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Cleveland-Cliffs introduces MOTOR-MAX non-oriented electrical steels

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Cleveland-Cliffs is introducing the MOTOR-MAX product line of non-oriented electrical steels for high frequency motors and generators in the North American market. Cleveland-Cliffs’ line of MOTOR-MAX HF NOES grades have low core loss and are energy-efficient at high operating frequencies.

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Cleveland Schools replacing 49 diesel buses with propane

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Cleveland Schools, Ohio’s second largest school district, is replacing 49 12-to-13-year-old diesel buses with Blue Bird’s Propane Vision buses. The school district, which fuels all their buses at their bus depot, currently is adding an on-site autogas fueling station. On average, autogas costs up to 50% less than diesel.

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US DOT awards $13.6M to 8 projects to advance fuel cell technology for transit industry

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million in federal funding to 8 projects to advance the commercialization of American-made fuel cell buses for the transit industry. The awards come from FY2012 funds via FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program, which has provided nearly $90 million since 2006 to speed the development of fuel cell technology. Consortia lead.

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Ford Begins Manufacture of EcoBoost Engines at Cleveland Plant

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Ford Motor Company is resuming production at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which becomes the first manufacturing site to build Ford’s new fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines. The engines can achieve up 20% better fuel and 15% lower CO 2 emissions compared with larger displacement engines without sacrificing power.

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NASA signs agreements with German, Canadian partners to study emissions from alternative jet fuels

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NASA has signed separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study the atmospheric effects of emissions from jet engines burning alternative fuels. and the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

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DOE to award up to $2M to 3 projects for hydrogen and fuel cell supply chain and manufacturing analysis

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected three projects to receive up to $2 million in new funding for analysis of the hydrogen and fuel cells domestic supply chain and manufacturing competitiveness. Fuel Cells Hydrogen Manufacturing' OFCC will also assemble a working group to tackle component and subsystem standardization.

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NASA begins ACCESS flight research to study effects of biojet fuels on engine performance, emissions and contrails

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The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise EmiSSions (ACCESS) research involves flying the DC-8 as high as 40,000 feet while an instrumented NASA Falcon HU-25 aircraft trails behind at distances ranging from 300 feet to more than 10 miles. —Ruben Del Rosario, manager of NASA’s Fixed Wing Project. Earlier post.).

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