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Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. Sasol anticipates that the technology will be commercially ready early in 2015.

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billion (US$15 billion) in the country by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, said that it was planned to offer vehicles with an electrified powertrain from 2014/2015. A further reduction of 11% is planned by 2015.

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Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. m 3 (925 gallons US) in 2015. By eliminating the coolant/water mixture, dry-machining eliminates the need to treat and dispose of an oily waste stream.

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MARCH 3, 2015

million in funding in fiscal year 2015 will be made available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative ( BRDI ) to support feedstock development, biofuels and biobased products development, or biofuels development analysis. forest resources (forest thinnings, wood chips, wood wastes, small diameter trees, etc.);

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JUNE 14, 2010

million) construction costs for the first commercial plant in Europe using its waste-to-ethanol BioEnergy Process Technology. The plant, to be located at the INEOS Seal Sands site in the Tees Valley, UK, is designed to produce 24,000 tonnes per year (30 million liters, 7.9 million (US$10.8 million) grant towards £52 million (US$76.7

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Renault Trucks’ heavy-duty Optifuel Lab 2 laboratory vehicle brings together various technologies designed to reduce fuel consumption in heavy-duty trucks and to prepare the way for future production models. These figures will be announced during the first quarter of 2015. Waste heat recovery.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing biogenic methane that is produced from the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. In 2015, the City built a private CNG fueling station and started converting its fleet of 70 refuse trucks.

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billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. billion above the FY 2015 Enacted level, sustains DOE’s role as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and develops and operates advanced scientific user facilities at the National Laboratories to maintain the nation’s primacy in science and innovation.

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JULY 23, 2014

Ninety-seven percent of customers in the US who purchased a 2014 or 2015 Malibu—accounting for about 83,000 vehicles—opted for the 2.5-liter, The 2015 Impala is available for sale now. Vehicle idling also results in Americans wasting approximately 3.8 2014 ECOTEC 2.5L I-4 iVLC DI (LKW) with stop/start. Earlier post.)

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The company established its first biogas plant in Denmark in 2015 and now has 14 operating plants with associated infrastructure, feedstock arrangements, and 2022 production of around 6.5 Nature Energy will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell, initially under its existing brand. mln MMBtu/yr (3,000 boe/d).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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Ford Motor Company’s Oakville Assembly plant in Canada now sends no operational waste-to-landfill, an achievement that gives Ford Motor Company the distinction of becoming landfill-free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. Oakville Assembly is the first Ford assembly plant in North America to achieve this environmental designation.

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Honeywell will utilize its expertise and proven process of developing sustainable fuels alongside Alder, applying proprietary hydroprocessing design to the process to jointly commercialize the technology. The goal of the technologies is to produce fuel that is a 100% drop-in replacement for petroleum jet fuel.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Stack-designed cylindrical TEG, built with TE cartridges, developed for LDVs in first project. The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. Click to enlarge. Resources. ????

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The plant will be delivered by St1 Biofuels Oy, which is responsible for design, permits and coordination and will be operating the plant once it is completed. Implementation planning will begin immediately, and construction will be launched in summer 2015. The raw material for the plant will be sawdust from local sources.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Despite the decision to de-emphasize microbial oil, Neste Oil emphasized that cellulosic waste will continue to play an important role in its research strategy, adding that it remains committed to its goal of further extending its feedstock base and making greater use of waste and residues in this area in particular. Background.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) will provide an battery-electric 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf ( earlier post ) to Stanford University for research dedicated to advancing e-mobility and improving the driver experience in electric vehicles. Drell, the Frederick Emmons Terman Dean of the Stanford School of Engineering; Sven Beiker Ph.D.,

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EmPOWER Maryland: This program is designed to reduce both Maryland’s per capita total electricity consumption and peak load demand by 15% by 2015. Zero Waste : Maryland is implementing an ambitious strategy that aims to ensure all products in Maryland can be reused, recycled or composted.

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Where autonomous vehicles have had the most success is in environments with a lot of predictability and structure, which is why I really like the idea of autonomous urban boats designed for cities with canals. MIT has been working on these for years , and they're about to introduce them to the canals of Amsterdam as cargo shuttles and taxis.

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In 2015, more than half the Indian population—about 670 million citizens—were exposed to PM 2.5 A significant share of emissions still originates from sources associated with poverty and underdevelopment such as solid fuel use in households and waste management practices. The study found that this share will increase to 1.4–1.7%

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Starting in 2015, India and China, thought to be the main emitters of HFC-23, announced ambitious plans to abate emissions in factories that produce the gas. However, levels have been soaring because it is vented to the atmosphere during the production of another chemical widely used in cooling systems in developing countries. Resources.

