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British Airways partners with Velocys on renewable jet fuel from household waste

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British Airways has entered a partnership with Velocys to design a series of waste plants that convert household waste into renewable jet fuel to power its fleet. As well as helping the airline industry reduce its carbon emissions this initiative will also significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

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ARPA-E adds five new funding topics to FOA to advance critical energy innovation

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Waste into X (WiX); $5.0 With nearly 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated globally, this feedstock may constitute the largest resource for the recovery of CMs and other metals. Schematic showing the solid streams in ARPA-Eā€™s conceptualization of zero waste going to landfill. million; 1-5 awards.

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Automotive industry develops new guidance for measuring recycled content of automotive products

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The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, ā€œ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.ā€. —Reeshemah Howard, Sustainability Mission Leader, General Motors. —Lecedra Welch, Program Manager, Environmental Sustainability, AIAG.

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Stena Line seeking novel approaches to recover energy from exhaust gases from ship engines

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Stena Line said that it is especially interested in industrial-scale applications of thermoelectric generators (TEG) that use the temperature difference between the exhaust gas and the ambient air to directly transform waste heat into electricity. About 30% of the total energy available is lost through the exhaust gases. Scale-up Potential.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on ā€œGreen Mobilityā€”The Long Viewā€. Cities account for 2% of the worldā€™s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,ā€ said Cervero. by Bill Cooke. Still, Prof. Luca Guala. Bandivadekar, A.,

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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In fact, some experts predict electric vehicles (EVs) to account for 65 percent to 75 percent of sales in 2050—which is also good news for the environment. The term autonomous vehicle (AV) can refer to a car, a truck or even a drone. Another hot topic in the auto world is autonomous rides. Driverless Vehicles: Right Now.

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Novel microbial biosensor platforms for early detection and treatment of oil leakage and produced waters

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Plus if we are able to develop this system on a larger scale, the same unit would be able to treat the waste and to remediate the soil and water that has been contaminated. One type of bacteria he is testing is referred to as ā€œelectrogenic,ā€ which means that it releases electrons to its environment through metabolic processes.

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