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Amogy begins testing operations for maritime applications of ammonia-to-power platform in Norway

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a developer of emission-free, energy-dense ammonia power solutions ( earlier post ), signed a letter of intent and a lease with Sustainable Energy Catapult Center in Norway to initiate testing operations for Amogy’s 200kW ammonia-to-power platform at the recently-launched testing facility for new and sustainable energy solutions in Stord, Norway.

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Amogy, Skansi and SEAM to explore ammonia as fuel for offshore supply vessels

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Founded in 2020 by four MIT PhD alumni with a shared vision, Amogy aims to enable the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation sector. Located in Karmøy, Norway, the company develops, delivers, and integrates control, automation and power solutions that help ship owners with their transition to, and future with, green shipping.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

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By comparison, Japan tops the list with 284 ships, followed by Norway, which has 102. But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review.

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Tesla submits its application to build batteries at Giga Berlin

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mit Batteriezellenherstellung, Presswerkerweiterung & reduziertem Wasserverbrauch eingereicht. Europe remains as one of the most heavily-concentrated regions for electric vehicles, and Teslas, in particular, are highly popular in several countries, including Germany , France , Norway, and others. Tesla hat geänderten Antrag u.

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China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor

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This MSR technology was eventually shelved because the Pentagon favored the uranium fast breeder reactor, says Charles Forsberg, Principal Research Scientist at MIT's department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and former nuclear researcher at ORNL. But even though France, India, Japan, Norway, and the U.S.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Oregon State University Oregon State University, in conjunction with a separate project funded by the EU through Universities of Bremen (Germany) and Tromso (Norway), will assess the response of methane hydrates to environmental changes at the Svalbard continental margin, part of Norway’s continental shelf. MIT will work with the U.S.

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