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AUGUST 21, 2015

The Hertz Corporation, which includes the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands, has expanded of its Green Traveler Collection car rental fleet to include the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ) in select cities across the US. Additionally, the company currently has 15 solar locations, with projected growth to 20 by 2016.

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OCTOBER 22, 2016

A new analysis from Argonne National Laboratory, funded by the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), shows the potential of an algae fractionation process to produce renewable diesel fuel with 63%–68% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than conventional diesel. 2016) Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 11, 2017

The world’s first ME-GIE ethane-combusting two-stroke engine has been delivered from MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Further research has led to new possibilities for this engine leading to new prospects for multi-fuel combustion including the combustion of waste gas. MES) in Japan.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Hamburg airport in Germany has started using Neste’s renewable diesel as a solution to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The fuel produced by Neste consists entirely of premium-quality renewable diesel. Diesel” by Neste’s customer Tool Fuel, a company specialized in the distribution of renewable fuel.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Since early November, the cars chauffeuring the management board members of Robert Bosch GmbH have been running on fully renewable diesel. diesel,” this fuel is synthesized mainly from by-products and waste materials. diesel reduces the CO 2 emissions of these cars by around two-thirds, or 65%, from well to wheel.

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APRIL 11, 2016

A team at Japan’s New ACE Institute—an industry-funded research initiative founded to develop a new diesel combustion concept—has developed a new diffusion-combustion-based concept with multiple fuel injectors to overcome the trade-offs of thermal efficiency with energy loss and exhaust emissions typical of conventional diesel engines.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A new analysis by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) concludes that diesel cars emit more CO 2 than equivalent cars on a full lifecycle basis—i.e., According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 l/100 km (37.3

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the sustainable energy NGO Energy Vision released two case studies assessing the results of projects that were among the first to produce Renewable Compressed Natural Gas (R-CNG) vehicle fuel by using anaerobic digesters to capture the biogases from decomposing organic waste.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The laboratory will be part of the pilot plant and help to determine whether a compelling business case can be made to build a commercial scale biorefinery to produce renewable diesel and jet fuels. Southern Oil Managing Director Tim Rose said the laboratory would provide critical information to help develop Australia’s biofuel industry.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The emission reduction is calculated by comparing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the renewable fuels that Neste produces in a year to the life cycle emissions of conventional European diesel. The amount of greenhouse gas emissions saved with Neste’s renewable fuels—primarily Neste MY Renewable Diesel—increased by 1.6

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Honeywell’s UOP Ecofining process has been used to produce SAF commercially since 2016. Both products offer improved performance over commercial petroleum-based diesel and jet fuels, and can be used as a drop-in replacement in vehicles and aircraft with no equipment modifications.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. Also at IAA, MAN gave a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis; the CNG trucks are due in the market in 2016. MANs TGX hybrid concept at IAA. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

V8 Turbo Diesel which makes its debut in the upcoming 2016 Nissan Titan XD full-size pickup truck ( earlier post) features a unique Cummins M² Two-Stage Turbocharger and is configured to work well at both low and high engine speeds. The Cummins 5.0L

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Dagenham Engine Plant is Ford’s largest diesel engine production facility globally, and produced the first EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) in April this year. The all-new 2.0-liter

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Researchers in China have developed a new route to the production of renewable diesel and jet fuel-range branched alkanes by combining the hydroxyalkylation/alkylation (HAA) of 2-methylfuran (MF)—a biomass-derived platform compound—with angelica lactone—another biomass-derived compound—and subsequent hydrodeoxygenation.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Methanol derived from the gasification of biomass and waste, as well as from lower-carbon hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide (CO?), The ExxonMobil solution also provides the flexibility to use a mix of alcohols as feedstock and produce renewable diesel and lower-carbon chemical feedstocks. Methanol is a 1-carbon compound.

