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Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

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As part the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection’s (MoEP’s) action plan to reduce pollution in Haifa Bay in Israel, Israel Police are actively enforcing exclusion rules that bar heavy vehicles in downtown Haifa Bay at certain times of the day. Photo: Ilan Malester. Source: MoEP. Click to enlarge.

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ArcelorMittal makes US$5M investment in H2Pro to support novel new water-splitting technology E-TAC

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Similar to electrolysis, its technology, E-TAC (Electrochemical – Thermally Activated Chemical)—developed at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology—uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. US$25 million in Form Energy, which is developing a breakthrough low-cost iron-air battery storage technology.

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ENFICA-FC Fuel Cell Inter-City Aircraft Ready for Flight Testing

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The Environmentally Friendly Inter-City Aircraft powered by Fuel Cells (ENFICA-FC) project, led by Turin Polytechnic University, is ready for flight-testing its fuel-cell powered, manned inter-city aircraft. Power is supplied to the propeller through 20 kW hydrogen fuel cells; gaseous hydrogen is stored at 350 bar onboard.

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EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

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The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation in Grand Forks, North Dakota, allowance for a patent application on a high-pressure production process for reforming liquid fuels, such as ethanol, methanol, and gasoline, to hydrogen for vehicle fueling. Click to enlarge.

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Electric bus market and trends 

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The cost of the electric vehicles is more due to the cost of the battery that counts 40% of the electric bus. The average cost of the lithium-ion battery packs for large orders has fallen from about $600 a kilowatt-hour in 2015 to $150 a kilowatt-hour in 2020 according to the report of the ReportLinker.

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Berkeley researchers integrate ABE fermentation and chemical catalysis to produce bio-hydrocarbon blend stocks from sugars at high yields

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These ketones can be deoxygenated to paraffins; these paraffins—from pentane to undecane—are components of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Here we propose a chemical route to convert fermentation products from a variety of renewable carbohydrate sources into hydrocarbons that can be used for petrol, jet fuel and diesel.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Many leading markets and car manufacturers have committed to effectively phasing out fossil fuel powered light vehicles. Do you support the target to reduce the emissions intensity of transport fuel by 15 per cent by 2035, and the associated actions? . states with fossil fuel car bans in place. This will happen from 2030.