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Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

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Among alternative fuels, n-butanol is superior to ethanol in terms of energy density, volatility, and hygroscopicity. Biodiesel has been utilized as an alternative fuel for transportation. The annual production yield of biodiesel increases substantially with the pressing need for renewable fuels.

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NASA rolls out new strategic vision for aeronautics research

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Bolden shared the strategic vision in a keynote speech at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aviation 2013 conference in Los Angeles. Transition to low-carbon propulsion that will enable industry to move toward and adopt use of low-carbon fuels and alternative propulsion systems.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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Pachauri will remain the chair of the IPCC as well as Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India, and will work six months out of the year at Yale. YCEI will provide seed grants, support postgraduate studies, sponsor conferences and workshops, and foster interdisciplinary research in both science and public policy.

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Cummins Westport begins development on new mid-range natural gas engine; production by 2015

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G is expected to be in production by 2015 and will be designed to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations in force at the time of launch. It also reduces in-cylinder combustion temperatures and creates an oxygen-free exhaust, which then enables the use of a TWC for NO x control.

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European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

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Member States should also consider how fuel and vehicle taxation can be used to support greenhouse gas reductions in the transport sector in line with the Commission’s proposal on the taxation of energy products. The EC said it would re-examine this issue after the Paris Conference. 40% target.

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Report: combination of new mobility technologies creates opportunities for cutting emissions, but requires strategic policy interventions

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— was presented at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Conference at the Olympic Park in London. The study— Automated vehicles; Automatically low carbon?

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. injector optimization at ORNL); and reduced models for design optimization and control strategies. Neroorkar et al. Click to enlarge.

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