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APRIL 5, 2017

all companies, mills, and estates that supplied Neste with crude palm oil in 2016. In 2016, waste and residues accounted for nearly 80% of the company’s usage of renewable raw materials while crude palm oil represented less than 20%. The data covers the entire supply chain—i.e.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

As a result, Horn says, Volkswagen has withdrawn the application for certification of its model year 2016 vehicles. That software, as revealed in September, allowed those diesels to emit higher levels of NO x when the vehicles were driven in actual road use than during laboratory testing. diesel engine. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

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JANUARY 8, 2020

All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. That’s higher than the 3% gain in 2018, but lower than the 13% gains posted in 2016 and 2017. and emissions from other sectors (agriculture, waste, land use, oil and gas methane, etc) rose by 4.4%. year-on-year. during the same period in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Use of RNG yields up to a 90% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional diesel. The RNG agreements will help UPS reach a key sustainability goal: 40% of all ground transportation fleet fuel from sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel by 2025. million gallons of RNG.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in producing liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and Red Rock Biofuels, a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel bio-refineries using the Fischer-Tropsch process, announced that they intend to merge. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The research also confirmed REG Life Sciences technology is capable of achieving substantial reductions of full-lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional diesel fuel. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc. We are excited to take these discoveries to the next level.

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APRIL 25, 2011

The n-alkanes derived using the RWP from the fat-containing oils are in the ranges needed for diesel and jet fuel. This step converts the n-alkanes to the specifications necessary for jet, diesel and gasoline fuels. This step increases the energy efficiency of the process as well as minimizes waste streams. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 2, 2015

in hybrid drive system, and the first diesel plug-in hybrid with quattro drive in its segment. Together with the diesel engine, the car can cover a total distance of 1,410 kilometers (876.1 Together with the diesel engine, the car can cover a total distance of 1,410 kilometers (876.1 Diesel Hybrids Plug-ins' TDI quattro.

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MARCH 27, 2010

Funding under the Bioenergy Producer Credit Program is extended for five years until 2016. The extended program focuses on the potential for second-generation ethanol, which uses feedstocks like forestry, agricultural and municipal waste.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have turned to a process called capacitive deionization that uses the electric charges of nickel, manganese and cobalt to select them out from the waste stream. At some point there is a conversion step followed by a separations process. 2018.02.024.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Production of Renewable Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, and Marine Fuel from Lignocellulosic Biomass at Dramatically Improved Yield, Efficiency, and Cost”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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MARCH 10, 2016

This engine is scheduled for full production in April of 2016 and is suited for Class 5 through 7 commercial vehicle markets including pickup and delivery trucks, utility trucks, school buses, shuttle buses, yard tractors, and specialized municipal works vehicles such as street sweepers.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The UOP Ecofining process technology converts waste oils, fats, and greases into Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, a drop-in replacement for jet fuel. The UOP Ecofining process has been used for commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel since 2016 by World Energy in California.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Neste Oil’s Rotterdam refinery primarily produces premium-quality renewable diesel (NExBTL) from various bio-based inputs and waste. Neste Oil expects the new unit to be producing biopropane at the end of 2016. —Fulco van Lede, Management Board Member of SHV Energy. A €60-million (US$76.5-million)

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MAY 15, 2013

OPXBIO is producing BioAcrylic at large, pre-commercial demonstration scale and anticipates entering the market with commercial product by 2016. Its fatty acid process starts with sugar feedstock or with hydrogen and carbon dioxide generated from biomass, solid waste, industrial off-gas, or natural gas.

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MARCH 16, 2017

In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6 The resulting decrease in the use of conventional gas and diesel decreased CO 2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons, he said. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. Orlando, Fla.; Salina, Kan.;

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MARCH 1, 2017

Renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel—biomethane—is produced entirely from organic waste. As a fuel for natural gas vehicle fleets, including heavy-duty trucks, it is estimated to result in 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions than from equivalent gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles.

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APRIL 30, 2015

OPXBIO produced BioAcrylic at large, pre-commercial demonstration scale and anticipated entering the market with commercial product by 2016. The fatty acid process starts with sugar feedstock or with hydrogen and carbon dioxide generated from biomass, solid waste, industrial off-gas, or natural gas.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

New feedstock approvals for cellulosic biofuels produced from short-rotation poplar and willow trees, cellulosic diesel produced from co-processing cellulosic feedstocks with petroleum, and renewable diesel and biodiesel produced from non-cellulosic portions of separated food waste.

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