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It apparently performed the same function but was of a different design as the unit installed on older trucks. Physical waste is still waste and building new vehicles (including all-electric models) results in additional emissions spewing out of the required factories.

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Much of Borkowski’s work involves improving the environmental impact of ice cream production by cutting waste and reducing the amount of energy needed to keep products frozen. Making Production More Sustainable Helping design new products is just one part of Borkowski’s job. Ice cream is a deeply indulgent and happy product,” he says.

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Super-emitters are facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure, typically in the fossil-fuel, waste, or agriculture sectors, that emit methane at high rates. kilometers) long, from a major waste-processing complex. Blowing to the west, some plumes stretch more than 20 miles (32 kilometers).

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Neste Oil plans to use yeast and fungi to convert waste into oil for NExBTL feedstock. The technology is designed to produce feedstock for NExBTL renewable diesel by using yeast and fungi to convert sugars from waste and residues into oil highly efficiently. Commercial-scale production is expected by 2015 at the earliest.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University report microwave-induced pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (a model of waste plastics) using ZSM-5 as a catalyst to generate significant amounts (74.73–88.49%) 88.49%) of gasoline-range hydrocarbons. Gaseous fractions with abundant ethylene, ethane, and hydrogen were obtained. 2014.12.013.

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An innovative solution for managing traffic queues at international borders is the winner of the 2015 Transport Achievement Award offered by the International Transport Forum at the OECD. Designated waiting areas provide secure parking, as well as restaurants, toilets, showers and free Wi-Fi.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Yamaha is mainly contributing its know-how in the procurement and manufacture of the thermoelectric modules made of semiconductor materials, and DLR is contributing its broad knowledge in design, vehicle concepts, as well as the design and optimization of vehicle energy systems. Prototype thermoelectric module. Source: DLR. Sottong, R.,

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JULY 17, 2020

USA Rare Earth is currently evaluating options for the location of the plant, which will become the first neo magnet manufacturing plant in North America since the Hitachi facility ceased operations in 2015. Geomega Resources Inc., Earlier post.)

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MAY 9, 2017

million for 13 projects designed to stimulate the use of high performance supercomputing in US manufacturing. will partner with LLNL to develop a multiphase CFD model for turbulent bubbly flow in airlift bioreactors in a project titled “Innovative Bioreactor Designs for Process Intensification in Biological Natural Gas Conversion.”.

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The roadmap explored the use of six feedstocks: municipal waste, microalgae, natural oils, waste food oil, non-edible biomass and woody biomass. The broad timeline for implementation is: Formulation of a business plan during FY 2015 ~ 2016; Design and construction of a plant from FY 2016 ~ 2018; Trial operation in 2019; and.

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JUNE 5, 2017

By the end of 2016, the company had already improved its five major environmental indicators (energy and water consumption, as well as the generation of waste, volatile compounds and CO 2 ) by 33.6%. less waste and 16.2% SEAT has successfully lowered its CO 2 emissions by 66.2% In addition, the company has generated 41.4%

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JUNE 1, 2012

In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as these projects become commercial they have the potential to create more than 600 jobs by 2015. Used cooking oil and other waste material will be diverted from landfills and used to produce up to 1,000 gallons a day of biodiesel to be used locally. Propel Biofuels, Inc.

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MARCH 17, 2016

The PMC is constructing the Acura supercar entirely in-house and, like the NSX itself, is a clean-sheet development—a manufacturing facility designed around the NSX’s unique Multi-Material Body and aluminum-intensive space-frame design and optimized for low-volume production of high-performance specialty vehicles. the NSX’s 3.5-liter

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While fuel economy ratings of today’s cars significantly outstrip those of just a decade ago, cost-effective efficiency improvements remain limited by existing engine designs and fuel formulas. Farrell served as Co-Optima project leader from its early planning stages and 2015 launch through December 2018.

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The design was chosen in May 2014 from more than 200 submitted to Local Motors by the company’s online co-creation community after launching a call for entries. The winning design was submitted by Michele Anoè who was awarded a cash prize plus the opportunity to see his design brought to life. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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The goal is to expand the network of publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations to serve the current population of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and to accommodate the planned large-scale roll-out of FCVs commencing in 2015. polygon, which were generated by a process designed and. auto manufacturers’ MY 2015 fleets to be zero?

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