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EPA grants 31 small refinery exemptions for RFS

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EPA is granting 31 small refinery RFS exemptions for the 2018 compliance year, as well as 6 denials. The Clean Air Act (CAA) exempted small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program through compliance year 2010; the CAA also authorized EPA to extend the exemption for two years.

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ECS announces 2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship recipients

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Dr. Bai received his BS in Materials Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and MS in Materials Science in 2012 from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. The author of 52 articles with an h-index of 25, and four books/book chapters, Dr. Bai has seven patents pending and one granted patent.

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Nevada grants Audi first automaker permit to operate autonomous vehicles on public roads

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Among early highlights was the 2010 achievement of the Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak research car on the Pikes Peak Hill Climb course in Colorado. Audi will provide updates on strategies involving its Audi piloted driving and piloted parking technologies during the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Navistar to adopt SCR technology to meet 2010 EPA requirements; “In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+)”

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Navistar expects the In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+) technology to be available beginning early 2013. Unlike its competitors in the heavy-duty on-road space, Navistar relied on advanced EGR technology for 2010 compliance instead of SCR. However, EPA 2010 regulations call for 0.20 Background. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Ford Introducing Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid C-MAX Models in Europe in 2013

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New Ford C-MAX and new Ford Grand C-MAX 2010. Ford’s Valencia plant in Spain will build the company’s first hybrid models for European customers with two advanced technology derivatives of the new Ford C-MAX compact multi-activity model to be launched in 2013: a full Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), and a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).

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European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Issues €89.1M Call for Proposals for 2010

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The European Commission Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking (JU) has published its 2010 Call for Proposals with a budget of €89.1 The JU publishes annual calls for proposals (from 2008-2013), on the basis of which funding is granted for research, technological development and demonstration projects. Earlier post.).

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Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

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As part of a $6-million project funded in part by a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC), Oberon is converting waste methanol into rDME at its upgraded facility in Brawley, Calif. In 2013, Oberon Fuels’ refinery in Brawley, Calif., It is the first time this feedstock has been used to make rDME at commercial scale.

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