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Port of Oakland completes shore power infrastructure

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The Port of Oakland, California, has completed construction of its shore power (also known as “cold-ironing” infrastructure. Shore Power is a shore-to-ship connection that provides electrical power to the ship, thereby significantly reducing diesel and other air pollutant emissions from ships while they are at berth.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines pays $253K to CARB for violating at-berth regulations

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The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. The violations were discovered during routine audits of the company’s 2017 and 2018 vessel fleet visits to the Port of Oakland.

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California Air Resources Board settles with COSCO Container Lines for $965,000; >2,600 air quality violations from 2014-2017

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The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. To settle the case, COSCO agreed to pay $965,300 to the Air Pollution Control Fund to support air pollution research, and to comply with all applicable CARB regulations.

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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This practice in which a vessel at berth connects to a source of electricity on the shore is called “cold-ironing”, shore power or Alternative Maritime Power (AMP). Oakland, Calif.; The Port of Oakland is installing 11 berths on six terminals at an estimated cost of about $70 million. —Pratt and Harris (2013).

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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EV ARCs can be deployed with Level 1, Level 2 or (using 4 or more units connected together) DC fast charging. We make products that happen to use renewable sources of energy as opposed to connecting to the grid for the primary source of energy. So, if you provide EV charging, you get that EV driver who’s coming in pollution-free.

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Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

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The inauguration ceremony, which was held in Oakland, U.S., It is the largest single supplier of any North American carrier, replacing existing high-pollutant trucks to haul containers at the Port of Auckland and vehicles at the Port of Richmond. As part of the project, Hyundai supplied 30 Xcient fuel cell trucks to G.E.T

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

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Because people did NOT speak out when they saw suspicious, dangerous and threatening behavior, we did not connect the dots or see what was coming ahead of time – except for that infamous memo, “ Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US.”. In 2019 alone more easy-to-connect climate crisis dots have made worldwide news: .

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