Steam power set to reduce vehicle emissions

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Clean Power Technologies using steam to capture waste heat energy from combustion engines in refrigeration trucks

It might bring back images of the industrial revolution, but according to the boss of a UK startup, steam power could play a key role in reducing emissions from the automotive sector. Clean Power Technologies...

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