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Ballard Anticipates Powering 80% of European Fuel Cell Buses in Revenue Service in 2014

Ballard Power Systems announced today that it anticipates powering approximately 40 of the 50 zero emission fuel cell buses used in public transit revenue service on European roads in 2014. By 2014 Ballard will be powering 27 fuel cell buses manufactured by partner Van Hool NV, Europe’s fourth largest bus OEM. The Van Hool buses will be operating in such cities as: Oslo, Norway (5 buses); Cologne, Germany (2); San Remo, Italy (5); Fl...

Clean Transport - May 15, 2013

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada push for new aviation fuels

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada, hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term goal to supply Air Canada. The first assessment is expected by the end of 2013. The partnership was announced today, at the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Aviation and Environment workshop in Montreal. The partnership wil...

Clean Transport - May 13, 2013

Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Develop Enzyme-free Ionic Liquid Pre-treatment

Advanced biofuels - liquid fuels synthesized from the sugars in cellulosic biomass - offer a clean, green and renewable alternative to gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Bringing the costs of producing these advanced biofuels down to competitive levels with petrofuels, however, is a major challenge. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a bioenergy research center led by Berkeley Lab, have take...

Clean Transport - May 13, 2013