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Chartwell secures £320k Innovate UK Smart Grant to develop methanol-fueled vessel design

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The grant will enable Chartwell and consortium partners—Boat Electric & Electronics and Engineered Marine Systems—to develop and test the feasibility of a market-first methanol-fuelled vessel design, with applications in the offshore wind, commercial workboat and leisure sectors.

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Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel, has opened four new fueling stations in northern and central California, providing greater accessibility to 100% renewable diesel. The fueling stations are open 24/7 and provide a seamless and quick customer experience. Highway 46. billion gallons of fossil diesel.

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Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

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After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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SHV Energy to market and sell Neste Oil’s biopropane

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LPG already provides our customers with a cleaner rural energy choice to the high-carbon fuel alternatives many are dependent on in off-grid areas. Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs will design and implement the biopropane production process. A €60-million (US$76.5-million)

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Why would invest a lot of effort to find the alternate energy sources and fuels for cars? There are proven and matured technologies to extract energy from fossil fuels and IC engines have been used in vehicles for a long. Petroleum fuels are common in the automotive industry. Lets’ check out.

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SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

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SwRI can develop test procedures and equipment for regulated and unregulated emissions in light- and heavy-duty vehicles and components as well as marine, railway, aircraft, small engine, and other non-highway propulsion systems. —Patrick Merritt, principal scientist in the Engine, Emissions, and Vehicle Research Division.

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MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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Based on DOE’s plant design that focuses mainly on liquid fuels production, the study found that, without climate policy, CTL might become economical as early as 2015 in coal-abundant countries like the United States and China.

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