Category: Climate change
Europe’s 700-Bar Hydrogen Network Is Closing And Reappearing
Europe’s public hydrogen refuelling network is not growing, but shrinking slightly. It is, however, changing shape. The part built for passenger cars is shrinking, while a new generation of dual-pressure stations is carrying 700-bar capability forward into the bus and truck layer. Germany closed 36 first-generation hydrogen refuelling stations during … [continued]
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Ember’s Electric Coaches Show Intercity Bus Electrification Is Already Here
Edinburgh makes electric transit visible. The city has electrified regional rail, trams and a growing number of electric buses, including large battery-electric double-deckers that stand out from the pavement. That progress is important, but it is not especially surprising. Urban buses were always expected to be among the first heavy … [continued]
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Lower Saxony’s Hydrogen Trains Are Now A Battery Exit Strategy Problem
Lower Saxony’s hydrogen trains will probably not be retired because a politician announces that battery-electric multiple units were the better technology. They will be retired when the bill arrives for extending the life of an underused, specialized hydrogen system and the state has to compare that cost with buying the … [continued]
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Michigan Supreme Court says Line 5 tunnel review fell short, sends case back to regulators
The state’s high court says the Michigan Public Service Commission failed to fully consider the project’s potential environmental impacts.
Can you find Petoskey stones outside of Petoskey?
The Petoskey stone shares a name with the Northern Michigan city, but its distribution—and the story it tells us about our state’s ancient history—is a lot bigger. On this episode of On Hand, we talk to a couple of rockhounding experts about how to find Petoskey stones and the stories they tell.