This would involve the triumvirate of renewables, nuclear and abated fossil-fuel technology, said Lord Smith.
Any improvements in plane or fuel technology, he said, would be outpaced by growth in the sector, which expands by 3-4% per year.
After decades of fuel technology research in South Africa, Sasol was born in 1950 with a mandate from the newly in-charge white supremacist National Party to find ways for fuel self-sufficiency.
Its patented fumes-to-fuel technology, co-developed with the Detroit Edison unit of DTE Energy (nyse: DTE - news - people ), could be worth millions in energy savings and licensing fees, Ford says.
Advances in fuel cell technology could give them the range and power source that Choset has been looking for.
Liquid-fuel reactor technology was developed at Oak Ridge National Labs in the 1960s.
It requires imports of nuclear fuel and technology worth billions of dollars.
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The Republican and Democratic sponsors of the legislation speak in lofty terms about the U.S. agreement to supply India with nuclear fuel and technology.
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Furukawa Battery, the Tokyo-based supplier of power systems , is commercializing a magnesium fuel cell technology that generates electricity using salt water as an electrolyte.
If approved by the U.S. Congress, the deal would allow the United States to supply India with nuclear fuel and technology, ending decades of international sanctions.
On the contrary, start-up companies like Westwood, MA-based Acumentrics are similarly pursuing a solid-oxide fuel cell technology tailored to the needs of the military.
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Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, wants to make Britain a leader in fuel cell technology and has already announced plans to increase hydrogen refuelling stations around the capital.
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Toyota has always believed that fuel cell technology is the long-term answer for zero emissions driving, so the company pulling back from a tepid market should not be viewed as a surprise.
By 2020 or so, depending on the progress of fuel cell technology, the last of the island's 9, 500 gasoline cars will be gone and only water-vapor-emitting fuel cell autos will remain, according to Taniguchi's plan.
Many including some in high office, who certainly should have known better were induced to believe that, thanks to that accords swap of Western funds, fuel, technology and food for North Koreas disarmament pledges, a grievous security threat had been eliminated.
The fuel cell technology, which is being developed with support of the U.S. Office of Naval Research, will be tailored to integrate with solar PV panels, which will reduce the amount of fuel needed to support forward operating military bases.
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Jim Fletcher, a mechanical engineering doctoral student in fuel cell technology, said the bus is 10 percent more efficient than comparable diesel buses -- a first step in what researchers expect will one day be a far more efficient form of transportation.
Fuel-saving technology like hybrid power and turbo-charging, they say, isn't enough to do the trick.
Mr. EISENSTEIN: Well, we're seeing quite a bit of vehicles focused on cleaner, more fuel-efficient technology.
Fuel-cell technology has been around for 150 years, so why is it attracting attention now?
So luxury automakers are responding, not only with four-cylinder engines, but hybrids and other fuel-saving technology as well.
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Wonderful, and we did this without resorting to all-electric cars or fuel-cell technology.
Automakers are working furiously on fuel-cell technology, in the hope that it will free us from our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce pollution.
Morgan Stanley has raised money for Tesla Motors, a producer of electric cars, and it has invested in Bloom Energy, an innovator in fuel-cell technology.
Though Mazda is not offering a hybrid version of the new 6 sedan, it is including some fuel-saving technology that is unlike anything currently available.
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Companies that embrace best practices, as well as automated fuel-purchasing technology or outsourcing, enjoy a newfound ability to control their costs, improve their bottom lines, and move confidently into the future.
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In addition to harnessing hydroelectric power from an existing 60-megawatt plant to make silicon carbide, used in various industries, Taniguchi realized he could make plenty of cheap hydrogen fuel with current technology.
Siemens and Shell, for example, have just announced a new fuel-cell technology for oil rigs that will capture emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, generate power from them cleanly, and sequester the exhaust.
Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to efficiently extract hydrogen from plant materials, overcoming one of the obstacles that led the Obama Administration to put hydrogen fuel-cell technology on the back burner.
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