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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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The automakers will bear the entire cost of the retrofitting, estimated by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) to be at least €500 million. This applies in particular to the use of urea for exhaust gas purification in achieving the highest efficiency achieved in this process. At Wednesday’s National Diesel Forum.

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation Develops Hybrid Electric Drive Train Featuring Axial Engine and New Electric Clutch

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Intake and exhaust valves open and close by a patent-pending method of rotating cam and trunions. The balance of approximately $800,000 will be used to finance the go to market cost of licensing our Green and Clean family of multi fuel engines, generators, electric motors and gensets. engine and 100 kW generator—in 2009.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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To date, the paper notes, the shipping industry has not acted decisively to realize its potential to reduce emissions via low carbon energy due to a number of reasons, include capital cost, patchwork regulations, lack of standards, lack of appropriate infrastructure and uncertainty regarding long-term availability of fuel.

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Royal Academy of Engineering study examines future lower-carbon ship powering options

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International agreements on the need to combat climate change, the fluctuating but generally rising costs of marine fuels which account for a large proportion of the running costs of a ship, and developments on a number of other fronts have led many in the industry to question whether the present methods of ship propulsion are sustainable.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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And I’m careful about choosing these fights because they’re very exhausting. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” And by that do you mean they were fronting the costs of the rebates and then not recouping them from the utilities? It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. He was a geek.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Factors Determining Abatement Costs. The marginal costs of reducing (or abating) emissions depend on technological, behavioral, and policy-related factors. For emitters with especially high abatement (emission-reduction) costs, the market price will be less than this cost. HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL.

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