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California ARB holding two workshops on developing measure to reduce emissions from TRUs

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The first upcoming workshop will be 16 August in Sacramento, the second on 18 August in Riverside. ARB adopted the TRU Airborne Toxic Control Measure in 2004, with amendments in 2010 and 2011, to reduce PM emissions from TRU units. Background. NO x : 6,100 tons per year. GHG: 770,000 tons per year (CO 2 e).

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California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

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California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District also are investing in the project.

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California ARB to hold public workshop on new GHG and emissions standards for heavy-duty engines and vehicles

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ARB intends that this workshop, to be held in Sacramento, be the only one prior to Board consideration of these proposals in October of 2013. In 2004, ARB adopted an ATCM to Limit Diesel-fueled Commercial Motor Vehicle Idling. Earlier post.)

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ARB researchers evaluate in-use heavy-duty NOx aftertreatment systems, find elevated levels during certain lower-temperature operations

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EGRs were primarily introduced for on-road heavy-duty diesel engines over a decade ago to meet the tighter MY 2004 NO x standard (2 g/bhp-hr). Emissions testing was performed while driving the test vehicles over two prescribed routes in and around Sacramento, California, with different payloads. g NO x /bhp-hr).

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California Energy Commission awards more than $23M to encourage use of alternative transportation fuels

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The award recipients are: Clean World Partners, LLC , will receive $6 million to increase the Sacramento BioRefinery’s capacity from 25 tons to 100 tons a day. The biorefinery is located at the Sacramento Recycling and Transfer Station on Fruitridge Road in Sacramento. World Partners is based in Sacramento County.

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USGS study concludes plausible California megastorm could result in 3x more damage than severe SoCal earthquake

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The same is true of Sacramento: traffic to the north, south, and west is largely cut off for 1 week or so, with gradual recovery thereafter. An Atmospheric River originating over the central Pacific on 16 February 2004. Even so, the authors noted, their assessment likely underestimated the impact on highways due to a number of factors.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. Sacramento Municipal Utility District, April 2006 EnergyCS Sacramento County, CA dmaccur@smud.org 10. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. Contact mike@.

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