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JANUARY 1, 2013

The amended bill, now called the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” and next to be considered by the House, contains 12 extensions outlined in Title IV of the bill, ranging from extension of production credits for Indian coal facilities to benefits for alternative fuels (including algal biofuels) and plug-in vehicles.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Globally, the use of methanol as an alternative fuel has attracted interest because of its low production cost, renewable capacity, and good combustion-related properties (higher thermal efficiency, higher engine power, and lower regulated emissions). A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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APRIL 15, 2016

Both fuels use various sources of renewable biomass such as municipal solid waste, agricultural wastes and forest wastes, wood and energy crops. These fuels can also be made from fossil resources such as coal and natural gas. These new fuels will help the aviation industry meet its climate change goal of carbon neutral growth.

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JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. There is no credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets without CO 2 emissions reduction from existing coal power plants. We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years.

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JUNE 8, 2010

The new program will address four key objectives: the design, construction and operation of an Alternative Aerospace Fuels Research Facility; alternative fuel property measurement and assessment; modeling and simulation of synthetic fuels and fuel systems; and.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have fuel flexibility; in addition to hydrogen, various kinds of hydrocarbon fuels, such as natural gas (methane), methanol, ethanol, biofuel, and coal can be used via external steam reforming (ESR) or direct internal reforming (DIR).

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There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. Minimize your use of electricity generated by fossil fuels as much as possible. EVs require less maintenance and therefore have lower maintenance costs. How you can be a part of Zero Emission Day Taking part in Zero Emissions Day is super easy.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

The most recent GREET versions are the GREET1 2017 version for fuel-cycle analysis and GREET2 2017 version for vehicle-cycle analysis. Implemented new pathways for fuel cell electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles powered by gaseous hydrogen. Updated the fuel economy and vehicle weights of light duty vehicles.

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MARCH 31, 2019

The project costs amount to around €65 million (US$73 million). The Group is already investing more than €250 million (US$281 million) in various carbon emissions reduction technologies—for example in Ghent where waste carbon gases will be used for the production of alternative fuels or in chemical products.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University (WVU) has received a $1.15-million million grant to develop the state’s second hydrogen production-fueling station. The effort is unique in that it will support obtaining hydrogen fuel by using domestic fossil energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

2) We build a technical database containing parameters related to different travel tools, such as initial cost, operation and maintenance cost, life cycle, fuel price, energy efficiency level, annual mileage, and passenger load rate for vehicles that distinguish between fuel types and energy efficiency levels for each travel mode and vehicle.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. Renewable propane.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. million bpd.

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However low the cost of operations becomes; the buyer still has to find the money to buy the car initially. And we have already talked about the need for multiple technologies, and this will require getting into other forms of alternate fuels. Those are absolutely renewable, absolutely clean, and carbon-negative fuels.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

projects with total capital costs above €7.5 The project aims to maximise the usage of biomass-containing and other alternative fuels and to take advantage of already-decarbonated raw materials. Projects also selected in this first Innovation Fund call for large-scale projects—i.e.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

In recent years, interest in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has increased significantly and thus it makes possible to produce synthetic motor fuels by using alternative energy resources as raw materials such as natural gas, coal, and biomass. —Ershov et al. Mikhail Ershov, Dmitry Potanin, Alyona Gueseva, Tamer M.M.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

quadrillion Btu in 2035, as a result of fuel economy improvements achieved through stock turnover as older, less efficient vehicles are replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Beyond 2035, LDV energy demand begins to level off as increases in travel demand begin to exceed fuel economy improvements in the vehicle stock.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

The Council said that while it believes the United States, as well as the rest of the world, needs to move deliberately and cost-effectively towards greater proportions of renewable and low-carbon forms of energy, that transition is a long-term one. We must reduce our overall energy dependence through bold and achievable efficiency gains.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

on Emerging Turbine Fuels, part of ASTM International Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants. This initial version of ASTM D7566 provides criteria for the production, distribution and use of aviation turbine engine fuel produced from coal, natural gas or biomass using the Fischer-Tropsch process.

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JUNE 20, 2012

From a cost perspective, the potential of alternative fuels is of limited, if any value, according to the lead report written by James Bartis, a RAND senior policy researcher. Alternative liquid fuels do not offer DoD a way to appreciably reduce fuel costs. Earlier post.). —Bartis 2012.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

For future scenarios where vehicle technology costs were sufficiently competitive to advantage either hydrogen or electric vehicles, the increased availability of low-cost, low-CO 2 electricity/hydrogen provided more cost-effective CO 2 mitigation opportunities in the heat and power energy sectors than in transportation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Achieving those goals will will be difficult—but not impossible to meet—and will necessitate a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels such as biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices. —Douglas M.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The DOE-QTR defines six key strategies: increase vehicle efficiency; electrification of the light duty fleet; deploy alternative fuels; increase building and industrial efficiency; modernize the electrical grid; and deploy clean electricity. Impartial DOE research can help inform these standards. —QTR.

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JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. In coming months, the plan notes, the Department of Transportation will work with other agencies to further explore strategies for integrating alternative fuel vessels into the US flag fleet.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Despite problems with its characteristics (toxicity; handling, storage and delivery requirements; and materials compatibility), methanol attracted a great deal of interest in the 1970s and later as an alternative fuel, partly because it can be produced from a number of raw and renewable resources. —Fan et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

the shipping of grain, ore, coal and so on—which result directly from the expansion of the canal. The potential savings in fuel costs are substantial, as is the consequent reduction in emissions, potentially saving up to 16% per tonne-mile. —Paul Stott.

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At the same time, it’s becoming apparent that alternative-fuel solutions we’re looking at have big drawbacks, and that producing these fuels will take a lot of green power that will be needed to replace coal and gas on shore. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9

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JULY 2, 2013

Thus, in IDES, substitutes for conventional oil include NGLs; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); low-quality hydrocarbons such as bitumen and extra-heavy oil; coal-derived fuels (CTL); natural gas-derived fuels (GTL, CNG, LNG); biofuels; and electricity. particular, the speed of transition to alternative liquids is of key importance.

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MARCH 13, 2016

Alternative fuel combustion. In the 5 topics areas of the FOA, the proposed project will focus on cost-effective measures to improve the on-road freight efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks by greater than 50% (compared to the 2016 baseline truck) to reduce transportation’s fuel use and climate change impacts.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

These include technical and operational improvements and advances in the production and use of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation. substituting coal-fired stoves with solar cookers). The CORSIA calls for international aviation to address and offset its emissions through the reduction of emissions elsewhere—i.e.,

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JUNE 15, 2009

Among the consortium members is Alternative Fuel Technology , Inc., a developer of fuel injection equipment for DME-fueled vehicles. has been using AFT fuel systems in field demonstrations and in laboratory research since 1995, according to the company. Volvo Truck Corp.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

This growth arises from increases in air transportation outpacing increases in aircraft fuel efficiency. Motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil’s combined share of total transportation energy consumption decreases from 84% in 2018 to 74% in 2050 as the use of alternative fuels increases.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2009

A consortium, including Alternative Fuel Technology Inc, is seeking funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) programme in a bit to convert 20 hybrid diesel electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

We’re trying to certify by families, to come up with a spec for an approved class of feedstocks, such as oil shale, petroleum, hydrotreated renewable or coal. The Navy plans to have test and certification completed on the most promising alternative fuel candidates no later than 2013, Kamin said. Rick Kamin.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The LCFS would essentially ban imports to California of fuels derived from unconventional sources such as oil sands from Canada, oil shale from the Western US, or domestic coal supplies that can be converted into transportation fuels. ATA Vice President Rich Moskowitz. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal.

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