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Cologne Bonn Airport switches to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its entire diesel-powered ground fleet

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Cologne Bonn Airport has switched to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its diesel-powered ground fleet. Neste’s renewable diesel (also known as HVO100) is made from 100% renewable raw materials, and it is in particular used for powering large and heavy vehicles such as the airport’s fire trucks, which are not easy to electrify.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants to source electricity from German wind farms

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Mercedes-Benz Cars has entered into a power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, enabling Mercedes-Benz Cars to source electricity directly from wind farms in Germany, whose subsidies from the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) expire after 2020.

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EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

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Steps in determining biofuel lifecycle emissions. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted the peer review of the renewable fuel standards lifecycle analysis—including significant indirect emissions, such as from indirect land use changes— online. Methods to account for the variable timing of GHG emissions.

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Hermes to deploy 1500 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Vito electric vans by 2020; pilot project in 2018

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The focus will be on the economy, sustainability and practicality of tailpipe emission-free delivery vans when used for the last mile. With this in mind, we are continuing along the path of sustainably renewing our fleet of vehicles. At the same time, we are continuing with the full changeover to low-emission Euro 6 vehicles.

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Hackenberg resigns from Audi Board of Management

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The move comes as Volkswagen AG continues to work to address the diesel engine emissions cheating scandal. Hackenberg moved to Audi in 1985, where he took over the position of Head of Concept Development in 1989 and later led the technical project management for the entire product range.

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Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

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satellite imagery; from left, 1975, 1989, and 2001. UNFCCC discussions of deforestation are conducted under the umbrella of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries ( REDD ) framework. Increased emissions arising from deforestation were not addressed by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. by Jack Rosebro.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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The complexity of new and future vehicles—driven by the need for increasing fuel efficiency and decreasing emissions with ever-changing drive-cycle demands and environmental conditions—is adding unprecedented flexibility in design and driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers, observed Dr. Robert M.

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