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Green Car Congress
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Technologies, issues and policies for sustainable mobility.
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Heliae breaks ground on commercial demonstration facility for algae production; sells first barrel of algae-based jet fuel
Heliae Development, LLC, an Arizona-based algae technology company, broke ground on a commercial demonstration facility that will showcase the scalability and economics of its proprietary algae technology platform. Heliae was formed for the purpose of licensing and developing algal strains...
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Study finds that optimizing engine parameters for renewable diesel can reduce PM and NOx both by more than 25%
Relative changes in PM characteristics (PM, Ntot, GMD, FSN, and SA) on (a) 50%, (b) 75%, and (c) 100% loads and (d) NOx emissions due to engine parameter adjustments at the studied engine loads. Credit: ACS, Happonen et al. Click...
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Mitsubishi Mirage delivers kei-car rivaling fuel economy with more space and size
Integrity Exports. Mitsubishi Motors’ new global car, the Mirage, will achieve 27.2 km/L (63.9 mpg US, 3.7 L/100km)) on the JC08 cycle. This Mirage is not a kei car. It’s a regular compact car with a 3-pot 1 liter engine,...
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Study finds pollution strengthens thunderclouds, warming the atmosphere
Pollution warms the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study by a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Maryland published in Geophysical Research Letters. How much...
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NIAABB selects Los Alamos ultrasonic algae harvester for Phase II development
The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) has selected Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Ultrasonic Algae Harvesting technology for Phase II development. The technology is based on LANL’s R&D 100 award-winning Ultrasonic Algal Biofuel Harvester. Research and development...
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A123 Systems to supply 11MW Grid Battery System to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind project in Hawaii
A123 Systems will supply an 11MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind project in Maui, Hawaii. The advanced energy storage solution is designed to smooth variable wind power generation, which is expected to help maintain...
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Volvo launching 13-liter heavy-duty LNG engine with Westport HPDI injection in 2014; CNG and DME potential
Volvo Trucks plans to launch a 13-liter heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine featuring Westport high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology for the North American market in 2014. (Earlier post.) The engine’s advanced high pressure diesel ignition technology will provide...
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DOE to award $500K for testing of wave energy device in Hawaii
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500,000 will be available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. (DE-FOA-0000705) The funding will support...
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Midtronics completes initial field testing of new high-voltage Hybrid/EV vehicle battery service and de-power tool
The GRX-5100. Click to enlarge. Battery testing and management company Midtronics, Inc. has completed initial field testing for the GRX-5100 Hybrid/EV Battery Station, the first high-voltage Hybrid/EV vehicle battery service and de-power tool for various hybrid and electric vehicles. The...
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Argonne study identifying fuel consumption penalties for CNG use in conventional light-duty vehicles; optimization pathways
Light-duty vehicle fuel economy penalties for CNG in conventional engines, with and without scaling for performance equivalence. Source: ANL. Click to enlarge. Preliminary findings from a study by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) show that current compressed natural gas...
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