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Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy win $2.2-million CEC grant for V2X demo project – Charged EVs

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million in grant funding from the California Energy Commission for Phase 1 of their Bidirectional Residential V2X Demonstration Project. The companies will install and operate Wallbox’s Quasar 2 bidirectional charger at 120 residential locations across California. The bidirectional chargers will be installed by Wallbox subsidiary COIL.

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European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

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A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229).

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Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

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million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. This unique installation has been specifically designed for the production of gaseous hydrocarbons. It will be installed on the Fraunhofer CBP site within the Leuna refinery.

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Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

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million) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program. This DEMO 2000 project is another stepping stone for reaching our ambitious climate targets and it is also aligned with our recently published hydrogen strategy. Earlier post.) The testing is made possible by a NOK 20-million (US$2.1

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First cargo vessel operating on hydrogen to debut in Paris; commercial river operations this year

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The project’s initial plan was to deploy a hydrogen push-boat in the Lyon area, but as the broader potential for hydrogen in cargo transport emerged, the demo pusher was changed to an inland cargo vessel. The Flagships project will install a hydrogen power generation system on one of the newbuilds, scheduled for delivery in September 2021.

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California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

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The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. —Dave Johnson.

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

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The project was supported by a $146,283 Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) from the California Energy Commission. idea Solutions Design, and JB Mechanical to integrate and install a commercial 1000 Watt Atrex Energy fuel cell power generator fueled with compressed natural gas in an all-electric Polaris Ranger ATV. Click to enlarge.