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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Westport’s HPDI fuel system technology enables heavy-duty trucks to operate on natural gas with the same power, torque, efficiency, and performance as diesel engines. Scania’s engine fulfils the strictest exhaust emission requirements with low fuel consumption and high torque. H2 HPDI operates the system with hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Combustion exhaust is directed to the fuel cell, which produces power while capturing and concentrating carbon dioxide for permanent storage. Laboratory tests indicated that applying carbonate fuel cells to natural gas power generation could capture carbon dioxide more efficiently than current, conventional CCS technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trailer units (TRUs) to its fleet located at the company’s Riverside, Calif. UNFI will lease the TRUs through PLM Trailer Leasing for five years while the company continues to explore how they integrate into its operations. United Natural Foods, Inc. distribution center.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Use of soot-free “Clear” Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) can allow for lower NOx emissions without the competing soot constraint, meeting next-generation emissions standards without added aftertreatment complexity. ClearFlame uses soot-free “Clear” Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) to maintain this ratio under varying load conditions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

Ascend Energy, in collaboration with solid oxide fuel cell manufacturer Atrex Energy , released the results of a joint project to demonstrate a newly developed tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV). A hybrid electric-type vehicle would require $7.50 Ascend worked with Tructronics Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2012

To date, exhaust gas has generally only been used if it was hundreds of degrees Celsius hot. For example, the gas turbines in natural gas power plants produce exhaust gas that is used to generate steam for the operation of a steam turbine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2018

Volkswagen showcased three new drive systems at the Vienna Motor Symposium: the new 48 V mild hybrid system that will debut on the eighth-generation Golf in 2019 ( earlier post ); new high-tech diesel engines that will also be available as hybrid variants; and an advanced natural gas engine. New natural gas TGI 1.5 48V mild hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The company stated that it is becoming increasingly engaged with partners around the world on a wide range of hydrogen energy projects. The units uses two input streams (methanol/water mix and combustion air) and produces two output streams (product H 2 and combustion exhaust). Source: e1. —Dave Edlund, e1 CEO.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We combine a best-in-class fuel cell solution with a long history of being a trusted engineering partner to leading companies in the global maritime industry. Fuel cell development is done in collaboration with Austrian engineering company AVL, the world’s largest independent company for development of powertrain systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Representing a key step in Honda’s electrification strategy, starting with the 2023 model year, about 50% of CR-V’s annual sales in the US will be powered by Honda’s new, more powerful fourth-generation two-motor hybrid-electric system. An associate at the Anna Engine Plant assembles the Atkinson-cycle engine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) will demonstrate the impact of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in UK electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, following a £1-million contract from Highways England. IPG‘s flameless combustor uses the turbine exhaust and high heat transfer effectiveness through the IPG regenerator unit.

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JULY 13, 2016

Schlumberger, a new investor from the oil and gas industry, led the round with participation from GM Ventures and Osceola Capital Management, LLC. The new capital will be used to scale Alphabet Energy’s production for the oil and gas and automotive industries, both under intense regulatory pressure to curb emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted Wes Amelie , a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, will use liquefied SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as drop-in fuel. As a result, CO 2 emissions are expected to decline by 56 tons for this trip.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. Several other pilots with other companies are also planned through the end of the year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2012

ArcelorMittal has inaugurated a new, energy recovery and reuse boiler that recycles waste gas generated through its blast furnace process (for ironmaking) and uses it to generate electricity to help power the ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor steel manufacturing plant in East Chicago, Indiana—the largest steelmaking complex in North America.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 13, 2024

It was easy to make fun of Dodge and the “fake” exhaust it chose to employ on the new Charger EV, but it’s no longer the only one trying to capture the thrill of a performance gas engine with a silent electric powertrain underneath. That said, GM hasn’t had the smoothest rollout with its other electric models.

