A hybrid-electric delivery truck leaving a FedEx distribution center in Charlotte, N.C. The “hydrogen economy” just got a nice push from the Obama administration, which is now partnering with the private sector to facilitate a ...
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By directly comparing three closely related catalysts, scientists at the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis established that hydrogen production speed and efficiency are influenced by the molecules' structure and proton relay ...
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A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar far more ...
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The Toyota FCV hydrogen-powered car has successfully been used as an alternative power source in a demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Toyota FCV, a forerunner to the car maker’s first production ...
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FedEx Express is hybridizing some of its electric delivery trucks. The Memphis, TN-based company is taking part in a US$3 million project being funded by the US Department of Energy. The other participants are Kansas City, MO-based Smith ...
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I f you take the main road east out of Moriarty,N.M.,turn south at a sign advertising glider rides,and then swing east again past the sailplanes ornamenting a two-runway airport,you will see hangar No.76,the headquarters of Titan ...
Tags: Solara, solar-powered robotic airplanes, Titan Aerospace
The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023. This report includes hybrid and ...
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French supplier of industrial gases and services Air Liquide is set to expand its filling stations business for hydrogen-powered cars. This move by the company is in response to the demand for the vehicles. These vehicles emit only water ...
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Sapphire Energy, Inc., one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production, and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, announced a strategic joint development agreement aimed at ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Crude Oil, Oil
Ballard Power Systems (BPS) has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool in support of the manufacture and further deployment of zero emission fuel cell buses. By February 2014, ...
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According to a new report from Fuel Cell Today, a London-based market intelligence firm, annual global fuel cell shipments increased by 86% between 2011 and 2012. Shipments for transport-related fuel cells, which includes battery ...
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After more than a decade in development, the hydrogen-powered Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell will launch in the US in the first quarter 2014 with a unprecedented free fuel offer. Speaking at the Los Angeles auto show, Hyundai Motor America CEO ...
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Plug Power has received funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to demonstrate the viability of replacing diesel generators with hydrogen fuel cells for powering transport refrigeration units ...
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Ramar Foods, a US-based specialty food products manufacturer, has selected Bloom Energy's clean energy fuel cell to power its manufacturing facility in Pittsburg, California. Claimed to help reduce the facility's CO2 emissions, the fuel ...
The international “Science Award Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen goes in 2013 to Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, work group “Electrocatalysis”, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf. The jury of ...
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