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St1 will concentrate on optimizing high-blend bio-ethanol designed to replace fossil gasoline for Finnish conditions and minimizing the environmental impact of its use, while Neste Oil will focus on developing other bio-components suitable for blending with conventional gasoline.

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Terrabon, a company commercializing a waste-to-biogasoline technology developed at Texas A&M, ( earlier post ), has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Federal bankruptcy laws. In January 2011, Terrabon, Inc. The MixAlco technology converts biomass to bio-gasoline. Earlier post.). Terrabon, Inc.

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These include greater resistance to damage from heat, spilled gasoline, water, and oxygen. Eichhorn (2011) Stress Transfer in Cellulose Nanowhisker Composites—Influence of Whisker Aspect Ratio and Surface Charge. Biomacromolecules 6 (2), pp 612–626 doi: 10.1021/bm0493685. Rafeadah Rusli, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Stuart J.

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According to the new report, from 2011 through Q4 2012, cumulative credits generated under the LCFS total 2,835,662 metric tons of CO 2 e, while cumulative deficits total 1,550,698 metric tons CO 2 e, for a net excess of 1.285 million credits (metric tons of CO 2 e). gCO 2 e/MJ, respectively, in Q1 2011 to just below 83.2

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The Ricardo-led Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) project will apply 48V “intelligent electrification” concepts, mild hybridization and waste heat recovery in a Ford Focus diesel demonstrator. In 2011, the HyBoost team reported that the HyBoost demonstrator was achieving comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L

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It will predominantly be used in gasoline blending, but it can also be further processed into other products such as drop in jet fuel. Today, this waste gas stream is either flared or used to heat and power the steel mill. barrels of gasoline as well as reducing ArcelorMittal’s CO 2 emissions by 2.3 Earlier post.).

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First, LanzaTech captures waste carbon from refineries and manufacturing plants and feeds the CO-rich gas to microbes that consume the gas and produce ethanol. To overcome the challenge, PNNL borrowed technology it developed to convert methanol to gasoline and created a new, specialized catalyst. The process works in two stages.

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JUNE 10, 2012

Researchers in Spain have obtained high-quality transportation fuels (gasoline with RON >80 and diesel with cetane number >70) from oil obtained by the thermal cracking of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) using a bifunctional catalyst comprising Ni (7 wt %) deposited on a hierarchical Beta zeolite (Ni/h-Beta). in the period 2000-2010.

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The Ohio River Clean Fuels plant will use coal and other alternate feedstocks, such as waste wood, to produce 52,000 barrels daily of extremely clean diesel and jet fuel, as well as naphtha, by using the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process. Naphtha is a low-octane gasoline used as a feedstock in the chemical industry.

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MARCH 27, 2010

The program provides incentives to develop a wide variety of bioenergy products including fuels, power and heat, which will support the Renewable Fuels Standard to be implemented in April 2011. The extended program focuses on the potential for second-generation ethanol, which uses feedstocks like forestry, agricultural and municipal waste.

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JULY 12, 2013

The company is also the thermodynamic efficiency of gasoline engines using a suite of technologies that include downsizing, turbocharging, direct injection, variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation. In 2012, the company realized energy-efficiency improvements of 2% from 2011, and carbon emissions intensity decreased 2%.

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billion gallons of fuel in 2011, approximately 5% of all the gasoline used. Studies show drivers encounter an average of 10 to 15 red lights and stop signs on a typical 20 mile commute, which can add 5 to 15 minutes of idle time and wasted gas. Some communities—such as Denver, Colo. and Ann Arbor, Mich.

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TXE is engaged in developing a gasification facility in Beaumont, Texas that will convert petroleum coke, an oil refining waste product, into hydrogen and pipeline quality carbon dioxide. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2011. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed at this time.

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The product, the company says, can go through existing crude refineries and be used to make standard gasoline or diesel fuel. The first site will be built in Columbus, Mississippi and could open by the end of 2011. KiOR will get no subsidies or state support until it has formed a partnership with a major oil company to refine it.

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Understanding this process paves the way for developing better ways of converting carbon monoxide, a toxic waste product of combustion, into transportation fuel and precursors for plastics—without the time and energy required for conventional extraction of fossil fuels. This is pretty profound. from CO that might be translated to the.

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JULY 27, 2012

Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant recently inaugurated Germany’s largest pilot plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural waste. Clariant acquired Süd-Chemie in 2011. This would be sufficient to cover around 25% of Germany’s current gasoline requirements. Earlier post.) The sunliquid process.

