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Toyota’s diesel line-up in Western Europe to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel fuel

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Both the Land Cruiser and Hilux will join the Proace family of light commercial vehicles in being compatible with HVO100 diesel. HVO100 fuel pumps are becoming more common at filling stations in Europe, with around 1,000 already in use across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

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Ballard signs fuel cell supply agreement with Solaris; initial order of 10 modules as range extenders for electric trolley buses

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Solaris has signed a contract with Rigas Satiksme, the transport operator in the city of Riga, Latvia for 10 of the Trollino trolley buses. These two discrete modules have been designed, tested and validated for transit bus and light rail applications. —Karim Kassam, Ballard’s Vice President – Commercial.

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Ballard-powered fuel cell electric buses exceed 10M km of revenue service

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Over this period Ballard has worked with 13 bus manufacturers to develop a variety of fuel cell bus configurations that have been deployed in a wide range of climatic conditions and operated under a host of demanding duty cycles. In addition, the FCveloCity®-XD 200kW product will be capable of powering light rail systems.

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€20M European research alliance focuses on liquid metals; energy applications

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Liquid metals are used in numerous industrial branches, for example, in steel and light metal castings, and are becoming increasingly significant for technologies such as new liquid metal batteries for energy storage, CO 2 -free hydrogen production, or the manufacture of solar cells.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Helion Energy Fusion startups Zap Energy and Helion Energy have big ambitions and relatively modest facilities in Everett, Washington, better known as the site where Boeing employs 30,000 people in one of the world’s largest manufacturing facilities. The fuel is enriched to about 4.8 percent U-235.

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