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Nikola Produces 35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trucks For Sale to U.S. And Canada Customers

Nikola Corporation, a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, in 2023 produced 42 and wholesaled 35 Class 8 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

Bunker One and Color Line Collaborate on Switch to Biofuel

For almost one month, Bunker One has supplied B100 biofuel to Color Line’s SuperSpeed 1 and 2 ferries travelling between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik and Kristiansand in Norway. With this switch to biofuel, Color Line’s two passenger ferries have reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 85% on average on the biofuel quantities used.

Pacolet Milliken Acquires Piedmont Green Power Biomass Plant

Pacolet Milliken, a sustainability-focused, family-owned investment firm, announced has acquired 100% of Piedmont Green Power from an affiliate of Atlantic Power & Utilities. Piedmont is a 55 MW biomass-fired power plant located in Barnesville, Georgia. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. 

Norfolk Southern Climate Transition Plan Aims for Low-Carbon Future

Norfolk Southern Corporation released its inaugural Climate Transition Plan recently. The CTP is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with a focus on transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability is rooted in Norfolk Southern's values and its deep understanding of climate science.

Renewi's Green Gas Makes Vattenfall's Gas Mix More Sustainable

Vattenfall and Renewi, a leading waste-to-product company, have started a sustainable new partnership. Vattenfall will purchase more than 7.5 million m3 of green gas annually from Renewi. The green gas made from food waste is added to the regular Dutch gas network, where it mixes with the natural gas and thus makes the gas mix more sustainable.

NIFA Grant to Fund MSU Study of Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuel

The future of fuel is practical, sustainable and green, and Mississippi State’s Department of Sustainable Bioproducts is committed to discovering solutions that will power tomorrow’s fuels. El Barbary Hassan, department professor and scientist in the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has received a National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant totaling over $610,000 to take foundational steps toward producing viable fuels from agricultural waste.

UAM and CSIC Propose New Solution for Safe Transport and Storage of Hydrogen

A team made up of research personnel from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) has developed a technology for the production of hydrogen under ambient conditions from formic acid, using it as a liquid hydrogen-carrying compound. This offers a solution to the safe, sustainable and economical transportation and storage of hydrogen of the future. The results have been registered for patent protection and recently published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Women Blazing the Trail in Renewable Energy

Women are only recently establishing a foothold in the renewable energy sector. Yet, their expertise is invaluable to progress. Here is a closer look at the underrepresentation of women in engineering and four stand-out trailblazers in the field.

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Congratulates EPA Clean School Bus 2023 Grant winners in SE USA

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of the $965 million Clean School Bus Program 2023 Grants in the Southeast region of the US, in which 35 school districts were among 280 nationally that have received grant funding to replace ageing diesel buses with cleaner alternatives.  

Fuels of the Future 2024