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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

liter, four-cylinder diesels include software (a “defeat device”) that circumvents EPA emissions standards for NO x. The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008. Affected diesel models include: Jetta (Model Years 2009 – 2015). Passat (Model Years 2014-2015).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

World-leading low- and medium-speed engine manufacturers, Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo, have entered the next phase of the extensive, long-term HERCULES research program. HERCULES-C is planned to run for three years, from 2012 to 2014, with a budget of €17 million (US$22 million).

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APRIL 26, 2014

The California Air Resources Board adopted amendments to its Truck and Bus Regulation that will provide new flexible compliance options to owners of aging diesel fleets and recognize fleet owners that have made investments to comply, while also protecting air quality. 2014, and that nearly all trucks have them installed by 1 Jan.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Shore Power is a shore-to-ship connection that provides electrical power to the ship, thereby significantly reducing diesel and other air pollutant emissions from ships while they are at berth. With our shore power project we expect to knock another 11 tons of diesel particulate matter out of the air.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Volkswagen will accept the Gold Medal Award on 15 May 2014 during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, DC. It is a great honor for Volkswagen to receive the Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development in 2014.

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MARCH 7, 2014

The amendments are designed to provide new flexibility to truckers working to clean up their aging diesel fleets while still protecting the emission benefits the regulation provides. The Truck and Bus Regulation was adopted in 2008 to reduce emissions from nearly all heavy-duty diesel trucks operating in California.

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MARCH 19, 2014

The Peugeot 308, recently awarded European Car of the Year 2014, completes its range with the arrival of the new PureTech e-THP 1.2-liter liter diesel engine with 120 bhp (89 kW) and a combined drive cycle fuel economy of 75.8 liter turbo gasoline engine ( earlier post ), producing 130 bhp (97 kW). mpg US (2.85 l/100 km) and 1,124.7

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APRIL 14, 2017

The proposed emission standards would cut toxic and smog-causing emissions by 85% for diesel particulate matter (PM) and 66% for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) below current Tier 4 levels. he new Tier 3 PM emission standards went into effect for engine model years 2012-2014 for line haul locomotives and represented a minor step change.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Union Pacific Railroad is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from freight locomotives in California. One locomotive in this series of 25 will be based in Roseville to test the combined use of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), and diesel particulate filtering (DPF).

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MARCH 27, 2017

from 5,405 MMmt in 2014. The 28% decrease in gasoline prices (in nominal dollars) from 2014 to 2015, along with the continued economic recovery, led to higher fuel consumption. from 2014 levels. Diesel fuel emissions, on the other hand, declined by 0.4% between 2014 and 2015. Electricity.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Three of Total’s five refineries in France—Gonfreville in Normandy, Grandpuits in the Paris region and Feyzin near Lyon—demonstrated their ability to withstand the deteriorating economic environment in 2013 and 2014 and generate ongoing income streams. —Patrick Pouyanné, Chief Executive Officer of Total.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Black carbon, a component of soot, also known as PM 2.5 , comes from diesel engines and incomplete burning of carbon sources. However, due to known health and air quality impacts, ARB adopted truck and bus regulations in 2008 to control diesel PM emissions. and other pollutants.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

This new proprietary combustion engine combines the advantages of gasoline and diesel engines to optimize environmental performance, power and acceleration performance. SKYACTIV-X even equals or exceeds the latest SKYACTIV-D diesel engine in fuel efficiency. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Additional diesel PM reductions in 18 major CA railyards with five new locomotive measures. While we are pleased to have already reduced diesel emissions at the rail yards, it’s not enough. In response to a Board directive in April 2008, ARB staff developed a plan to further reduce emissions from locomotives and railyards.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The federal regulation is currently in the implementation phase, with compliance requirements beginning with 2014 model year and extending through 2018 model year engines and vehicles. The recently adopted federal regulation establishes national GHG emission standards for 2014 and newer model year heavy-duty tractors.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Biorefinery Assistance Program was created through the 2008 Farm Bill and is administered by USDA Rural Development. In continuous operation since May 2012, the plant is producing renewable algal oil that can be further refined to replace petroleum-derived diesel and jet fuel. In 2011, USDA provided Sapphire Energy a $54.5-million

