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JUNE 26, 2013

Global automotive supplier DENSO Corporation has developed a new 2500-bar diesel common rail (DCR) fuel injection system; DENSO says this is the currently the world’s highest injection pressure for a diesel common rail fuel injection systems comprising injector, fuel pump and common rail. Diesel Emissions Engines Fuel Efficiency'

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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JUNE 25, 2010

Previous Proposition 1B funds in 2008 provided $246 million to local agencies putting more than 5,000 cleaner trucks on the state’s roads. Projects include truck grants which will help independent truck owners and others comply early with the statewide truck rule adopted in 2008. million for harbor craft projects.

San Diego

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Governor Patrick signed the Clean Energy Biofuels Act on 28 July 2008. Requires a minimum percentage of biofuel as component of all diesel fuel and home heating fuel sold in the Commonwealth, starting at 2% in 2010 and ramping up to 5% by 2013. Massachusetts Advanced Biofuels Task Force report (2008). Biofuels mandate.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Commercial workboat engines are staying in service more than two times longer than predicted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to new research from the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). This report underscores that more, older engines remain in service today.

Mariner

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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MAY 7, 2015

million in grant funding to help governments and nonprofit organizations switch to cleaner diesel engines. Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or if their principal purpose is promoting clean transportation or air quality. million each.

Grant

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APRIL 26, 2014

The California Air Resources Board adopted amendments to its Truck and Bus Regulation that will provide new flexible compliance options to owners of aging diesel fleets and recognize fleet owners that have made investments to comply, while also protecting air quality. Background. April 2014 Proposed Truck and Bus Amendments.

Fleet

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

(TOTE) cargo ships will now plug into electrical power and shut down diesel engines while docked during weekly calls at their Tacoma terminal. million shore power project will reduce diesel and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% during TOTE’s 100 ship calls each year in Tacoma. That equals about 1.9

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AUGUST 9, 2012

In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants have decreased by about 98% since the 1960s, even as area residents now burn approximately three times as much gasoline and diesel fuel. The reason is simple: cars are getting cleaner. The difference was amazing.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The report concludes, and Commissioner Wright emphasizes in an overview of the report, that if biofuels are to play a significant role in New Zealand’s energy future, then drop-in synthetic diesel made from wood is the pathway on which the country should concentrate. Commissioner Wright. These appear as Appendix A and Appendix B.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

million in 2008, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. The figures also reflect the migration to diesel executive cars, from just 10% to 75% over the period. Diesel cars tend to have larger cubic capacity than their equivalent petrol model but are more fuel efficient. million in 1999 to 4.0

2008

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Additional diesel PM reductions in 18 major CA railyards with five new locomotive measures. While we are pleased to have already reduced diesel emissions at the rail yards, it’s not enough. In response to a Board directive in April 2008, ARB staff developed a plan to further reduce emissions from locomotives and railyards.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Credit: ACS, Boot 2008. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. In their 2008 paper, Boot et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Diesel PM emissions from trucks serving the Port of Oakland, California declined 98% between 2005 and 2015, according to an emissions inventory released by the Port. The results indicate the Port is advancing its 2008 commitment to reduce seaport-related diesel health risk by 85% by the year 2020. tons in 2015.

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MARCH 7, 2014

The amendments are designed to provide new flexibility to truckers working to clean up their aging diesel fleets while still protecting the emission benefits the regulation provides. The Truck and Bus Regulation was adopted in 2008 to reduce emissions from nearly all heavy-duty diesel trucks operating in California.

California

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JUNE 30, 2015

Since 2008, London has rolled out more than 1,300 hybrid electric buses, retrofitted more than 1,400 buses to reduce their emissions by up to 88% and developed the New Routemaster, one of the cleanest double deck buses of its type in the world. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 13, 2012

Based on the Weichai Power WP12 engine platform, the 12-liter engine features Westport HPDI technology which maintains the power and performance of the base diesel engine, but allows the replacement of up to 95% of diesel fuel with cleaner burning, less expensive natural gas.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by a state law adopted in 2008.

California

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

The Alberta government has successfully negotiated contracts for two projects that will advance the upgrading and refining of oil sands bitumen to diesel fuel. These projects underline Alberta’s commitment to responsible, cleaner energy production. —Premier Ed Stelmach. million liters/day (1.45

Oil-Sands

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Effective January 2010, Brazilian diesel fuel vehicles will be required to run on a 5% biodiesel blend, up from 4% at present. Biodiesel blends became mandatory in early 2008, quickly followed by a raise in blend levels from 2 to 3% in July of the same year and from 3 to 4% in 2009. billion liters (634 million gallons) in 2010.

