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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

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The makeup of renewable diesel makes it combust with maximum efficiency while decreasing regenerations in the particulate filters and injector maintenance frequency—and because it does not contain impurities or aromatics, it’s odorless. The NREL tests concluded that renewable diesel reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 4.2%

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Linde Ionic Compression Hydrogen Technology to Fuel AC Transit buses

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Linde has contracted with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California to supply the ionic compression hydrogen fueling technology ( earlier post ) and the hydrogen for two new refueling stations, which will be located at AC Transit's Emeryville and Oakland operating divisions.

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Linde close to completing its first retail H2 fueling station in the US; next-generation ionic compressor

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Linde LLC is close to completing the first retail hydrogen fueling station the company will operate in the US. At the heart of the hydrogen fueling system is the 900-bar Linde IC 90 ionic compressor: the next generation of hydrogen compression technology which enables higher throughput and enhanced back-to-back fueling.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Hydrogen Contaminant Detector, $150,000 Skyre, Inc., “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Madison, Wis. Tempe, Ariz.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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Hyundai begins supplies of hydrogen trucks to Port of California | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Hyundai Motor Company has launched its hydrogen fuel cell truck business in the North American market with the official launch of the ‘NorCAL ZERO Project’ in the port of California. The inauguration ceremony, which was held in Oakland, U.S., As part of the project, Hyundai supplied 30 Xcient fuel cell trucks to G.E.T

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