Engine, Gas, Gas-Electric and Waste

Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Raven SR plans to use INNIO’s Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a “Ready for H2” option to produce renewable energy. At the site, landfill gas (LFG) will be the primary fuel to provide power for the non-combustion process that converts waste to hydrogen. The type 4 engines are already available today to run on 100% hydrogen.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen California Engine

Cummins to introduce 15-liter natural gas engine for North America; basis for hydrogen engine under development

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

will bring to market a 15-liter natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks. The 15-liter natural gas engine is an important part of Cummins strategy for its path to zero emissions. —Srikanth Padmanabhan, President, Engine Business, Cummins. Cummins Inc.

North America

North America Engine Gas Hydrogen

Alfa Laval introduces E-PowerPack ORC waste heat recovery system for ships

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MARCH 13, 2022

Alfa Laval is introducing the E-PowerPack waste heat recovery system for ships. Able to convert waste heat directly into electrical power, the E-PowerPack uses Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to reduce ship fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Basic ORC concept. All can make a sizeable difference.

Waste

Waste Mariner Gas-Electric Exhaust

bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

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JULY 7, 2023

bp ventures has committed $10 million, leading the Series B investment round, in WasteFuel , a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as biomethanol. billion metric tons by 2050.

Waste

Waste Companies Alternative Fuels Convert

New VW Golf now available to order with natural gas drive

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The new VW Golf is now also available in certain markets with natural gas drive: the Golf TGI is equipped with a 1.5-liter liter four-cylinder engine with 96 kW / 130 PS and three natural gas fuel tanks. The tanks are integrated into the underbody and permit a range of around 400 kilometers (WLTP) in pure natural gas mode.

Gas

Gas Available Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort.

Waste

Waste Carbon Gas Renewable

KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have successfully produced renewable methane from a biomass-based synthesis gas mixture in their pilot plant for methanation using a new honeycomb catalyst. —Felix Ortloff, Head of the Process Engineering group of the DVGW Research Centre at KIT’s Engler-Bunte Institute (EBI).

Kits

Kits Gas Waste Sweden

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels.

Waste

Waste Carbon Fuel Production

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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MAY 21, 2020

The plant will feature SGH2’s technology, which will gasify recycled mixed paper waste to produce green hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and is five to seven times cheaper. The facility will process 42,000 tons of recycled waste annually.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Green California

DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

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MARCH 3, 2023

Ohio University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment was awarded two of the six awards, one that explores how coal waste can be reimagined as energy storage and the second aims to develop ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors.

Coal

Coal Ohio Energy Storage Waste

Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. So, let us refine engine technology.” Should we not all have enthusiasm for cars as we take on the challenge.”

Toyota

Toyota Carbon Engine Gas

Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

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JUNE 3, 2022

a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat. The main engine cooling circuit was branched and extended to TEG unit. An additional test achieved the target gas temperature.

CO2

CO2 Exhaust Waste Gas-Electric

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. If CNG were to be eventually used in hybrids, the advantage of the electric generation/EV option shrinks. Their open access paper is published in the journal Energy.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric Gas Fuel Economy PHEV

DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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JANUARY 13, 2022

million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. This work also supports the creation of new clean energy jobs, helping transition some of the oil and gas workforce to the production of renewable energy. The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4

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Oil Oklahoma Gas Houston

Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Audi is adding a new member to its A3 family: the A3 Sportback 30 g-tron natural gas vehicle. Operation with natural gas or biomethane makes the compact model economical and more climate-friendly with low emissions. TFSI engine produces 96 kW (131 PS) and generates 200 N·m (147.5 The A3 Sportback 30 g-tron 1.5

Audi

Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric

ElectraTherm and Navy to demonstrate shipboard waste heat recovery

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JANUARY 10, 2018

ElectraTherm, a leader in distributed, waste heat to power generation, is working with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Creare, and the US Naval Academy (USNA) to demonstrate gas turbine waste heat recovery as part of a Small Business Innovation Research project. —Roger Hill, Lead Project Engineer at Creare.

Waste

Waste Exhaust Maryland Gas-Electric

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for renewable jet and diesel production plant; Axens technology

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JUNE 17, 2021

has awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis “Carbon Zero” renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis, Inc.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Engine Production

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide using hydrogen gas to convert it into formic acid. coli host strain was engineered for the continuous production of formic acid from H 2 and CO 2 during bacterial growth in a pressurised batch bioreactor.

Renewable

Renewable Engine CO2 Fuel

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

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MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

Emissions

Emissions Engine Diesel Miles

ARPA-E to award $28M to develop ultrahigh-temperature materials for gas turbine applications

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APRIL 29, 2020

The ULTIMATE program will develop and demonstrate ultrahigh-temperature materials that can operate in high temperature and high stress environments of a gas turbine blade. Projects will specifically target gas turbine applications in the power generation and aviation industries. for high-temperature components in gas turbines.