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AUGUST 30, 2011

This bio-oil will then be upgraded to gasoline, jet and diesel fuels using catalytic hydroprocessing technology being developed by UOP. The process tends to deliver predominantly a gasoline fraction; the size of the jet fuel and diesel fractions vary depending upon the biomass. It is expected to be fully operational by 2014.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In 2008, ARB adopted the Statewide Truck and Bus rule, which came into effect on 1 January 2011. The Truck and Bus rule requires truck owners to install diesel exhaust filters on their rigs, with nearly all vehicles upgraded by 2014. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Tenneco will use the proceeds of the loan to design, engineer and produce emission control components for gas, hybrid and diesel-powered vehicle engines. More than two million automobiles and light trucks built in model years 2010 to 2014 will be equipped with Tenneco’s emission control technology. billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6

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AUGUST 16, 2016

In order to achieve the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by US EPA, CARB estimates that the South Coast Air Basin alone (including Los Angeles) will need an 80% reduction in NO x emissions by 2031. Truck sales were up in model years 2014 and 2015, the years covered under the first round of truck standards.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The Alberta government has successfully negotiated contracts for two projects that will advance the upgrading and refining of oil sands bitumen to diesel fuel. Construction of Phase One of the bitumen refinery is targeted for completion in mid-2014. —Premier Ed Stelmach. million liters/day (1.45

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JULY 2, 2009

All ocean-going vessels within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline must now use cleaner burning diesel fuel in order to comply with a new state regulation aimed at reducing the emissions of oxides of sulfur and nitrogen and diesel particulate matter, starting 1 July. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Among the key findings, provisional data shows that in 2016, greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector (including international aviation but excluding maritime shipping) across the EU-28 were 25% higher than in 1990, confirming an upward trend in emissions since 2014. The share of renewable energy in transport in the EU rose from 6.7%

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Maruti 800 | 1983-2014 To say the 800 is a legend would be an understatement; it is the cornerstone on which Maruti Suzuki was built. Sold from 1983 till 2014, it was the undisputed ruler of the Indian automotive market for two out of its three decades, reaching 2.7 million households. Like the larger XL-7, this too soon faded away.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Residential solar PV systems are now as much as 70% cheaper than in 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Alon expects to provide information on the cost of constructing the new rail facility and the expected crude-by-rail volumes at the time of its third quarter 2014 conference call. Current products include gas oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum coke. Background.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

with fuel cell range extenders ( HyKangoos ) will be deployed in the first quarter of 2014 on mail delivery platforms. In addition, it makes replacing the diesel vehicles that are used today for longer routes possible. La Poste has targeted a 30% CO 2 reduction target per household served between 2008 and 2018.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Under the agreement with Guarani, a subsidiary of the French sugar group Tereos, the parties will investigate the feasibility of developing an optimal economical model using Amyris technology to produce cane-derived diesel fuel from molasses rather than from traditional sugar cane juice. million tons of sugarcane in the 2008-2009 crop.

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APRIL 12, 2011

As part of the 2007 PM State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the South Coast Air Basin, the ARB identified the need for an additional ten tons per day of locomotive NO x emission reductions by 2014. Even with regulations in place designed to reduce non-locomotive (e.g. Even with regulations in place designed to reduce non-locomotive (e.g.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The first train is scheduled for delivery in 2012 with final deliveries expected in 2014. Introduced in 2008, Bombardier’s modular suite of ECO4 technologies for the range of its train products includes: EnerGplan Simulation Tool. Diesel Power Pack. Bombardier’s share of the contract is estimated at 13.5 MITRAC Energy Saver.

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JANUARY 16, 2016

Biofuel intermediates can be refined into a variety of liquid transportation fuels such as, but not limited to ethanol, renewable diesel, and renewable jet fuel. Biofuel intermediates should be able to be treated as commodities and passed from a producer to a refiner through the supply chain.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday. GM will have a total of 36 nameplates in 2012, down 25% from 2008 levels. million units (57.5

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MAY 26, 2015

Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., Earlier post.). from starch and biomass) via fermentation into gaseous isobutene via a several-stage enzymatic process. Behnam M.

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MAY 4, 2015

Taking into account additional renewable diesel producers deploying novel technologies, such as Altair, REG, and Diamond Green, the industry has reached the level of investment (roughly $3 billion) and production capacity (600 million gallons per year) that bio-era originally projected for 2011.

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MARCH 17, 2010

It will also include entirely new systems like hybrid drive trains and advanced diesel engines. By 2020, the US job gain relative to 2008 could be as little as 49,000 or more than 150,000.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

These reductions have come from strong efforts to reduce on-road vehicle emissions, especially diesel particulate matter. CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008. SLCP emission reductions will support achieving these targets.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. USDA’s loan commitment to Cool Planet is being financed from the remainder of the Biorefinery Assistance Program funds authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill.

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