Brazil

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MAY 16, 2011

Ships, especially ocean-going vessels, are powered by very large diesel engines that generate a tremendous amount of pollution impacting air quality onshore. One finding was that container ships encountered off the Port of Houston, where no clean-fuel use is required, emitted four times as much sulfur dioxide.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Acting on a tip from the US EPA, CARB investigators found that Bombardier failed to disclose that it programmed the engines of Can AM 450 model ATVs, model years 2008 – 2009 in such a way that consumers can access a high-performance racing program by simply cutting a single wire attached to the engine.

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APRIL 14, 2017

The proposed emission standards would cut toxic and smog-causing emissions by 85% for diesel particulate matter (PM) and 66% for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) below current Tier 4 levels. ARB Chair Mary Nichols said the moves are needed to clean up the air in “high-risk” communities in and around the nation’s railyards.

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JULY 16, 2010

Representing a total outlay of €400 million (US$518 million), the plug-in hybrid program aims to develop multi-purpose vehicles that combine the advantages of a diesel engine on the highway and those of an electric motor for city driving. Since December 2008, the EIB has granted €8.6 Of that figure, €6.7

Plug-in

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

million in 2008. between 2008 and 2015. between 2008 and 2015, which translates into 31,347 vehicles (including conversions) sold in 2015. The fuel has to be cheaper than gasoline/diesel to recover the additional cost of the vehicle within a reasonable amount of time. Pike expects the CAGR for US NGV sales to be 17.7%

2015

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JANUARY 8, 2010

By the end of 2010, nearly all of Ford’s North American engines will have been upgraded or replaced since 2008, according to Barb Samardzich, Ford vice president, Powertrain Engineering. Power Stroke V-8 diesel for Super Duty trucks will run cleaner than the outgoing model. Earlier post.) Mustang GT gets a new 5.0-liter

North America

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MARCH 19, 2019

The long-term objective of the project is to develop technology that can lead to cleaner, more efficient heavy-duty trucks, which haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage.

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JULY 15, 2009

over the whole year 2008. At the same time, average engine size and power fell from 1,706cc (whole year 2008) to 1,635cc, and 86kW (whole year 2008) to 82 kW. These trends were accompanied by a drop of diesel cars market penetration to 46.1%, and that of 4x4s to 8.4%. in the last quarter of 2008. in Austria, 5.1%

2009

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JULY 24, 2011

Car fleet renewal schemes introduced in the US, France and Germany to stimulate consumer spending on cars in the wake of the 2008. should ensure that larger and older “dirty” vehicles are traded in for lighter, cleaner. there may have been a case for differentiated incentives for gasoline and diesel. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

This new proprietary combustion engine combines the advantages of gasoline and diesel engines to optimize environmental performance, power and acceleration performance. SKYACTIV-X even equals or exceeds the latest SKYACTIV-D diesel engine in fuel efficiency. Earlier post.).

Mazda

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AUGUST 25, 2017

In the UK, Hyundai Motor has launched a gasoline and diesel scrappage and trade-in scheme that offers up to £5,000 (US$6,416) off the price of a new model and seeks to improve air quality across the UK by making it easier and more affordable to drive a new, lower emission car.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

The new kinetic direct injectors utilize a new method of atomization and are designed to increase engine power for the performance aftermarket; deliver cleaner tail pipe emissions in existing commercial fleets; and increase fuel efficiency both for in-field vehicles and future OEM Engines. Click to enlarge.

Water

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The Government of Canada has mandated a 2% renewable content requirement in diesel fuel; biodiesel—a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters produced via transesterification from a variety of feedstocks (e.g., the 2008-2012 global recession). —Rouleau et al. doi: 10.1021/es4023859. Biodiesel Canada Emissions Health Heavy-duty'

Canada

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MARCH 24, 2017

For heavy-duty vehicles, the State SIP Strategy calls for combustion engine technology that is effectively 90% cleaner than today’s standards. The remaining 30% of reductions would come from additional efforts to enhance the deployment of these cleaner technologies through new incentive or new regulatory actions.

Climate

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

The OGV Fuel Regulation was adopted by the ARB in 2008 and implementation began on 1 July 2009. Because vessels on the Southern side of the Channel Islands do not have to use the cleaner marine distillate fuels required by the OGV Fuel Regulation, this change in routes has reduced the expected emissions reductions from the regulation.

Range

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JUNE 22, 2009

Nissan also announced the introduction of an automatic transmission (AT) model with a clean-diesel engine in the Japanese market, planned for spring 2010. Introduction of an original EV test vehicle in August 2008. This unit provides cleaner emissions and utilizes half the amount of precious metals compared with conventional catalysts.

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