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Fairbanks Morse Engine and Achates Power team up on opposed-piston engines

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Fairbanks Morse Model 38 opposed-piston engine. The leading manufacturer of opposed-piston engines, Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME), an EnPro Industries company, has signed a joint development and licensing agreement with Achates Power, Inc., Click to enlarge. while meeting the most stringent, global vehicle emissions standards.

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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel blend powers first renewable jet commercial flight in Columbia

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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that a blend with its Green Jet Fuel powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel. A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

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Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership on Algae-Based Diesel Using Colombian Feedstocks

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Ecopetrol has a strategic goal to provide at least 450 million tons of fuel from renewable oil sources by 2015. Following this phase, the parties plan to move toward commercial deployment of renewable oil and fuel production. Solazyme, Inc., —Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme.

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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Joinville Engine (Brazil). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. Reuse: Grand Rapids Operations’ in-house oil recycling saves GM $1.2 GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada).

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IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

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Colombia jumped 40 spots, from 98 th to 58 th , while Croatia moved up from 57 th to 37 th and Russia improved from 60 th to 51 st. Sulfur is found naturally in crude oil. Montenegro leaped 48 slots, from 89 th place in 2010 to 41 st in this year’s ranking. The United States placed 46 th , down two slots.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The potential benefits of this research range from decreasing oil consumption to increasing options for American farmers. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia. Finding key genes involved in modulating light perception could be useful in targeted breeding or engineering efforts for improved bioenergy grass crops.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels. The interim report just published is intended to contribute to the energy, security and climate debate.

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