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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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E-Fuels company HIF Global, together with partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrated the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile. ExxonMobil provides the plant with methanol-to-gasoline (MtG) technology. Earlier post.). There are more than 1.3

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Promising results from Mercedes-Benz fleet test of Clariant high-octane cellulosic E20

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Gasoline with 20% ethanol can already be used easily in our latest Mercedes-Benz BlueDIRECT gasoline engines. Hence cellulosic ethanol can make a significant contribution to climate protection, so making it for us a building block of sustainable mobility.

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DeCicco: Transportation GHG reduction policy should focus upstream on fuel supply rather than downstream on choice of fuels in vehicles

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More specifically, he suggests that other than supporting fundamental R&D, programs to promote alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) “ are not currently warranted for climate protection. The challenge is illustrated for electric cars, which are roughly three times as fuel efficient as conventional, non-hybrid gasoline cars.

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In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

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billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047 – equivalent to preventing the annual emissions of 328 million gasoline cars or nearly an entire year of US electric power sector emissions. The stronger clean air and climate protections will save lives.” The rule is projected to reduce 1.38

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Ford of Europe piloting geofencing and blockchain technology to ensure PHEVs operate efficiently in city center low-emission zones

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liter EcoBoost gasoline engine that charges the battery to extend the overall range beyond 500 kilometers (310 miles) NEDC. Ford Transit Custom and Tourneo Custom PHEVs can operate in electric-only zero-emission driving mode delivering a range of 56 kilometers (35 miles) and 53 kilometers (33 miles) NEDC respectively.

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DLR and partners inaugurate largest solar-thermochemical H2 production plant

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In addition, it is a component in the production of synthetic fuels such as methane, methanol, gasoline and kerosene. In the transport sector, hydrogen drives can make a significant contribution towards climate protection.

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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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Moreover, lifecycle accounting is not consistent with the fully additive annual basis carbon accounting needed to rigorously track GHG emissions under a cap, which is in turn necessary for the overall environmental integrity of any climate protection regime. DeCicco (2009). Emissions missed by a fossil-based cap.

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