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The automaker has said that only electrified vehicles will be rolled out in North America. Honda has announced its key target plans for the sale of electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in North America. It intends to make those zero-emission vehicles the only type of vehicles they sell by 2040. Battery electric and FCEVs will represent 100 percent of Honda’s sales by that year, said the plan. According to Honda’s timeline for rolling out its zero-emission vehicles, the first major target will be in 2030. By that year, it already expects 40 percent of the vehicles it sells to be electric or fuel cell electric vehicles. Five years later in 2035, that percentage will double to 80 percent of the total vehicles it sells per year. Then, after another five years have passed, in 2040, 100 percent of new Honda vehicle sales in North America will be zero-emission producers. The automaker sees FCEV technology as a strong component of the complete solution toward decarbonizing...

First Aberdeen and Aberdeen City Council are celebrating this week after their Wrightbus hydrogen double-decker bus fleet notched up its first major milestone of operation. Since launch in January, the fleet of 15 UK-manufactured Wrightbus buses, has already saved a huge 170,000kg of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere – equivalent of taking 42 cars off the road for a year – a significant improvement in the city’s air quality for its residents. Michelle Thomson, a hydrogen bus driver at First Aberdeen, said: “Drivers and the public love the new hydrogen buses – sailing smoothly and silently through the city’s streets is a joy." Knowing a Wrightbus hydrogen bus is not polluting the atmosphere makes it a ride of kudos, as we come together to tackle the climate emergency. “The buses are so quiet that socially distancing passengers wearing masks can still have a natter from either end of the bus. As drivers, it makes us much more in tune ...

  Technically a nut, hemp seeds are very nutritious. They have a mild, nutty flavor and are often referred to as hemp hearts. Hemp seeds contain over 30% fat. They are exceptionally rich in two essential fatty acids, linoleic acid (omega-6) & alpha-linolenic acid omega-3 While the fat content in hemp seeds comes primarily from its healthy essential fatty acids, eat them in moderation to meet your recommended daily consumption of fat. Hemp seeds may interact with certain medications including anticoagulants. What is hemp nut? Hemp seeds are a rich source of nutrients. Part of the hemp plant, these seeds are technically a nut that can be eaten raw or used to make milk, oil, cheese substitutes, or protein powder. While related to the cannabis plant, hemp seeds have little to none of the psychoactive compound THC found in marijuana. Hemp Nuts are whole hemp seeds and are ideal for those seeking a natural, yet the excellent source of minerals, fiber, omega 3, and omega 6. Meaning ea...

  Did You Know Biodiesel is safe to handle and transport because it is as biodegradable as sugar, 10 times less toxic than table salt, and has a high flashpoint of about 300 F compared to petroleum diesel fuel, which has a flash point of 125 F Biodiesel can be made from domestically produced, renewable oilseed crops such as hemp. Why Hemp Biodiesel? Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel that runs in any conventional, unmodified diesel engine. It can be stored anywhere that petroleum diesel fuel is stored. Biodiesel is safe to handle and transport because it is as biodegradable as sugar, 10 times less toxic than table salt, and has a high flashpoint of about 300 F compared to petroleum diesel fuel, which has a flash point of 125 F. Biodiesel can be made from domestically produced, renewable oilseed crops such as hemp. Biodiesel is a proven fuel with over 30 million successful US road miles, and over 20 years of use in Europe. Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel in the US to comp...

  AIMPLAS announces the development of the GUACAPACK Project to make use of waste produced when avocados are processed for use in food items and extend the shelf life of prepared products. Funded by the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), the project is led by the company ITC Packaging and the Universidad de Alicante’s research group on Polymer and Nanomaterial Analysis (Nanobiopol-UA) is also taking part. Extended Shelf Life of Food by 15%: The project aims to develop a new biodegradable packaging system from renewable sources that also extends the shelf life of food by 15%, thanks to a label with oxygen barrier function that prevents the oxidation of food, and to the incorporation of natural antioxidants extracted from the avocado itself, which also helps reduce the use of synthetic preservatives. To achieve this, starch from the avocado seed will be extracted and purified to obtain a film that can be used to make multilayer IML labels that have oxygen barrier properties and preve...

