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The real news here is a seriously large aircraft engine maker is looking at electric motors, albeit small motors as yet. Nevertheless RR is spending money on electricity solutions and development will follow.
Rolls-Royce’s all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ completes taxi testing
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the taxiing of its ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft, the latest milestone on its way to becoming the world’s fastest all-electric plane. (Earlier post.) The plane is part of a Rolls-Royce initiative called ACCEL, short for “Accelerating the Electrification o...
The 2011 Nissan Leaf lithium batteries had an energy density of 90 Wh/kg. Now that's about 150 Wh/kg; or, a 55% increase in 10 years. Battery technology is advancing, albeit slowly.
Hopefully, some company will double that production metric soon so we can start ridding the Earth of The Hundred Year Fossil Fuel Scourge.
Enevate secures $81M Series E; silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology
Enevate, a developer of advanced silicon-dominant lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology featuring extreme fast charge and high energy density for electric vehicles (EVs) and other markets (earlier post), has secured an $81-million Series E funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company...
The U.S. OEMs will switch to clean cars when they can't make their Wall Street numbers selling gassers.
Ford commits to 100% all-electric passenger vehicle range in Europe by 2030; $1B to transform Cologne plant
Ford committed today that by mid-2026, 100% of Ford’s passenger vehicle range in Europe will be zero-emissions capable, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, and will be completely all-electric by 2030. Similarly, Ford’s entire commercial vehicle range will be zero-emissions capable, all-electric or p...
The good thing about a hydrogen bus is it is after all an electric bus that uses a fuel cell generator instead of a battery pack. Not that difficult to replace the fuel cell later if the hydrogen doesn't work out.
However, money and clean energy transition time will be wasted as the oil and gas companies, push to extend their profits by sell hydrogen made from a gross polluting fossil fuel reforming process.
ELO Mobility, Fraunhofer IVI and HyMove are developing new types of hydrogen fuel cell powered city buses; Go4City project start
Berlin start-up ELO Mobility and the Fraunhofer Institute for Transport and Infrastructure Systems IVI are jointly developing a new generation of city buses with hydrogen drive technology as part of the Go4City (G4C) project. The Go4City project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and...
After driving an BEV for 10 years with no costs other than state fees, utility company electrons for fuel, and replacing three sub-quality lead acid battery for maintenance, I'm sold on BEVs and wonder why one would pay the extra costs associated with driving a complicated PHEV. Unless you like visiting the great guys for maintenance at the dealership and hunting for the best price and pumping gas at the local gas stations.
Or perhaps it's because one is a victim of habit and feels more secure shelling out ducats for inspections and receiving ongoing announcements of operational well being.
Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) plans to debut three new electrified models—two BEVs and a PHEV—in the US market this year. Toyota currently has more than 40% share of the total alternative fuel vehicle market, which includes a 75% share of the fuel cell market and a 64% share of hybrids and p...
I find it interesting that wind energy is being built out over the oceans; but, little progress has been achieved advancing wave power...perhaps I don't understand the problems to be solved other than corrosion(ha).
AW-Energy entering green hydrogen market with wave energy device
AW-Energy Oy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing a combined WaveRoller and HydrogenHub process for the production of green hydrogen. AW-Energy says that its wave energy device, when combined with other renewable energy sources, can enable significant green hydrogen cost red...
Doesn't matter what you call it or if you make it from garbage or oil when carbon burns in a jet engine it pollutes grossly. I would like to see some progress in burning hydrogen in jets...then, you can call it clean and not lie.
Rolls-Royce conducts first tests of 100% sustainable aviation fuel in Pearl 700 engine for use in business jets
Rolls-Royce has conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine. The tests on its latest business aviation engine in development, the Pearl 700, in Dahlewitz, Germany, came just weeks after unblended SAF was successfully used for the first time in engi...
There's little good to be found in coal mining except providing jobs...I would like to see a quick phase out of coal; but, with the creation of new clean energy industries and retraining for the workers.
Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought
The amount of methane released into the atmosphere as a result of coal mining is likely approximately 50% higher than previously estimated, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The research was done by a team at the U.S. Department of E...
A long way to go; but, a beginning.
The difficult problem is launching an aircraft to altitude without great amounts of pollution, This may require jet engines burning hydrogen then using ducted fans for cruising,
UK consortium launches InCEPTion project to develop integrated electric aircraft propulsion module
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) specialist Blue Bear Systems Research, a UK Small to Medium Enterprise, has formed a seven-strong consortium to develop a next-generation, all-electric propulsion module to enhance aircraft performance while reducing operating costs. The propulsion module is a scala...
2050? Not soon enough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjRDUlkEbu4&feature=emb_logo
Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100% of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050. “Life cycle” includes raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and the recycling or reuse of end-of-life vehicles. As part of this effort, by the ...
Good example of 'Greenwashing.' By using the term 'Clean Tech' when there is nothing clean about an internal combustion engine, especially a 7 liter internal combustion engine. Every ICE bus they buy today will be around for decades puking out pollution and poisoning children on every run.
Blue Bird to begin production of updated propane and gasoline buses with Ford 7.3L V8 and ROUSH fuel system
This spring, Blue Bird will begin production of its propane and gasoline Vision school buses integrating Ford’s all-new 7.3L V8 engine and a purpose-built fuel system designed specifically for school-bus application. The advanced fuel system technology was developed by ROUSH CleanTech, the sa...
LFP batteries are a good drop in solution to replace the toxic lead acid starter batteries for internal combustion engines,
Many race cars teams have used them for years because they have a much higher power density, are 50% lighter and are more reliable.
