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ClearFlame Engine Technologies completes on-road demo of Class 8 truck with Cummins X15 running E98 ethanol

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While the wide availability, cost-effectiveness, and lower emissions of ethanol make it the fuel of choice today for the engine, ClearFlame’s technology is fuel-agnostic and can run on a range of renewable fuels. Low-sooting fuels allow for the elimination of diesel particulate filtration (DPF).

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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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Highways England is funding this project to assess how IPG's turbine technology could present a solution for delivering power at a competitive cost while improving air quality, that would alleviate grid stress in high-use areas, as well as enabling remote locations to facilitate EV charging.

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JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

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Ammonia enables efficient, low-cost transport and storage of hydrogen. The demonstration project aims to establish ammonia co-firing technology by co-firing coal and ammonia at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant and evaluating both boiler heat absorption and environmental impact characteristics such as exhaust gases.

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Ascend Energy and Atrex Energy demo tubular SOFC electric ATV, fueled by natural gas

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km) off-road test loop; fuel consumption was one-third that of the conventional gasoline version under the same conditions; and the fuel cell vehicle had no detectable nitrogen oxide emissions (a key component of smog) in contrast to the 100+ parts per million of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust from the gasoline vehicle. worth of fuel.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. 10,000,000.

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies partners with Alto Ingredients to demo ethanol-fueled MCCI in heavy-duty diesels; high efficiency, low emissions

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Startup ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced a partnership with Alto Ingredients, a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, to conduct pilot demonstrations of ClearFlame’s solution for diesel engines using low-cost ethanol in Class 8 trucks.

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Achates Power building 2.7L opposed-piston light-duty engine; exceeding CAFE 2025, Tier 3 targets at lower cost

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liter compression-ignition OPE will will be 30-50% more fuel efficient than comparable diesel and gasoline direct injection engines, reduce emissions and cost less than alternative technologies under development for meeting 2025 CAFE fuel economy and Tier 3 emission targets. —Fabien Redon. Source: Achates Power. Click to enlarge.

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