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NREL survey shows significant improvement in B100 biodiesel quality

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Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that 95% of the samples from 2011-12 met ASTM International fuel quality specifications. million gallons in 2004 to more than 1 billion gallons in 2012. The latest national survey of 100% biodiesel (B100) blend stock samples by the U.S.

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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years

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The cables also meant that users could join or exit the network without having to shut off the entire system, Metcalfe said in a 2004 oral history conducted by the IEEE History Center. The committee works with standards agencies worldwide to publish certain IEEE 802 standards as international guidelines.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress For 2009

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J1711 was first approved in 1999, expiring in 2004, and had relatively little validation with plug-in hybrid vehicles. The revised Recommended Practice will focus on PHEVs and be coordinated with both California Air Resources Board (CARB) and International Standardization Organization (ISO) standards. abuse testing more quantitative.

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