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Prototype Solar Power-Assist for Buses
First published: March 10, 2010 Source: Alternative Energy News Sunpods Inc. is California-based manufacturing company. They produce modular, fully integrated and tested solar power generation systems. Recently they have come out with an idea of the first solar power-assist system for buses. They should be applauded for developing it in a mere six weeks. Their [...]
Electric dream set to make us a motor city
First published: March 3, 2010 Source: The Standard Hong Kong will soon boast an automobile industry – but unlike most motor cities, this one will be green. In a joint venture with Taiwan and the mainland, Halo Motor plans to set up a small production line in the next two to three years and aims [...]
Greener fuel standards proposed for vehicles
SCMP Martin Wong Nov 18, 2009 The government has proposed making vehicles more environmentally friendly by requiring fuel supplied in the city to meet greener standards. Government proposals in a Legislative Council paper that lawmakers will discuss on Monday include a move to the Euro V emission standard, introduced in the European Union for heavy [...]
Transport firms seek funding to upgrade bus fleets, switch to cleaner fuel in ferries
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP Franchised bus and ferry operators have publicly sought government financial assistance to help them upgrade their fleets and switch to cleaner fuels if they are required to do so. The operators say they are seeking the unspecified help on the assumption that they will not be able to pass on the cost [...]
Ferry operators get assurance on the cost of cleaner diesel
Cheung Chi-fai and Anita Lam – SCMP The extra cost of using cleaner diesel in Hong Kong’s ferries is likely to be much less than ferry operators have claimed, the environment watchdog says. Ultra-low-sulphur marine diesel, which went on trial in five ferries yesterday, would cost about 60 HK cents a litre more than conventional [...]
Ferry firms must play part in clearing the air
SCMP The unsightly black smoke that pours from ferries as they churn across the harbour tells much about the Hong Kong government’s approach to air pollution. It is a clear sign of the need for greater urgency. Such emissions are from another era, an age when the world had little concern for the environment. Visitors [...]
New Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Catalysts
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-advances-in-hydrogen-fuel-catalysts/ Hydrogen has great potential as a fuel of future because it is an environmentally clean energy fuel and save us from the undesirable side effects of greenhouse gases. Before becoming it a fuel of the masses we need necessary infrastructure to store it and move it. We will also need fuel cells on economical [...]
Enova Delivers Hybrid Drive Systems to First Auto Works for Hybrid Buses
source: http://bioage.typepad.com/ Enova’s Pre-Transmission Parallel Hybrid System locates the electric motor between the engine and transmission. Click to enlarge.Enova Systems, Inc. has delivered the first 70 pre-transmission hybrid drive systems to First Auto Works for application in a hybrid bus. FAW has ordered an additional 150 hybrid drive systems for delivery in 2009. Enova Systems [...]
Four New Solar-Powered Ferries Coming to Hong Kong
Matthew McDermott, www.treehugger.com image: Solar Sailor Holdings I have to say that usually when I hear about a solar-powered boat I’m a bit skeptical – often the solar power is just used for lighting or other equipment and not propulsion — but not so with Kong Kong’s four new solar-powered ferries. Solar power will supply [...]