Gas

Gas Gas-Electric Environment 2000

SoCalGas to offer renewable natural gas at its fueling stations for the first time

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) will soon begin using renewable natural gas for the first time at the 25 utility-owned natural gas vehicle fueling stations across its service territory, as well as at six fueling stations in the San Diego area. into SoCalGas pipelines.

Renewable

Renewable Gas Fuel San Diego

Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

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APRIL 27, 2017

At the 38 th Vienna Motor Symposium Volkswagen is introducing a new, more fuel-efficient “Coasting - Engine off” micro hybrid system—which shuts off the engine completely—as well as a new, compact three-cylinder natural gas engine for the Polo. Coasting - Engine off. liters/100 km. New e-Golf.

Gas

Gas Engine Motor Motors

bp begins shipping LNG from Mozambique’s first LNG project and first FLNG platform

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility, the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility deployed in the ultra-deep waters of the African continent. FLNG vessels are floating LNG production, storage and offloading units.

Mozambique

Mozambique Gas-Electric Gas Waste

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Renewable Natural Gas. The topic areas include high-impact biotechnology research, development, and demonstration to bolster the body of scientific and engineering knowledge needed to produce low-carbon biofuels at a lower cost. Quasar Energy Group will use an anaerobic digestor to convert food waste to SAF precursors.

Emissions

Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric

Bi-fuel evolutions of the LEVC TX taxi and VN5 van; range extender engines run on LPG/biopropane and CNG/biomethane

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AUGUST 12, 2022

HP Taxis, Prins Alternative Fuel Systems and SBL-Automotive revealed [link] of the plug-in hybrid range-extended electric LEVC TX taxi and VN5 van allowing the range extender engine to run on LPG and CNG and their renewable counterparts of biopropane and biomethane. For CNG/biomethane the engine bay layout is similar.

Taxi

Taxi Engine Range Fuel

Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The fuel cells of the company will primarily be used for stationary power generation and within the maritime sector and are a climate-friendly alternative to conventional fossil-based combustion engines. no gas purification is needed on the reformat gas. Waste heat can also be used for additional energy recovery.

Fuel

Fuel Production Denmark Waste

Argonne releases GREET 2020

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Vehicle technologies include conventional internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric systems, battery-electric vehicles, and fuel-cell-electric vehicles. Fuel/energy options include petroleum fuels, natural gas-based fuels, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. CO 2 -derived ethanol.

2020

2020 Gas-Electric Lithium Ion Mariner

BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. —Milan Nedeljkovi?, —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

BMW

BMW Engine Production South Africa

Liquefied biogas Volvo Trucks models getting a new power level of 500 hp; more fuel efficient, larger tank

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Five years ago, Volvo Trucks launched its trucks that can run on liquified biogas (bio-LNG), which is a renewable fuel that can be produced from many types of organic waste, including food scraps. A small amount of diesel or HVO is used to ignite the gas.) The fuel can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 100%. (A

Volvo

Volvo Fuel Power Powered

Researchers developing free-piston linear generator for exhaust waste heat recovery

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

Researchers in China have developed a novel free-piston linear generator (FPLG) to recover exhaust waste heat efficiently from a vehicle engine. The FPLG can be used in a small-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system and can directly convert the thermodynamic energy of working fluid into electricity. Prototype FPLG.

Exhaust

Exhaust Waste Conversion Engine

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for ‘Carbon Zero 1’ renewable jet and diesel production plant

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JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

Renewable

Renewable Carbon Diesel Engine

CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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JULY 28, 2023

Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6 Over the past two years, Ballard has supplied CPKC with 20 fuel cell engines for use in three different types of locomotives, with combined fuel cell power of 4MW.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Kansas City West Virginia Fuel

BorgWarner Exhaust Heat Recovery System for hybrids can improve fuel economy by up to 8.5%

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JULY 31, 2018

Developed for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BorgWarner’s innovative Exhaust Heat Recovery System (EHRS) can improve fuel economy by up to 8.5% Our EHRS minimizes engine heat up time, helping automakers around the globe meet new and more stringent regulations.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Exhaust Economy Hybrid

California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. will receive $95,000 to research a gas stove burner that is 30% more efficient than conventional gas stove burners.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric California Gas Energy

MHI Develops Hybrid Turbocharger to Generate Electricity Utilizing Exhaust Gas from Marine Engines

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AUGUST 26, 2010

(MHI) has developed a generator-integrated hybrid turbocharger for marine propulsion diesel engines which utilizes engine exhaust gas not only to drive the turbocharger but also to generate electricity. The MET83MAG is capable of supplying all electric power necessary during normal sea going. Click to enlarge.

