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Real World Tests for Hydrogen Powered Buses and Other Vehicles

Two hydrogen-fuelled shuttle buses as well as nine airport-related passenger and utility vehicles will be tested in real conditions. Other applications for the use of hydrogen in auxiliary or stationary power are further key components of this project

21 Apr 2009

Diesel Brewing to Convert Biomass and Manure into Transportation Fuels and Help Oregon Achieve Energy Independence

Diesel Brewing announced the company has launched its initiative to manufacture cellulosic bio-butanol from Oregon’s ample supplies of biomass and dairy farm manure

20 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Car Achieves 2,757.1 MPG at 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas

Distance, not speed, was the goal this weekend on the track at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel

20 Apr 2009

Answer Given To Question About How Nanotubes Work as Catalysts

Cornell researchers have answered an important question about how carbon nanotubes work as catalysts by pinpointing unique sites where the reactions take place on single-walled nanotubes

17 Apr 2009

International Researchers Find Way to Dramatically Improve Hydrogen Storage

An international research team has shown that small additions of potassium drastically improve the hydrogen-storage properties of certain types of hydrogen compounds

16 Apr 2009

CHINT Solar to Get Gases For Building Solar Panels From Air Products

Air Products today announced it has signed a gas supply contract to provide bulk and specialty gases to CHINT Solar at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility

15 Apr 2009

Researchers Find environmentally Friendly Catalyst to Replace Toxic Metal Catalysts

University of Toronto research team from the Department of Chemistry has discovered useful "green" catalysts made from iron that might replace the much more expensive and toxic platinum metals typically used in industrial chemical processes to produce drugs, fragrances and flavours

13 Apr 2009

Honda FCX Clarity Named as 2009 World Green Car

At a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto Show and Mobil 1 at the Jacob Javits Centre in Manhattan, New York, the Honda FCX Clarity was declared the 2009 World Green Car

13 Apr 2009

Queensland Government in Australia to Fund Research Into Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cattle and Sheep

The Queensland Government has secured funding for three new, major research projects aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas belched out by livestock

6 Apr 2009

Research Team Looks For New Way to Make Hydrogen By Splitting Water With Sunlight

Weizmann Institute scientists have identified a new mode of bond generation between oxygen atoms. This work is a step toward development of an efficient artificial catalyst for solar-driven splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen, which is a major goal of renewable, clean energy research

6 Apr 2009