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Boeing worked with airlines, engine manufacturers and others to conduct biofuel test flights starting in 2008 and gain approval for sustainable fuels in 2011. Boeing has partnered globally with airlines, industry, governments and research institutions to expand limited supplies of SAF and reduce the fuel’s cost.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1-million grant to UC Riverside’s College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) to build a process demonstration unit (PDU) to convert waste biosolids to synthetic diesel fuel. Click to enlarge. The fuel gas can also be converted into electric power.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

A team of engineers from the University of Lincoln, with funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has confirmed the feasibility of aircraft regenerate braking from the landing gear to provide power for taxiing to and from airport buildings, reducing the need to use jet engines.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

In a general sense, waste heat is everywhere: the heat your car engine generates, for example. But in 2008, new research indicated that silicon performed much better as a nanowire. The team’s circuit-design solution combined an understanding of nanoscale physics with engineering principles. That heat normally dissipates.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. Cologne Engine Plant in Germany decreased water use per engine by 50% from 2011 to 2012 by switching to the MQL process. Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Studies (Faverjon et al.

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MARCH 19, 2019

SuperTruck II is a partnership between the DOE, truck manufacturers and equipment suppliers seeking to improve freight efficiency to more than 100% over an equivalent 2009 model, and to improve engine brake thermal efficiency performance to 55% or greater.

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MARCH 15, 2011

These three USDA Rural Development renewable energy programs are authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Farm Bill). The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications for loan guarantees in the Biorefinery Assistance Program, Repowering Assistance Program, and the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

This acquisition will enable the development of a powerful technology platform on the basis of CO 2 feedstock, meaning it turns waste into valuable products such as chemicals and plastics. —Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium. The integration of the Liquid Light assets into Avantium is complete and effective immediately.

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MARCH 5, 2013

A conventional internal-combustion engine combines with hydraulic units and an accompanying gas (e.g., Like electric hybrids, the hydraulic hybrid system is able to support gasoline and diesel engines in ranges where they do not work at optimum efficiency. Alternatively, the two types of powertrain can also be combined.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding and Malaysia-based Sime Darby Research Sdn. MBK), have been developing a new business scheme using EFB since 2008. With such large and consistent amounts of biomass waste, the two countries are appropriate places to carry out bioethanol production, MES says. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Honeywell’s UOP process technology produces Green Jet Fuel from natural oils and wastes. The fuel meets all specifications for flight and, when used in a 50-50 blend with petroleum-derived jet fuel, is a drop-in replacement that requires no changes to the aircraft or engine.

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JUNE 22, 2018

The ISOPROD project has the following specific objectives: The adaptation of the Isobutene process to sugar refinery residues; The engineering for the first plant carried by IBN-One, the joint venture between Global Bioenergies and Cristal Union; and. The objective is to avoid 2 kg of CO 2 per kg of bio-isobutene.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

GE also is providing a 12-year services agreement with one spare engine to ensure maximum operability at the new plant. It has passed ISO9002 quality system authentication, gained coking industry access in 2008 and also passed OHSMS occupational health and safety management system authentication.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Technology roadmap.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

General Motors said that 52% of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free; i.e., all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. GM employees focus first on decreasing the amount of waste generated, and then work to recycle the unavoidable waste. GM has generated more than $2.5

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MAY 26, 2018

Staff also proposes funding up to $2,500,000 for ferry or tug all-electric engine repowers, including fuel cell technology. $60 For each vehicle, locomotive, or engine replaced, an existing vehicle, locomotive, or engine must be scrapped. Beginning in model year 2008 VW sold about 600,000 2.0- Staff proposes up to $1.35

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Purchase of the land will begin next month and continue through the holiday season followed by engineering work, he said, then construction when the weather warms up. Construction will create up to 4,000 jobs, and the plant itself will employ some 415 when it’s operating.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

This fuel will be evaluated to ensure it is compatible with aircraft engines and that it meets specification for flight. Honeywell’s UOP has also commercialized the UOP/Eni Ecofining process to produce Honeywell Green Diesel fuel from natural oils and wastes. Gevo patent for renewable jet from cellulosic isobutanol.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Renault recently announced the production of a fuel-combustion engine, an electric vehicle, and a fuel-combustion vehicle in Castille and León, between 2011 and 2013. The Valladolid engine plant recycles a 100% of its industrial waste. In 2008 135,568 vehicles were produced at NMISA. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Car and truck engines used to be the largest sources of anthropogenic black carbon emissions in California; the existing air quality policies will virtually eliminate black carbon emissions from on-road diesel engines within 10 years. CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Sources of these super pollutants include petroleum-based transportation fuels, agriculture, waste disposal and synthetic gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and aerosol products. Black carbon, a component of soot, also known as PM 2.5 , comes from diesel engines and incomplete burning of carbon sources. and other pollutants.

