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Chicago Area Clean Cities names American Lung Association 2017 Clean Fuels Champion

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The American Lung Association has been named the 2017 Clean Fuels Champion by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting clean-energy and clean-air solutions for transportation in the Chicago area impacting nearly 9 million people. —Harold P.

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EPA updates rules to ease commercialization of alternative fuel conversion systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems—i.e., systems that alter a conventionally-fueled vehicle or engine to enable it to run on an alternative fuel. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing. Certification application. Intermediate age.

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California Energy Commission adopts 3rd annual transportation energy Investment Plan; $100M for clean fuels and technologies

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The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. 10 million to fund projects that establish commercial-scale clean transportation manufacturing facilities in California. The second investment plan, for fiscal year 2010-2011, provided $83 million.

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EC proposes 30% CO2 reduction from 2021 to 2030 for light-duty vehicles

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As part of a newly released Clean Mobility package, the European Commission is proposing a 30% reduction in average CO 2 emissions for new cars and vans from 2021 to 2030. These targets will help push the transition from conventional combustion-engine vehicles to clean ones, the EC said.

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EC Releases Communication on European Strategy for Clean and Energy-efficient Vehicles; Special Focus on EVs

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The strategy builds on the existing 2007 strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-duty commercial vehicles, and complements ongoing and planned activities to decarbonize transport and to reduce their environmental impacts. A European strategy on clean and energy efficient vehicles”. Resources.

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China’s GAC Debuts Ammonia-Powered Car Engine

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With the automotive industry now keen on propulsion systems that don’t emit a lot of carbon, we’ve seen decades of manufacturers toying with alternative fuels. MAN Energy Solutions has been working on a two-stroke motor it expects to be commercially available for maritime applications by 2024. GAC said it has developed a 2.0-liter

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Velocys Awarded Commercialization Grant for Microchannel Reactor Technology for Hydroprocessing to Upgrade Fischer-Tropsch Fuels and Heavy Petroleum Feedstock

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year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. The project focuses on hydrocracking to upgrade Fischer-Tropsch fuels and heavy petroleum feedstock for jet and diesel fuel. A collaboration led by Velocys , Inc., Earlier post.). Velocys, Inc.

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