Collaboration of Bosch, Stanford and Univ. of South Florida receives $1.2M grant from NSF/DOE partnership for automotive thermoelectric waste heat recovery
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a collaboration between Stanford University, the University of South Florida and Bosch Research and Technology Center North America a $1.2-million, three-year grant (award #1048796) to address vari…
Azure Dynamics selects Lotus for assembly support for Transit Connect Electric
Azure Dynamics Corporation has selected Lotus Lightweight Structures, a division of Group Lotus plc, to provide assembly support for the Transit Connect Electric for the European market.
Lotus Lightweight Structures will be responsible for upfitti…
Navistar showcases improvements to International WorkStar
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Navistar unveiled improvements to its International WorkStar severe-service trucks at the Conexpo-Con/Agg construction industry trade show. [Full Story]
Coyote delays jets at busy Atlanta airport
Authorities say a coyote wandered onto a runway in Atlanta, delaying flights for a few minutes at the world’s busiest airport until ground crews chased the animal away.
New off-highway truck
Western Star’s Class 8 vocational truck, the 4700, meets the needs of the dump, mixer, crane, roll-off, sewer vac and plow applications. It is available in a set-forward and set-back configuration and features a 110-in. BBC. Engine options include a Detroit Diesel DD13, Cummins ISC or Cummins ISL. For more information, visit westernstar.com.
DOE to fund remaining $17.7M federal share of Logos and EdeniQ Corn-to-Cellulosic pilot biorefinery
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will fully fund $20.5 million in federal cost share under DOE’s Integrated Biorefinery Program for Logos Technologies Inc. and EdeniQ, Inc. to build a Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration (CCM) pilot plant at EdeniQ&rsqu…
BASF subsidiary to acquire 15% stake in South Stream Russian gas pipeline company; 2B investment in the project
BASF subsidiary Wintershall will acquire a 15% percent stake in the company South Stream A, which will develop, construct and operate the offshore section of the South Stream Pipeline which will run through the Black Sea. BASF intends to channel some
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0 Platinum? Fuel cell hybrids ready to lead an energy revolution
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The leaps in fuel cell science cannot be denied
Is America sitting on the verge of an amazing clean and green energy revolution where a real plan towards energy independence is actually conceivable today? I’ve been wondering that more and m…
First gas flows to Pearl GTL
Construction at the massive Pearl GTL project, Qatar, 2010. Click to enlarge.
Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the …