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Babcock to support British Army with electric vehicle conversion and trials

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Partnering with UK electric vehicle (EV) conversion experts, Electrogenic , Babcock will convert four in-service military Land Rovers, two protected vehicles and two general service, from diesel-fueled to EV using a drop-in kit and modified battery system.

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CompactGTL forms partnership with Fluor Corporation

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The solution converts the associated gas into syncrude for blending with the natural crude, eliminating the need for additional transportation infrastructure and storage infrastructure or access to market for the converted product. Conceptual view of CompactGTL system.

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Toyota’s liquid hydrogen GR Corolla will race in Fuji 24 Hours in May

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Given a spark, gasoline will burn in any environment. —Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda The mobile liquid hydrogen station that will be used at the circuit is being developed by Iwatani Corporation. Hydrogen is very similar to natural gas, so that anything running on natural gas can easily be converted to hydrogen.

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Grillo-Werke AG successfully converts methane directly into methanesulfonic acid (MSA)

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Grillo solved the challenge of methane’s limited reactivity using a tailored reaction environment and specific activators. A practical short-chain alkanesulfonic acid preparation was developed by Pennwalt Corporation in 1967, using the direct chlorine oxidation of an aqueous emulsion of a mercaptan. MSA applications. Source: BASF.

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ElringKlinger fuel cell stacks exceeded expectations in EU-funded GiantLeap; trailer-attached hydrogen range extender for electric buses

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It again confirms the excellent testing results of our fuel cell stacks in a real application environment. As part of the GiantLeap project, a total of six corporations and institutions developed and established a fuel-cell-powered range extender for full-electric buses as partners. The range extender includes a system with two stacks.

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Energy Conversion Devices files Chapter 11, seeks sale of businesses; Ovonic Battery Company sold to BASF Corporation

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OBC), to BASF Corporation for the gross purchase price of $58 million in cash before transaction fees, minority participations, and working capital and other adjustments. million in outstanding 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013. On 13 February ECD sold its majority owned subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. Earlier post.)

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Progress toward commercializing the GTI IH2 thermochemical process for drop-in hydrocarbon fuels

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IH 2 is a new thermochemical process that employs a catalyzed fluidized bed hydropyrolysis step followed by an integrated hydroconversion step to directly convert biomass into high-quality, fungible hydrocarbon fuels. Linck and colleagues had earlier published a paper in the journal Environ. Earlier post.). —Martin Linck.