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

The findings could enable researchers to engineer green algae cells that make better use of light. Cells at the surface of the culture hog all the sunlight and end up wasting most of it because the absorption of excess sunlight makes the cells more susceptible to photoinhibition. —Peers et al.

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MARCH 4, 2011

liter TDV6 diesel engine, working with an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission and a 69 kW electric motor. Range_e is also engineered with the same full 4WD capability as the standard Range Rover Sport, with high and low range in the transmission, front and rear differentials and a mechanical locking centre differential.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials. The fuel is fully compatible with the existing jet engine technology and fuel distribution infrastructure when blended with fossil jet fuel.

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The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. The other two ships, the Japanese Mutsu (1970) and the German Otto Hahn (1968), were both refitted with diesel engines partway through their service lives. So we can make engines that run on ammonia, but there won’t be enough ammonia.”

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Advantages of Biofuels ISOCONVERSION: Feedstock agnostic – compatible with a wide range of waste fats, oils, and greases – no pretreatment other than filtering required. The team, however, was already researching advanced biofuels in response to interest from the US Air Force and the commercial airline industry in 2008.

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MAY 20, 2010

Lear also has developed new automotive fabrics—Lear ECO Fabrics—made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and polyester yarn that reduce landfill waste and conserve energy and natural resources. SoyFoam , made from renewable soybean oil, has been on the Ford Mustang seats since 2008. The Evolution Seat. Mandy Sarotte.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

The product of four years of testing and research and outreach to industry, environmental organizations, labor unions, and other stakeholders, the vehicle and engine performance standards will cover model years 2021-2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks.

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MARCH 23, 2010

The demonstration plant, located at Virent's facilities in Madison, Wisconsin, is the latest step in a joint biogasoline research and development effort, announced by both companies in March 2008. This new biofuel can be blended with gasoline in high concentrations for use in standard gasoline engines. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 22, 2009

The hydrocarbon biofuels from Virent’s process are interchangeable with petroleum products, matching them in composition, functionality, and performance; they work in today's engines, fuel pumps, and pipelines. Also in 2008, Shell and Virent announced their collaboration. The BioForming platform is near commercialization.

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In 2008, Honeywell’s UOP formed the joint venture Envergent Technologies LLC with Ensyn Corp. to offer RTP rapid thermal processing technology that converts biomass such as forest waste or agricultural residuals into pyrolysis oil, which can be used to generate heat and power. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 12, 2010

A range of cellulosic feedstocks used in the demonstration unit, including selected waste agriculture products, pulp, paper, woody biomass, algae and dedicated energy crops like switchgrass and high-biomass sorghum will be provided by Ceres Inc., Imperium Renewables, and Mesa Engineering. In 2008, UOP received a $1.5

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JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components. García-Cubero et al.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Camicia Professor of Mining and Mineral Engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, and his colleagues developed a hyperbaric centrifuge that can efficiently dewater coal as fine as talcum powder. the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. Roe-Hoan Yoon.

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The SET Plan was launched in 2008 with the objective to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies. Reuse/recycling and waste reduction. Significant improvements have already been made in the recycling of post-industrial waste streams such as magnet, semi-conductor and photovoltaic scrap.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Cobalt uses non-food feedstock, such as forest waste and mill residues, and its technology reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 85% compared to gasoline. In addition, it is fully compatible with today’s automobile engines and pipeline infrastructure. Cobalt Biofuels (2008). Source: Cobalt. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

The complementary cooperation combines the engineering and test core competencies of FEV with the lithium-ion battery core competencies of EIG. In 2008, EIG opened the EIG America sales office in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated EIG America in March 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary. Earlier post.).

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