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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Vehicle/Engine Age. Applicability.

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BMW’s GM of battery cell technology joins Wildcat Discovery’s board

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Between 1994 and 2000 he was group leader at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage of the Bayerischen Zentrum für angewandte Energieforschung (ZAE) in Garching. Since 2004, Dr.

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Electric Car Conversion Kit for F150

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I have a 2001 Ford F-150 that gets driven only a couple times a month, and for less then 50 miles. Would you know if there are conversion kits that

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Pertamina and Eni to collaborate on low-carbon products and renewable energies; Indonesian bio-refinery

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Eni has been operating in Indonesia since 2001 and currently has a large portfolio of assets in exploration, production and development. In the context of this partnership, key terms of a Processing Agreement in Italian refineries has also been signed.

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Rio Tinto, Paul Wurth and SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar partner on low-carbon iron feedstock for steel; HBI from green hydrogen

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Conversion to green hydrogen from renewable energy sources will take place once available in sufficient quantities and at an economical cost. KGaA (SHS), which was founded in 2001, is the management holding of the two large Saarland-based steel companies. Earlier post.). SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline.

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Nissan is mulling a GT-R EV by 2030, to draw influence from Hyper Force concept

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Tracing its roots back to 2001 with the Skyline GT-R concept, the Nissan GT-R is as old as dirt. In a conversation with British automotive publication Autocar UK, Nissan’s programme design director Giovanny Arroba, said that the electric supercar is largely feasible for production before 2030, despite its extreme styling.

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