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California ARB considering amendments to Low Carbon Fuel Standard; handling high carbon-intensity crude oil (HCICO)

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Staff proposes to convert the current application process into a certification program to facilitate more expeditious reviews of Method 2A/2B submittals. High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO). High Carbon-Intensity Crude Oil (HCICO). The approval of new or modified fuel pathways (i.e., Reporting Requirements.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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Power steering is electric and as a result we don’t need to check the power steering oil level as there isn’t any. The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries. Priuses can burn oil. Even though it is normal (for all cars), hybrids can develop a thirst for oil after a few hundred thousand kilometers.

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Honeywell’s UOP and Ensyn Launch Biomass-to-Pyrolysis Oil Joint Venture

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have launched a joint venture, Envergent Technologies, LLC, to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into pyrolysis oil for power generation, heating fuel and for conversion into transportation fuels. UOP LLC, a Honeywell company and Ensyn Corp. Earlier post.).

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Butamax and Highwater Ethanol break ground on biobutanol retrofit project

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Converting a corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol requires changes to the fermentation step (mainly a new microorganism) and to alcohol recovery from the fermentation. Butamax’s technology package will include the installation of novel corn oil separation technology. of the hydrocarbon gasoline. Source: Butamax.

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New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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The kraft process converts wood into wood pulp for paper production. This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. The esterified lignin residue is then coprocessed with light gas oil in a continous hydrotreater to produce a green diesel. Earlier post.)

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VTT study concludes gasification-based pathways can deliver low-carbon fuels from biomass for about 1.90-2.65 US$/gallon

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The horizontal red lines show the comparable price of gasoline (before tax, refining margin 0.3 $/gal, exchange rate: 1 € = 1.326 $) with crude oil prices 100 $/bbl and 150 $/bbl. This Ultra-Clean Gas (UCG) process has been at the focus of VTT’s biomass gasification R&D since 2006. Source: VTT. 0.7 €/liter (app. 0.7 €/liter.

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Japan automakers going slow with biodiesel; JAMA maintains stance on B5 as maximum for now

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PME= palm oil methyl ester, RME = rapeseed methyl ester, SME = soy methyl ester, WME = waste cooking oil methyl ester, FTD = Fischer-Tropsch diesel, HBD = hydrogenated biodiesel. JAMA bases its postion on the results of study from the Japan Auto-Oil Program subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

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