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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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The prototype will use ammonia to deliver 200kg of hydrogen a day—enough to power around 5-10 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. We have just 13 years to deliver a net-zero electricity grid for the UK. —Steve Scrimshaw, VP at Siemens Energy UK & Ireland and a member of the UK Government’s Hydrogen Advisory Council.

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UPS cargo eBike pilot in Seattle

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This is the first tailored urban delivery solution to address growing traffic congestion in Seattle’s downtown corridor, and is part of UPS’ Cycle Logistics Solutions that help reduce carbon emissions, noise, and traffic. In Washington, UPS uses 10 electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

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UPS launches delivery eBike in Pittsburgh

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The electrically-assisted tricycle will help reduce carbon emissions in addition to traffic, noise and air quality challenges in Pittsburgh. From these points, deliveries were made on foot or with specialized electronically-assisted cargo tricycles that ease traffic congestion and reduce emissions each working day.

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myenergi lands £30m investment from Energy Impact Partners to drive growth and internationalisation

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It manufactures a range of ‘eco-smart’ home energy technologies, including the market-leading solar-compatible zappi electric vehicle charge point, the eddi power diverter, and the libbi smart home battery. EIP targets the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions,” Moosa said. “We

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Trinity, TOTAL researchers design new molecules that boost fuel efficiency

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The research was funded by TOTAL Marketing Services and supported by MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. Current market research indicates that internal combustion engine sales peaked in 2018 and that from now on sales of electric cars will slowly overtake cars running on fossil fuels.

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UK Government Soliciting Bids for 30M for Charging Points; New Office for Low Emission Vehicles

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This initiative—called Plugged-In Places—will support the development of between three and six electric car cities and regions across the UK which will act as trailblazers for electric car technology. Our aim is for electric and low carbon cars to be an everyday feature of life on UK’s roads in less than five years.

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WWF-UK study finds UK needs at least 1.7M electric vehicles by 2020 to achieve climate targets; 15% of new car sales

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million electric vehicles—plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—will be needed by 2020 and 6.4 The scenarios assume a 50:50 split between plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles. EVs could provide nearly a third of this emissions reduction. A newly released report by WWF-UK concludes that at least 1.7

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