I have used one for 5 years now in my riding lawn mower and it starts every time.
Pricewise, LFP is now about at parity with L/A and hopefully as more are produced, LFP batteries will cost less.
CATL to build new $280M, 80 tpy LFP cathode materials plant in China
China-based battery maker CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) and its subsidiary Shenzhen Dynanonic signed an agreement with Jiang’an county government (located in south-west China’s Sichuan province) to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials plant with a production ca...
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Agree. However, reality is the fossil fuel industry owns too many of our politicians and oil, gas and coal will be around for many years yet. Using reforming to create H2 until we can switch over to carbon free production will work to accelerate the amount of H2 we need to develop and to prove it's use as a CO2 free jet fuel.
DOE to award $160M to improve fossil-based hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $160 million in federal funding (DE-FOA-0002400) available to help recalibrate the US’ vast fossil-fuel and power infrastructure for decarbonized energy and commodity production. The funding, for cost-shared cooperati...
Currently H2 doesn't work well in jet engines; developing H2 as a jet fuel instead of JP-X could lead to less upper atmosphere pollution and GHGs.
DOE to award $160M to improve fossil-based hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) plans to make $160 million in federal funding (DE-FOA-0002400) available to help recalibrate the US’ vast fossil-fuel and power infrastructure for decarbonized energy and commodity production. The funding, for cost-shared cooperati...
After driving a Nissan Leaf for the last 9 years; I bought another b/c once you drive EVs you will never go back to obsolete ICE cars...traction batteries have advanced to the point that internal combustion engine no longer makes sense for personal transportation.
Mercedes-Benz Cars tripled global sales of xEVs in 2020; 7.4% of sales
Mercedes-Benz experienced a sharp increase in xEV deliveries in 2020, with more than 160,000 plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles sold worldwide (+228.8%), including about 87,000 units in the fourth quarter alone. We more than tripled sales of our plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars. D...
Same old story; successful applications will depend on battery tech advancements to translate to economic gain. And, once implemented, economic savings and viability should multiply with each battery tech upgrade.
BNSF and Wabtec commence battery-electric locomotive pilot test in California
BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. As BNSF seeks ways to further reduce its environmental impact, the advancement of battery technology offers some possible solutions. The battery...
Scientists at MIT believe that to make commercial electric aircraft viable using batteries will take an energy density of about 1,500 Wh/kg; todays common energy density runs about 300Wh/kg which leaves the door wide open for H2 in this transportation segment.
Airbus exploring hydrogen fuel cell propellor “pods” for aircraft propulsion
Airbus is conducting studies to determine how scalable a hydrogen fuel cell “pod” configuration, among others, could be to large commercial aircraft. The aviation industry has developed numerous configurations—twinjet, s-duct, winglets, contra-rotating propellers—over the last five decades that...
The only reason it's a parity is the ongoing taxpayer direct subsidies of approximately 16 billion a year. Without this boost, U.S. drivers couldn't afford to drive their ICE cars.
DOE: Adjusted for inflation, the price of gasoline in 2019 was similar to the price in 1929
The average annual price of gasoline has fluctuated greatly over the past several decades, but when adjusted for inflation (constant dollars), the price of gasoline in 2019 was only nine cents higher than in 1929, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). The graph below shows the effect...
Don't believe all you hear about H2:
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/18/big-oil-is-fueling-the-hydrogen-rush/
IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade
Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). A combination of falling costs for solar and wind power, improved performance as well as economies of scal...
@Davemart:
I believe that the H2 will more likely be generated by reforming when there are oil companies involved, especially when using fossil fuel assets, i.e., gas pipelines,
Also, I would greatly appreciate your points be made without the personal attacking. That way information can continued to be intelligently exchanged on a high level.
SoCalGas to test technology that separates hydrogen from natural gas when the two are blended in pipelines
With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as a carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climate change, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydro...
I don't see H2 as practical for ground transportation; however, the knowledge gained from real world usage in cars and trucks might help bring fuel cell powered electric aircraft and sea ships to market sooner.
Toyota introduces second-generation Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle as design and technology flagship
For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating. The ...
So, the idea is to use energy to reform and compress natural gas into hydrogen and then mix it with natural gas and use the existing natural gas pipelines for distribution; then use electrical energy to separate the hydrogen back out.
Looks as if the oil companies are pulling out all the stops to bring H2 to market.
SoCalGas to test technology that separates hydrogen from natural gas when the two are blended in pipelines
With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as a carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climate change, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydro...
So, serious aircraft FC development begins; very encouraging!
British Airways partners with ZeroAvia to speed up the switch to hydrogen-powered passenger aircraft
British Airways (BA) has teamed up with ZeroAvia, a leading innovator in decarbonizing commercial aviation (earlier post), in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of sustainable flying. The collaboration, which reflects the importance of sus...
Why would one chose this complicated diesel with all the operation and maintenance headaches over the more simple VW BEV?
After driving an EV for the past 10 years, I dismiss all ideas about buying any internal explosive engine vehicle.
Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing
Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing Volkswagen continues to refine its most important diesel engine, the 2.0-liter TDI. With SCR twin dosing technology in the exhaust gas system, the diesel unit now undercuts the Euro 6d emission standard limits while also running quietly and ...
Great! No more unhealthy diesel smoke!
First electric school buses deployed in Texas; 3 Blue Bird buses
The first zero-emissions electric school buses in the state of Texas were recently received by Everman Independent School District. The three buses, manufactured by Blue Bird Corporation, started transporting students this school year. Blue Bird’s electric school buses produce zero emissions...
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