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MAN Diesel & Turbo announces new ME-LGI dual-fuel engine for methanol and LPG; Waterfront Shipping signs LOI for four units

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We can really see the momentum towards dual-fuel operation building now. With a viable, convenient and comparatively cheap fuel already onboard, it makes sense to use a fraction of the cargo to power the vessel. The four G50ME-LGI units are targeted for the end of 2013, with engine delivery to follow in the summer of 2015.

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Saudis Expand Price War Downstream

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In June 2015, Saudi Arabia pumped a record 10.564 million barrels a day, a record level. The crude is so cheap it’s pretty much free for them, the margins are going to be massive. per barrel in first quarter of 2015). by Gaurav Agnihotri for Oilprice.com. In case of Saudi Arabia, the price of crude oil would be extremely low.

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Governor George Pataki Calls for 40% Penetration of Electric Drive Vehicles in US by End of Decade

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If you build it, they aren’t coming. Gasoline is too cheap. If you add up all the US battery capacity planned between now and 2015 announced as a result of ARRA funding, Wright said, you find about 4 million units of capacity. The challenge is demand creation. —Mary Ann Wright. Demand is about 2 million.

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Delivery of renewable isooctane to Audi tips interesting potential non-biomass pathway for biogasoline; “e-benzin” as solar fuel

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Again emphasizing that there has been no announcement of development direction, the potential building blocks for a solar fuels isooctane process are emerging. So here our isobutene would allow us to integrate this very cheap fossil component into the fuel. Isobutene and isooctane. —Thomas Buhl. Audi e-fuels. Ng, and Garry L.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output.

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New Rutgers non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution performs as well as Pt in both acid and base

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Consequently, the authors noted, research has focused on developing alternative, cheap, and robust catalysts made from earth-abundant elements. Here, we show that crystalline Ni 5 P 4 evolves H 2 with geometric electrical to chemical conversion efficiency on par with Pt in strong acid (33 mV dec -1 Tafel slope and ? Resources. Laursen, K.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023.

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