2M to Symbio H2 Central Valley Express heavy-duty fuel cell truck project

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APRIL 15, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) selected Symbio, Michelin, and Faurecia along with GTI and other industry partners, to develop and demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled, regional-haul Class 8 truck, as major contributors to a state-supported hydrogen mobility project.

California

California Fuel Energy Hydrogen

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

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JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. The battery-powered locomotive ( FLXdrive ) will be situated in a consist between two Tier 4 locomotives, creating a battery-electric hybrid consist.

California

California Batteries Battery Electric

California, 6 automakers finalize bilateral Clean Car Framework agreements

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AUGUST 20, 2020

While California is challenging the Federal government in court to overturn the revocation of California’s waiver enabling the state to issue greenhouse gas restrictions on light-duty vehicles, it has finalized with six participating automakers individual bilateral agreements based upon a Framework unveiled last year.

California

California Clean Cleaning Cleaner

PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

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MARCH 11, 2022

Intelligent Backup Power, making its debut on F-150 Lightning, gives customers the ability to use bidirectional power technology from their all-electric truck to provide up to 10 days of power to their homes during an outage, depending on home energy usage. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe.

F-150

F-150 Ford Electric Vehicles Charging

New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

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APRIL 9, 2022

Under the plan, 95% of electricity by 2030 could be low-carbon, the government said. This would represent up to around 25% of projected electricity demand—three times more than now. This would represent up to around 25% of projected electricity demand—three times more than now.

Energy

Energy Wind Cleaner Gas-Electric

UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

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AUGUST 17, 2021

By 2030, hydrogen could play an important role in decarbonizing polluting, energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, oil refineries, power and heavy transport such as shipping, heavy-duty trucks and trains, by helping these sectors move away from fossil fuels. Doing so could deliver a 7% emissions reduction on natural gas.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Climate Change Wind

AP Ventures makes follow-on investment in small-scale GTL company Greyrock Energy

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MAY 7, 2019

a provider of small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology. Greyrock’s systems are designed to transform a variety of gas resources (including natural gas, flare gas, bio-gas, natural gas liquids, and other feedstocks) into premium transportation fuels. —Andrew Hinkly, Managing Partner AP Ventures.

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Companies Energy Gas-Electric Hydrogen

EPRI-NRDC report finds widespread vehicle electrification and a cleaner grid could lead to substantial cuts in GHG by 2050

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

EPRI

EPRI Cleaner Grid Vehicles

Port of Los Angeles rolls out $82.5M hydrogen fuel cell electric freight demonstration; Toyota fuel cell technology

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JUNE 14, 2021

The Port of Los Angeles and its partners rolled out five new hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and introduced two hydrogen fueling stations. The Port’s technology development partners are Toyota Motor North America, which designed and built the powertrain’s fuel cell electric power supply system; Kenworth Truck Co.,

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Hydrogen Toyota Fuel

NHTSA to propose new fuel economy standards soon; 8% increase per year for MY 2024-2026

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AUGUST 6, 2021

NHTSA’s proposal comes as the automobile industry is retooling future models in response to market demand for cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Nearly all auto manufacturers have announced new electric vehicle models, and five manufacturers have voluntarily agreed with California to achieve stricter greenhouse gas requirements.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Standards Fuel

India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Based on the Sanskrit word for zero, Shoonya will create a verification and branding system for electric delivery vehicles and the packages they deliver. Even when electricity sector emissions are included, pollution from EVs are still less than gas-powered vehicles, and will only get cleaner as the grid decarbonizes.

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Miles India Pollution Electric

ERTRAC publishes roadmap on energy carriers and powertrains; role for power-to-gas

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APRIL 7, 2014

ERTRAC has more than 50 members, representing all the actors of the Road Transport System: transport industry, European associations, EU Member States, local authorities, European Commission services, etc. It can be used in many applications to improve or replace existing transport solutions and deployed at electricity grid scale.