Exhaust

Exhaust Mariner Gas-Electric Gas

Mitsubishi Heavy and Infinium to collaborate on the production and deployment of electrofuels in Japan

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APRIL 23, 2022

They are a drop-in replacement for fossil-based fuels and can be used in airplanes, trucks, and ships without the need for costly engine modifications. Infinium utilizes waste CO 2 and hydrogen, which are converted to synthetic gas using Infinium’s proprietary, patented CO2Cat catalyst.

Japan

Japan Mitsubishi Production Carbon

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

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JULY 15, 2021

After the first two LNG car carriers entered service in 2020, Volkswagen Group Logistics has now ordered four more ships with dual-fuel engines that can be powered with LNG. The Volkswagen Group has therefore committed to e-mobility as well as to the sustainable production and use of new electric vehicles.

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Emissions Mariner Climate Climate Protection

Lithium Americas begins construction at Thacker Pass

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Federal Court declined to vacate the ROD and ordered the BLM to consider one issue under the mining law relating to the area designated for waste storage and tailings and did not impose any restrictions expected to impact the construction timeline. Earlier post.) EXP Global Inc.

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America Nevada Philadelphia Water

Cyclone and partner set up to expand production of WHE-25 waste heat engines

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

developer of the all-fuel, Cyclone external combustion engine, announced that its subsidiary Cyclone-WHE LLC and production partner Precision CNC LLC have signed a lease for a new manufacturing facility located in Lancaster, Ohio. The WHE is a self-starting Rankine cycle engine capable of using low to medium-temperature waste heat sources.

Waste

Waste Engine Production Ohio

DOE to invest $6.4M to develop hydrogen-fueled turbines

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JANUARY 4, 2021

The UTSR Program conducts research to increase the efficiency and performance of gas turbines while lowering emissions. There is renewed interest in the use of hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, for turbine-based electricity generation. AOI 2: Hydrogen Combustion Applications for Gas Turbines.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Gas-Electric Gas

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber. Earlier post.). which received a $12.8-million

Waste

Waste Convert Renewable Fuel

IVECO and Eni to explore cooperation on sustainable mobility of commercial vehicles

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APRIL 29, 2022

IVECO and Eni aim to define an integrated sustainable mobility platform for commercial fleets by offering innovative vehicles powered by biofuels and sustainable energy vectors—such as HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) biofuel, biomethane, hydrogen and electricity—and the related infrastructure.

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Commercial Italy Vehicles Hydrogen

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Simulation study suggests ORC waste heat recovery system could deliver potential 7% improvement in fuel consumption in a PHEV on highway

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

Waste

Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust

Raven SR waste-to-hydrogen plant in California to be powered by INNIO Jenbacher’s Ready-for-H2 engines

Cummins to introduce 15-liter natural gas engine for North America; basis for hydrogen engine under development

Alfa Laval introduces E-PowerPack ORC waste heat recovery system for ships

bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

New VW Golf now available to order with natural gas drive

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

DOE awards $2M to Ohio University to develop products for energy storage and motors from coal waste

Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

ElectraTherm and Navy to demonstrate shipboard waste heat recovery

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for renewable jet and diesel production plant; Axens technology

Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

ARPA-E to award $28M to develop ultrahigh-temperature materials for gas turbine applications

SoCalGas to offer renewable natural gas at its fueling stations for the first time

Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

bp begins shipping LNG from Mozambique’s first LNG project and first FLNG platform

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

Bi-fuel evolutions of the LEVC TX taxi and VN5 van; range extender engines run on LPG/biopropane and CNG/biomethane

Blue World Technologies starts series production of methanol fuel cells

Argonne releases GREET 2020

BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

Liquefied biogas Volvo Trucks models getting a new power level of 500 hp; more fuel efficient, larger tank

Researchers developing free-piston linear generator for exhaust waste heat recovery

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for ‘Carbon Zero 1’ renewable jet and diesel production plant

CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

BorgWarner Exhaust Heat Recovery System for hybrids can improve fuel economy by up to 8.5%

California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

MHI Develops Hybrid Turbocharger to Generate Electricity Utilizing Exhaust Gas from Marine Engines

Mitsubishi Heavy and Infinium to collaborate on the production and deployment of electrofuels in Japan

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

Lithium Americas begins construction at Thacker Pass

Cyclone and partner set up to expand production of WHE-25 waste heat engines

DOE to invest $6.4M to develop hydrogen-fueled turbines

USDA closes on $105M loan guarantee to Fulcrum for biorefinery converting municipal waste to renewable jet fuel; first USDA loan for biojet

IVECO and Eni to explore cooperation on sustainable mobility of commercial vehicles

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Simulation study suggests ORC waste heat recovery system could deliver potential 7% improvement in fuel consumption in a PHEV on highway

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