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Ricardo supports Toyota with launch of its first UK-based prototype hydrogen light commercial vehicle

Hydrogen Fuel News

Following support from Ricardo, Toyota, alongside the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), has successfully launched this innovative hydrogen prototype for the UK light commercial vehicle market.    Ricardo’s role in the project has been to ensure seamless integration of the hydrogen fuel cell, fuel storage system and controls.

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? Heat pumps go steampunk

Climate Tech VC

seed round , a pilot project with New Belgium, and a manufacturing partnership with HVAC giant Danfoss. Second dead-end is hydrogen. We think hydrogen is super important for high-temperature applications or for applications where you need a reactant: steel, cement, other aspects of the chemicals industry.

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Energy resilience: Why energy efficiency must be at the heart of the heat electrification agenda

Business Green

Across the UK and Europe, government strategies for heating and energy supply aim to drive decarbonisation. The policies needed to drive 'greener' heating across Europe. The move away from fossil fuels and the promise to generate one of the biggest heat pump markets in Europe is indeed a major contribution to net zero (2050).

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The Biggest Sustainability Stories of 2019 (and what to watch for in 2020)

Andrew Winston

The list of extreme, tragic, and very costly weather events this year — record heat in Europe, hail in June in Mexico , record floods in Nebraska , endless Australian bush fires , and epic destruction from storms in Mozambique and the Bahamas – was shocking. But it’s now not an annual story; it’s permanent.

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Preventing aerosol transmission

Envirotec Magazine

The aerosol spread of the virus is, according to many experts, a major reason why the number of corona infections in Europe increased dramatically in the autumn. The Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system should have a minimum efficiency of MERV-13 to filter even very small particles out of the air.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022. 

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? Methane monitoring goes stratospheric #185

Climate Tech VC

  In other news, the largest US asset managers leave Climate Action 100+, the EU puts up $7.4bn for renewable hydrogen infrastructure, and geothermal enjoys a hot spring of funding and project success.  Importantly, Europe will begin holding gas imports to the same MRV standards starting in 2027.