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Massachusetts to Accept Only Waste-Derived Biofuels to Qualify for Mandate for Diesel and Home Heating Oil

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Waste feedstocks are defined in the enabling legislation specifically as “ previously used or discarded solid, liquid or contained gaseous material with heating value resulting from industrial, commercial or household food service activities that would otherwise be stored, treated, transferred or disposed. Biofuels mandate.

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Bosch offers more details on the light-duty hydraulic-hybrid drive developed with PSA

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The gas cushion stores energy by the gas being compressed rather like a coiled spring. The amount of energy that can be stored in the pressure accumulator depends on the size of the system. This motor takes the stored energy and delivers it back to the vehicle via the transmission. Earlier post.).

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Global Bioenergies receives ?1M payment after improvements in bio-isobutene process

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Global Bioenergies was founded in 2008 to develop a process converting renewable resources (sugar, crops, agricultural and forestry waste) into isobutene, one of the main petroleum derivatives. Recovering the government R&D tax credit on the short term will bring our (unaudited) cash position to more than €11 million.

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Wal-Mart Testing Two Different Hybrid Systems and Three Alt Fuels on Class 8 Trucks

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wal-Mart uses Class 8 trucks to haul its trailers and deliver product to its stores. Energy that is generated during braking is captured and stored using regenerative braking. distribution center will operate on an 80/20 blend of biodiesel made of waste yellow cooking oil. Earlier post.).

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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For this type of resource, USOS says, the Clark process is not effective; left-over bitumen sticks to the sand, resulting in low recovery and oil sand waste. At specific issue in the WQB decision was a 2008 permit-by-rule granted by DWQ to USOS for the project on the Tavaputs Plateau near PR Spring.

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Engineers confirm feasibility of aircraft regenerative braking from landing gear

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The energy produced by a plane’s braking system during landing—currently wasted as heat produced by friction in the aircraft’s disc brakes—would be captured and converted into electricity by motor-generators built into the landing gear. In the future this technology could significantly reduce the need to do that.

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Panasonic Develops New Higher-Capacity 18650 Li-Ion Cells; Application of Silicon-based Alloy in Anode

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Multiple units can be connected in series and/or parallel to store energy generated by home-use photovoltaic (PV) systems and fuel cells or power electric vehicles (EV). In 2008 Panasonic developed compact fuel cell stacks by reviewing the structure of its connecting parts. In October, Panasonic Corporation announced a 1.5

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