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

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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.,

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Created with the mission to build cleaner, more efficient engines, Achates Power has an experienced staff of engineers and scientists working with leading engine manufacturers to bring the opposed piston engine to market. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

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Further actions are therefore required, in particular on-road testing of fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions under real driving conditions and a not-to-exceed limit for the real-world gap, as it already exists for air pollutant emissions today. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). —Peter Mock.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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While technological advances are producing cleaner vehicles, more and more passengers and goods are travelling further distances in Europe, thereby offsetting efficiency gains. Among 32 EEA countries, only Germany and Sweden are on track to meet their 2010 indicative targets for biofuels use. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers use LCLS to get real-time view of chemical reaction; important insight into how catalysts work

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A paper on their work is published in the journal Science. The scientists used LCLS, together with computerized simulations, to probe the electronic structure of CO molecules as their chemisorption state on a ruthenium catalyst sample changed upon exciting the substrate.

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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E-Mobility is an irreversible megatrend and an imperative to address pollution and generate job opportunities in India,” the chairman of the group had said back then. Currently, the company has 56 facilities, including eight overseas in North America, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Poland and China, and presence in over 20 countries.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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