Gas

Gas Energy Power Powered

Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes to collaborate on efficient power and hydrogen solutions

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MAY 7, 2021

Bloom Energy’s efficient and low emissions SOFCs, Baker Hughes’ efficient and flexible NovaLT gas turbines—which can run on up to 100% hydrogen—along with heat recovery turbines can create resilient microgrids ideal for large-scale applications. These efforts are geared toward accelerating the transition to the hydrogen economy.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Power Powered

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., million tonnes emitted in 2007.

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Estonia Oil Cleaner Jordan

ICCT assesses impact of EV battery manufacturing life-cycle emissions debt; policy implications

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Analysts at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) have reviewed recent research into the greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. They note that the the impacts of battery production on electric vehicles’ overall emissions is “an especially complex topic”.

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Emissions Batteries Battery

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

President Obama’s plan, which sidesteps the need for Congressional involvement by relying on a wide variety of executive actions, has three main components: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. of greenhouse gas emissions to 3% by 2020. Other efforts will include: Natural Gas.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy

Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019. Many companies have made commitments to transition portions of their delivery fleets to electric over the next five to 10 years.

Fleet

Fleet Industrial Industry Charging

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

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APRIL 10, 2021

Syzygy Plasmonics, a technology company developing a high-performance photocatalyst for the industrial gas, chemical and energy industries, announced a $23-million Series B financing led by Horizons Ventures with participation from new global investors including Equinor Ventures. of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Manufacturer Production Universal

Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Heath has great job security: half of Phoenix residents are at risk of an emergency room visit or worse if their electricity fails during a future heat wave, according to a recent study. But to get the air conditioner’s compressor working in the first place, a faraway power plant had to produce a surge of electricity.

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Future Climate Phoenix Gas-Electric

Virginia Governor signs legislation and executive order beginning transition of state vehicles to natural gas, electricity or other alternative fuels

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JULY 13, 2011

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has signed two pieces of legislation that promote the use of natural gas, electric or other alternative-fueled vehicles in the Commonwealth. He also signed a new executive order setting out the state alternative fuel plan required by House Bill 2282. HB2105 (Bulova). Executive Order #36.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Virginia Gas-Electric Fuel

Geely testing Emgrand methanol hybrid sedan in -40 C conditions

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MARCH 22, 2022

naturally aspirated methanol engine providing 97kW (130HP) of power and 175 N·m of max torque together with an electric motor providing 100kW (134HP) of power and 320 N·m for a combined 272kW (364HP) and 495 N·m of torque. In the face of rising global gas prices, methanol fuel offers a viable cleaner affordable alternative, Geely said.

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Hybrid Iceland Chinese Clean

Efficient Drivetrains introduces CNG PHEV for agriculture work truck applications

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APRIL 11, 2018

The vehicle combines the benefits of a CNG Fuel system and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) technology and is geared to help agriculture fleets switch from petroleum-based liquid fuels to domestically available, cleaner burning natural gas and electricity. The EDI PowerDrive has been durability tested over 3.8

PHEV

PHEV Alternative Fuels Cleaner Plug-in

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% for natural gas, and 7.0%

Global

Global Emissions Carbon Coal

European Union adopts strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen; Clean Hydrogen Alliance

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JULY 9, 2020

The European Union adopted strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen, paving the way “towards a more efficient and interconnected energy sector, driven by the twin goals of a cleaner planet and a stronger economy.”. Energy System Integration. This connected and flexible system will be more efficient, and reduce costs for society.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Energy

Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

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APRIL 9, 2021

The solution is designed to help prolong a cleaner engine life and enable vehicle manufacturers to meet increasingly stringent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards and regulations, while providing considerable cost savings as the market transitions to electric vehicles (EVs).

Conversion

Conversion Lithium Ion Cleaner Chad

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held. And we have to do it quickly.

Obama

Obama Oil Gas-Electric Purchase

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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MAY 21, 2020

SGH2’s gasification process uses a plasma-enhanced thermal catalytic conversion process optimized with oxygen-enriched gas. The end result is high purity hydrogen and a small amount of biogenic carbon dioxide, which is not additive to greenhouse gas emissions. —Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Green California

Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq. or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq.

