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Alstom to supply Italy’s first hydrogen trains

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© Alstom / Design & Styling. The hydrogen version will match the operational performance of diesel trains, including their range. This zero-emission train emits low levels of noise, with exhaust being only steam and condensed water. Coradia Stream for FNM. For illustrative purposes only. Earlier post.)

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Octillion Power Systems enters US bus market to supply batteries for motorcoaches, city buses

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The motorcoaches and city transit buses are designed and developed by Lightning eMotors at their headquarters in Loveland, Colorado. While transportation is responsible for a quarter of global emissions, buses and diesel buses in particular play an outsized role in producing emissions that negatively impact the climate and environment.

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Volvo Buses launches new electric articulated bus

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Volvo Buses is launching a new electrically-powered articulated bus that can carry up to 150 passengers and with 80% lower energy consumption compared to a corresponding diesel bus. The number of batteries can be varied to provide the exact energy storage capacity needed for each vehicle, with up to 396 kWh energy storage capacity.

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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. Among the new features in the R18 are a more radical aerodynamics concept, including a new safety cell; a Li-ion battery replacing the flywheel energy storage system; and a revised V6 TDI diesel engine.

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Scuderi Group to build and to install LPG-powered split-cycle generator with compressed air storage capability

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The signing of the agreement begins the process of building and installing the first LPG-powered Scuderi power generator and energy storage systems. Scuderi Group will design and build four liquid propane gas-powered generators with CAES capability that will be sized and optimized according to each building’s requirements.

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Risø DTU and Amminex partner on project to develop new ammonia-based materials for NOx reduction

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million) from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation to develop new materials to remove NO x from diesel exhaust by using stable and safe storage of ammonia in a mixture of different metal salts. Amminex is the Danish developer of the Ammonia Storage and Delivery System (ASDS) ( earlier post ). million (US$1.8

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ISE Corp. Introduces CNG Series Hybrid System for Transit Buses

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ISE currently delivers gasoline, diesel and fuel cell series hybrid systems for the transit industry. The next-generation ISE CNG Hybrid System is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of CO 2 by up to 40% as compared to conventional CNG systems, and also has lower CO 2 emissions than commercially available diesel hybrid systems.

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