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Wärtsilä and partners developing emissions-free barge concept

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The concept is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. Within the Netherlands transport sector, inland navigation accounts for 5% of carbon dioxide emissions. The concept is based on the use of replaceable battery containers, to be known as “ZESPacks”.

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MAHLE says it has developed the most durable electric motor; new cooling concept

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The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. The new item will be presented for the first time at IAA Transportation in September 2022 in Hanover. The new electric motor is clean, light, and efficient and can be assembled without the use of rare earths by customer request.

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AFRY, RINA study points to feasibility and attractiveness of Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline

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RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering multinational, and AFRY, a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, have undertaken an initial study of how the Gulf region and Europe could be linked directly with a pipeline to transport low-carbon hydrogen. million tonnes of hydrogen annually.

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Ballard and MAHLE working on new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks

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Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany.

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The Boring Co. becomes finalist for San Antonio, Texas transport project

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The board may also decide not to move forward with the transportation project altogether. The last two companies up for the project are Elon Musk’s tunneling company and Bexar Automated Transport (BAT). Tesla vehicles would transport riders between the international airport and downtown. Bexar Automated Transport’s Plans.

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DOE BETO to award $61.4M for low-carbon biofuels research to reduce transportation emissions

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BETO is focusing on applied RDD&D to improve the performance and reduce cost of biofuel production technologies and scale-up production systems in partnership with industry. The application process will include two phases: a concept paper and a full application. Approximately half of the targeting funding (up to $30.3

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DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

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The hydrogen hub program is an $8-billion program to bring together stakeholders to help drive down the cost of advanced hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization across multiple sectors in the economy. Concept of OFNP. Source: MIT CANES.

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