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Oil companies fight back for charging dollars

Green Car Reports

As electric cars begin eating into profit growth at oil companies, the war for electric-car drivers' pocketbooks has begun. Electric utilities are counting on supplying increasing quantities of juice, especially during off-peak hours to make their operations more efficient—and not insignificantly to boost revenues along the way.

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Osaka Gas launches pilot project in Thailand to supply vehicle natural gas fuel from biogas

Green Car Congress

At its palm oil factory, ABC will digest organic matter contained in factory wastewater to generate biogas, which will be subsequently refined by Osaka Gas into methane gas. These include palm residue, the remnants of sugarcane crushed to extract juice, and food factory wastewater.

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Tsinghua Researchers Find that Sugarcane Juice is a Good Fermentation Feedstock for Algal Biodiesel

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have shown that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production, when used to support the growth of the alga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic fermentation. Conversion ratios of sugar/biomass and sugar/oil using SCH were 15.2 The highest oil content was 53.0%

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

Green Car Congress

Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46 Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd. The high pressure portion of this off-gas (both high- and low-pressure gas is generated) is supplied via a dedicated pipeline to a hydrogen plant located on Jurong Island. After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

A key reason behind the government mandates is the varied benefits of biofuels; Apart from emission reduction, biofuels can have a significant impact across areas such as crude oil import reduction, boosting energy security and delivering wider socio-economic benefits by supporting the farm economy.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

Green Car Congress

The LCFS requires oil producers, importers and other fuel providers gradually to reduce, on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, the carbon intensity (CI) of their transportation fuel mix (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) by from 0.25% in 2011 to 10% by 2020. Some small amount of corn oil (about 3% of total co-product) is also produced. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Tortillas and Ethanol

Plugs and Cars

And without cheap oil, corn would not have become Big Corn, the big agricultural combines (principally ADM and Cargill). Now corn is making a play for a chunk of the transportation market once surrendered to Big Oil. corn supplies, pushing prices as high as $3.40 a bushel, the highest in more than a decade."

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