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ARB releases Guidance Document for Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the final LCFS Guidance Document Version 1.0. This document is intended to help answer questions the Board received regarding the LCFS regulation. As additional questions arise, ARB staff will continue to revise this document, future versions of which will be numbered accordingly.

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EPA finalizes ICAO-aligned GHG emissions standards for aircraft; “no costs and no emission reductions”

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for airplanes used in commercial aviation and large business jets. This action will align US standards with the international carbon dioxide emissions standards already set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

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OPTEL uses globally-recognized standards to facilitate the sharing of data with partners and government regulators. The term refers to a process for documenting the source of a product, along with all the links in the supply chain, and it has long been important in various industries. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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Fraunhofer IPK develops technical standards for EU digital battery passport – Charged EVs

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK, a research institute in Berlin, is participating with the Battery Pass Consortium to design and implement the technical standards of the EU’s digital battery passport.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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—Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The California LCFS regulation, which went in to effect on 15 April 2010, targets a reduction of the carbon intensity (CI), on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020.

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California ARB Releases Peer Review Documents for Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Pollutant credit trading, particularly GHG/carbon trading schemes. These included: Greenhouse gas modeling. Land use change modeling.

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LR, SDARI and MAN ES partner on ammonia dual-fuel containership for MSC; 8,200 TEU vessel

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Under the MOU, a technical specification and the associated design documents will be developed for a variant of SDARI’s twin island 8,200 TEU container ship design for a vessel contracted to LR class by MSC. MAN-ES will deliver data for the engine design and ammonia fuel supply and emission abatement systems.

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