  India will augment its hydrogen supply chain infrastructure as it looks to accelerate plans to generate the carbon-free fuel, which may have an edge over other non-fossil fuel sources, Oil Minister   Dharmendra Pradhan   said. “Hydrogen has great potential to emerge as a future source of energy,” he said. “The enthusiasm about hydrogen has a simple reason — whether it’s used in a fuel cell or burned to create heat, wherever hydrogen replaces fossil fuels, it slows global warming.” Carbon-free hydrogen can be produced from fossils fuels, such as natural gas or coal, by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using a current of electricity. Hydrogen thus generated can be used as a transport fuel. However, hydrogen supply and distribution in India face challenges such as high production costs and complimentary infrastructure requirements. Speaking at a roundtable on hydrogen economy, Pradhan said the government is “committed to augmenting the hydrogen supply chain infrast...

Europe could devote 40,000 km (24,800 miles) of natural gas pipelines to hydrogen by 2040 once production and imports of the alternative fuel take off, transmission systems operators (TSOs) said on Tuesday. The hypothetical European hydrogen backbone scenario envisages how elements of 2020 "green" hydrogen strategies at the European Union and national level will fit together, said speakers during an industry webcast involving 23 grid operators from 21 countries. On the road to decarbonization, European policymakers aim for the region to produce, transport, and market green hydrogen from renewable energy via electrolysis to replace “grey” hydrogen from gas and to substitute oil products across manufacturing industries and in heating and transport. "We have found that it is technically possible and economically feasible to use the existing gas infrastructure to create this hydrogen backbone," chief coordinator Daniel Muthmann said during the webcast. "It helps to...

  India’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) FSRU Höegh Giant has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh Terminal in Maharashtra on Monday, April 12, 2021, from Keppel Shipyard, Singapore. An FSRU is a special type of ship used for transiting and transferring Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) through the oceanic channels. The 2017-built Höegh Giant has a storage capacity of 170,000 cubic metres and an installed regasification capacity of 750 million cubic feet per day (equivalent to about 6 million tonnes, per year). H-Energy has chartered the FSRU for a 10 year period. Höegh Giant will deliver regasified LNG to the 56-kilometre long Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline, connecting the LNG terminal to the national gas grid. The facility will also deliver LNG through truck loading facilities for onshore distribution, the facility is also capable to reload LNG onto small-scale LNG vessels for bunkering services. H-Energy also intends to develop a small-scale LNG market in the regi...

  CANNABIS CULTURE – Israeli-based Technologies firm  Eybna  says a recently discovered combination of terpenes and CBD has the potential to  manage the symptoms of COVID-19 , and may even prevent infection altogether.  We used our database and advanced data-mining and formulation design methodologies to research and isolate terpenes with  elevated anti-inflammatory properties  and optimize their ratios.” Says Nadav Eyal CEO and co-founder of Eybna. “This enabled us to develop and manufacture a patented data-driven terpene formulation that is effective, safe, and synergetic. For the last 6 years, Eybna has been studying the therapeutic benefits of the cannabis plant and its phytochemicals for use in adult wellness products.  When COVID-19 first emerged, Eybna partnered with  CannaSoul  to analyze the potential of terpenes and cannabis phytotoxins.  Eyal states, “With the lack of safe anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical drugs, we d...

  The European plastics converting industry is facing severe shortages of raw materials and extreme price increases never experienced. This situation is threatening the economic survival of numerous SMEs but also endangering the production of countless products, ranging from applications in the building and automotive industry to essential goods for the food packaging and pharmaceutical supply chains. Increased Raw Material Scarcity Impacting Businesses The more than 50,000 SMEs that form the plastics converting industry in Europe are under severe pressure, still recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and now faced with a raw material scarcity that not only dramatically increased their cost of production but threatens to stop it altogether. Recent surveys amongst plastics converters in several Member States have shown that more than 90% of them are affected by this supply crisis and many are forced to reduce their production and accept less or no new customers to be a...

  Sun-scorched expanses and steady Red Sea breezes make the northwest tip of Saudi Arabia prime real estate for what the kingdom hopes will become a global hub for green hydrogen. As governments and industries seek less-polluting alternatives to hydrocarbons, the world’s biggest crude exporter doesn’t want to cede the burgeoning hydrogen business to China, Europe or Australia and lose a potentially massive source of income. So it’s building a $5 billion plant powered entirely by sun and wind that will be among the world’s bigg est green hydrogen makers when it opens in the planned megacity of Neom in 2025 The task of turning a patch of desert the size of Belgium into a metropolis powered by renewable energy falls to Peter Terium, the former chie . f executive officer of RWE AG, Germany’s biggest utility, and clean-energy spinoff Innogy SE. His performance will help determine whether a country dependent on petrodollars can transition into a supplier of non-polluting fuels. “There’s ...