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2005 Emissions Renewable 2019

BYD executive says Tesla is a ‘partner’ in electrification

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

company’s role in helping popularize and educate the public about electric vehicles (EVs). automaker is both a “marketing leader” and an important factor in pushing the automotive industry into more sustainable technology. “The more people jumping to produce EV is better for the industry,” Li added.

BYD

BYD Tesla Financing Chinese

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Whichever way you look, we are storing up risks for the future.

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2018 Global Energy Coal

Chinese company to convert coke oven waste gas into power for region with three GE aeroderivative gas turbines

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Ltd is building a high-efficiency gas turbine power plant to utilize coke oven gas (COG) into power and steam to meet increasing energy needs in its region. The power plant will be equipped with three GE aeroderivative gas turbines, which are the first LM2500+G4 units sold in China.

Gas

Gas Chinese Waste Power

Proof-of-principle of cost-effective methane cracking technology for H2 production without CO2; 50% cleaner than SMR, comparable to electrolysis

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

per kilogram of hydrogen at German natural gas prices—without taking the market value of the solid black carbon byproduct of the process into consideration. The main by-product of methane cracking—solid black carbon—is also an increasingly important industrial commodity.

Cleaner

Cleaner Production Kits CO2

CARB puts HVIP on hold after receiving voucher requests for entire $142M budget

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NOVEMBER 2, 2019

CARB, in partnership with CALSTART, launched HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more-efficient trucks and buses in California. In total, the program has helped more than 1,500 California fleets buy cleaner vehicles.

California

California Fleet Cleaner Clean

Synbio company Intrexon and Dominion partner to commercialize bioconversion of natural gas to isobutanol in Marcellus and Utica Basins

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AUGUST 20, 2015

Intrexon’s proprietary methanotroph bioconversion platform uses optimized microbial cell lines to convert natural gas into higher carbon compounds such as isobutanol and farnesene under ambient temperatures and pressures. Methanotrophic bacteria oxidize methane as their sole carbon source to support cellular metabolism and growth.

Gas

Gas Commercial Companies Conversion

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

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MARCH 31, 2019

This year, the Group intends to launch a new project in the ArcelorMittal plant in Hamburg to use hydrogen on an industrial scale for the direct reduction of iron ore (H-DR) in the steel production process for the first time. The process is first tested with grey hydrogen (generated at gas separation) to allow for economical operation.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production Carbon Waste

Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

Aramco awards $10B in contracts for vast Jafurah shale gas field development

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

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

California Energy Commission awards $2M to Symbio H2 Central Valley Express heavy-duty fuel cell truck project

BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California

California, 6 automakers finalize bilateral Clean Car Framework agreements

PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

AP Ventures makes follow-on investment in small-scale GTL company Greyrock Energy

EPRI-NRDC report finds widespread vehicle electrification and a cleaner grid could lead to substantial cuts in GHG by 2050

Port of Los Angeles rolls out $82.5M hydrogen fuel cell electric freight demonstration; Toyota fuel cell technology

NHTSA to propose new fuel economy standards soon; 8% increase per year for MY 2024-2026

India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

ERTRAC publishes roadmap on energy carriers and powertrains; role for power-to-gas

Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes to collaborate on efficient power and hydrogen solutions

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

ICCT assesses impact of EV battery manufacturing life-cycle emissions debt; policy implications

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

Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

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

Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Virginia Governor signs legislation and executive order beginning transition of state vehicles to natural gas, electricity or other alternative fuels

Geely testing Emgrand methanol hybrid sedan in -40 C conditions

Efficient Drivetrains introduces CNG PHEV for agriculture work truck applications

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

European Union adopts strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen; Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

BYD executive says Tesla is a ‘partner’ in electrification

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

Chinese company to convert coke oven waste gas into power for region with three GE aeroderivative gas turbines

Proof-of-principle of cost-effective methane cracking technology for H2 production without CO2; 50% cleaner than SMR, comparable to electrolysis

CARB puts HVIP on hold after receiving voucher requests for entire $142M budget

Synbio company Intrexon and Dominion partner to commercialize bioconversion of natural gas to isobutanol in Marcellus and Utica Basins

ArcelorMittal investigates hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ore for steel production; CDA

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