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Shipping Industry Should Target Safety, Emissions, Technology to Improve Sustainability, DNV Says

March 3, 2014March 3, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Reducing ship and occupational fatalities, cutting emissions and using new technology to increase efficiency and keep freight costs low are the three most promising ways to achieve a safe and sustainable shipping industry by 2050, according to one of six sustainability reports released by DNV GL. Ship classification society and ... Read more »

DoE Funding Leads to New Hexagon Lincoln Hydrogen Trailer

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 by Leon Walker

As the demand for hydrogen-powered vehicles increases, Nebraska-based Hexagon Lincoln, a company that creates carbon fiber composite fuel tanks used to transport hydrogen, has developed a new trailer with financial support from the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Hexagon’s new trailers (pictured) use high-strength composite vessels that haul more ... Read more »

Sandia Team Building Hydrogen Fuel Cell Unit

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

A new fuel cell technology demonstration project led by Sandia National Laboratories will be deployed to the Port of Honolulu by 2015 to show how the portable unit can lower emissions and reduce energy consumption. The unit will fit inside a 20-foot shipping container and will consist of four 30-kilowatt ... Read more »

Plug Power Incorporates Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Infrastructure, Maintenance

January 17, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plug Power’s latest hydrogen fuel cell product, GenKey, is the company’s first all-inclusive product for material handling sites. GenKey is comprised of three separate elements: GenDrive fuel cell units (pictured), GenFuel hydrogen fuel and infrastructure, and GenCare maintenance service. Plug Power says it provides full integration and deployment of the ... Read more »

Linde Joins DOE Hydrogen Partnership

January 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Linde North America has joined the Department of Energy’s H2USA, a public-private partnership to promote hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and build hydrogen fueling infrastructure across the US. Honda, GM, Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai are also members of H2USA. Linde North America is part of the Linde Group, which has equipped ... Read more »

Plug Power Extends FedEx Delivery Trucks’ Driving Range

January 8, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plug Power will develop hydrogen fuel cell range extenders for 20 FedEx Express electric delivery trucks. The fuel cell technology company says this will allow FedEx Express to nearly double the amount of territory the vehicles can cover with one charge, increasing delivery fleet efficiency more than 50 percent coupled ... Read more »

GM Wins Clean Energy Patent Quarterly Crown

January 7, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Motors was granted the highest number of clean energy patents for the third quarter of 2013, taking the quarterly lead back from Toyota, according to Clean Energy Patent Growth Index’s most recent results. The CEPGI, published quarterly by the Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC, has ... Read more »

Consumer Electronics Show Roundup: Intel, Toyota, BMW, Bosch

January 7, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

Here’s a roundup of green tech news from the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced during his keynote address that for the first time the minerals used in its microprocessor silicon and packages have not been sourced from conflict zones as concluded by either a ... Read more »

Starbucks, M&S Test Eco-Friendly Freezer Delivery Trucks

November 27, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Starbucks and Marks & Spencer are testing delivery fleets equipped with a refrigeration system that generates zero emissions compared with 63.4 kilograms per day for an equivalent diesel-mechanical unit. The six FrostCruise vehicles, developed by Linde Group division Linde Gases, will be used for daily delivery routes to Marks & ... Read more »

Green Fleet Roundup: HyperSolar, BMW, Ford, Boeing

November 27, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

HyperSolar, the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, says it is evaluating commercial methods for onsite hydrogen production at distribution points or fueling stations to meet the demand created by the launch of fuel cell cars next year from Hyundai, Honda ... Read more »

Apple’s Green Flying Saucer Campus Cleared for Liftoff

November 22, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple has received final approval to build its sustainable, flying-saucer-shaped headquarters (pictured) in Cupertino, Calif., Industry Week reports. The tech giant, working with Foster and Partners architects, plans to transform an asphalt and old-building covered 176-acre site into “sustainable, state-of-the-art office, research and development facilities,” with a host of green ... Read more »

Hyundai, Honda Roll Out Fuel Cells Vehicles

November 22, 2013November 21, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Hyundai and Honda both made fuel cell vehicle news at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. Hyundai says it plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month for a 36-month term, with $2,999 down. This includes unlimited free hydrogen refueling ... Read more »

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