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Taiwan soon to have more Gogoro electric scooter battery swap stations than gas stations

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Electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro is famous for its battery-swapping network of GoStations that extensively covers its native Taiwan. The system has become so popular that it will soon eclipse the number of gas stations on the island nation.

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Massive power outage in Taiwan sends gas stations offline, but Gogoro’s electric scooter battery stations powered themselves

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In a fascinating real-world test of Gogoro’s electric scooter battery swap stations’ ability to run completely off-grid, the GoStations managed to remain operational even though a massive power outage in Taiwan yesterday shuttered gas stations and other key infrastructure.

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Taiwan study on production of hydrogen from rice straw

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Researchers in Taiwan report on the production of hydrogen from rice straw fed into a microwave plasma system in a paper in the journal Fuel. They evaluated the conversion rate according to the concentration of hydrogen and other gas products (CO 2 and CO).

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China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

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LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process uses proprietary microbes to capture and reuse carbon rich waste gases, reducing emissions and pollutants from industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, while making fuels and chemicals that displace those made from fossil resources. Earlier post.). —LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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From 10 March to 9 April 2018, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research flights from Tainan in Taiwan more closely to examine the spread and transformation of emissions from major cities such as Manila, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan.

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Nanodiamonds enable efficient hydrogen purification

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Hydrogen gas easily passes through these filters, while larger molecules get stuck. ShanghaiTech University (China) and National Central University (Taiwan) were involved in state-of-the-art materials characterizations. —Professor Easan Sivaniah, who led the iCeMS team.

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ARB posts 5 new LCFS pathways; two renewable diesel

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No natural gas is used in these processes at the Champway facility. Taiwan NJC Corporation (Taiwan NJC), which operates a biodiesel plant in Chiayi County 621, Taiwan, also worked with ARB staff to develop a LCFS pathway covering the production of biodiesel from UCO in Taiwan. gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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