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Electrek

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pure Watercraft has unveiled the first fruits of its collaboration with General Motors at CES 2022, and it’s a Pure-branded, “affordable luxury” electric pontoon boat that offers silent running, smooth acceleration, and dramatically reduced maintenance – without exhaust gas and oil leaks ruining the water for everyone.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition, the exhaust heat will be fed into the regional district heating network that is currently being established. At the existing former substation of EW Höfe in Freienbach, the three companies are evaluating whether it is possible to install Switzerland’s largest production facility for green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

the major South Korean integrated-logistics company. The engines, which are capable of operation on green methanol and conventional fuel-oil, represent the first order for the G80 bore size; they will also feature MAN Energy Solutions’ proprietary EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles on 19 February: a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden. We will continue to develop our electrified offering. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park is “evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.” Just imagine how much more fun the ride could be if it were electric.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Mercedes-Benz delivered five eCitaro buses to Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG); immediately afterward the transport company ordered another 15 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro as well as 24 Citaro G hybrid buses. Now five fully electric-powered eCitaro buses are following. The electricity used is already coming from hydroelectric and wind power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Ricardo has created a company—Dolphin N2 Ltd—to commercialize its CryoPower cryogenic split-cycle engine technology ( earlier post , earlier post.) CryoPower is based on the use of a separate induction and compression cylinder from that used for combustion and exhaust. It is thus readily available.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Background. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Microturbine company Capstone Turbine’s ( earlier post ) sales to the oil and gas industry worldwide are at a record pace, according to Jim Crouse, Capstone’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The company recently received orders totaling 4.2 Tatneft is the sixth largest oil company in Russia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2011

(MHI) has achieved a turbine inlet temperature of 1,600 °C—which it calls the world’s highest—with the company’s advanced J-Series gas turbine. The gas turbine that marked the achievement is the 60 hertz (Hz) M501J, which MHI developed in the spring of 2009. 2 Power Station of Kansai Electric Power Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation released the CR200 Low Btu microturbine product; landfill gas applications are a key market for the Capstone CR200 200 kW. Capstone microturbines are capable of burning waste gases with methane contents as low as 30%, which can be challenging for competing combustion technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

Power management company Eaton said it is a key contributor and supporter of the National Zero-Emission Truck ( ZET ) Coalition’s newly issued priority federal recommendations. Eaton has partnered with CALSTART to provide the heavy-duty truck market with a suite of emission-reducing and electric vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Pierburg GmbH, part of the KSPG Group, has developed an electric compressor for spontaneously boosting the charge pressure of engines fitted with an exhaust-gas turbocharger. This component allows pressure to be increased regardless of the exhaust-gas energy availability.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation will deliver 20 units of the all-electric eCanter truck to the Australia Post fleet. In October, Australia Post will become the first local customer to integrate the electric light-duty truck into its daily operations. The eCanter, which falls under the 7.5-ton kWh) lithium-ion battery packs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

Risø, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), is developing an electrochemical method for purifying exhaust, especially exhaust gases from diesel engines. Conventional SCR technology typically uses nitrogen-containing urea as a reducing agent to remove NO x from the exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

These include fully-electric systems, as well as a gasoline-generated EV system (known as e-POWER at Nissan, earlier post ) in which a gasoline engine generates electrical power stored in a battery (series hybrid), which can then be delivered to all four wheels through a pair of high-output electric motors. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 )—nitrogen oxides (NO x )—are common atmospheric pollutants created by burning fossil fuels, coal and natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Kenworth Truck Company is expanding its product line with the introduction of the Cummins Westport ISL G natural gas engine for the Kenworth T800 short hood and W900S models. Now available for order, Kenworth's natural gas models are focused on vocational, municipal, and pickup and delivery applications. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2016

The two companies said the technology could substantially reduce costs and lead to a more economical pathway toward large-scale application globally. As the fuel cell generates power, the carbon dioxide becomes more concentrated, allowing it to be more easily and affordably captured from the cell’s exhaust and stored.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To reduce emissions, diesel vehicles use filters that catch exhaust particles and other contaminants. Our groundbreaking activated-carbon-based filter represents a significant leap forward in environmental and economic efficiency,” the electrical engineering student added.

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JULY 13, 2022

The projects were evaluated by independent experts based on their ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional technologies and to innovate beyond the state-of-the-art, while being sufficiently mature for deployment. Other selection criteria included the projects’ potential for scalability and cost effectiveness.

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