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Study finds hybrid tugboat delivers significant reduction in criteria pollutant emissions compared to conventional version

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It also has 126 soft gel lead acid batteries for power storage that are separated into two arrays with 63 batteries each. Built by Seattle-based Foss Maritime, it began working the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in January 2009. Each array stores 170.1 kWh of energy when fully charged. Emissions of.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Each of the aforementioned “primary energy sources&# generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases plus other pollutants coming from the contaminants or byproducts of using these “primary energy sources&#. The coal ash is known to have many toxic metals and other pollutants.

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