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natural gas vehicle, previewed in a concept form in 2011 ( earlier post ) and revealed in its production version at the Geneva auto show in March this year, in Europe. Volkswagen used a newly developed three-cylinder gasoline engine with 999 cc displacement (EA211 engine series). Like the gasoline engines of the up!, The eco up!

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Caltex Australia launched Bio E-Flex, an ethanol-based fuel containing up to 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline designed for use in Holden’s VE Series II Commodore flex-fuel vehicles to be released later this year. Bio E-Flex is suitable only for flex-fuel vehicles, such as vehicles in the Holden Commodore VE Series II range. Earlier post.).

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However, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can oxidize any fuel, because the electrolyte transports an oxygen ion, Wachsman noted in a 2011 paper in Science exploring LT-SOFCs. —Wachsman and Lee (2011). Source: Wachsman and Lee (2011). Wachsman and Kang Taek Lee (2011) Lowering the Temperature of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Four new corporate partners—Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia—are joining the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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The ARFVT Program Investment Plans from Fiscal Years 2011/2012 and. Renewable hydrogen” is defined as hydrogen produced from: Eligible renewable feedstocks including biomethane or biogas such as biomass, digester gas, landfill gas, sewer gas, or municipal solid waste gas; or other feedstocks demonstrated to achieve the sustainability goals.

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Shell contributed the cellulosic ethanol technology during the formation of Raízen, a joint venture with Cosan SA, in 2011. Since then, Raízen has developed and scaled-up the process for making low-carbon intensity ethanol from sugar-cane waste. Earlier post.)

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MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Novozymes has launched what it called the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. per gallon for the initial commercial-scale plants that are scheduled to be in operation in 2011. This cost is on par with gasoline and conventional ethanol at the current US market prices.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Over its entire life cycle—from production and service over 160,000 kilometers (99,400 miles) to recycling—the new Mercedes-Benz B 180 BlueEFFICIENCY with 7G-DCT dual clutch transmission produces 16% less CO 2 emissions than its predecessor when the latter was discontinued in 2011. l/100 km (38 to 40 mpg US) in comparison to 7.3

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

billion in 2011 to $185.3 BGPY in 2011) would represent just 7% of the estimated global transportation fuels market in 2021. the global gasoline market will reach an estimated 375 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2021, while demand for diesel in ground transportation markets will reach at least 427 BGPY. billion by 2021.

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The second investment plan, for fiscal year 2010-2011, provided $83 million. 24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas. 5 million to expand the number of dispensers and retail outlets selling E85 fuel (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). $8

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The Energy Department also announced today that three new corporate partners—AMP Americas, Kwik Trip and Waste Management—are joining the National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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In this single-step catalytic fast pyrolysis process, either wood, agricultural wastes, fast growing energy crops or other non-food biomass is fed into a fluidized-bed reactor, where this feedstock pyrolyzes to form vapors. 2011 edition of the German Chemical Society’s journal Angewandte Chemie. The whole name of the game is yield.

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In addition to the debut of the 2011 Sonata Hybrid ( earlier post ), Hyundai unveiled its first four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engine with the Sonata 2.0T The waste-gate for the turbocharger uses a motor-driven electrical controller instead of being mechanically controlled. Click to enlarge.

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Whereas the company’s primary focus has historically been to use industrial-grade or waste-derived sugars as feedstocks, the technological maturity of the process now allows consideration of a broader range of feedstocks, including non-biomass-derived sources of carbon.

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For fiscal year 2011, applicants seeking BRDI funding must propose projects that integrate science and engineering research in the following three technical areas that are critical to the broader success of alternative biofuels production: Feedstock Development. and urban wood wastes.

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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. Normally, this energy would go to waste, turning into heat in the friction linings of the brakes. Hydraulic hybrid powertrain. Click to enlarge.

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In 2011, LanzaTech announced that it had demonstrated the continuous fermentation of CO 2 in the presence of hydrogen to acetic acid, using their modified microorganisms. Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. CO 2 to acetic acid fermentation.

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Another technique introduced in collaboration with BASF is thermoelectric waste heat recovery. The thermal electric generator then converts the wasted heat into useful electrical energy to help power auxiliary systems. Producing 98g/km of CO 2 emissions, the i20 blue is scheduled to go into production in 2011.

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MAY 13, 2011

Audi has completed the research phase of the e-gas project and will take the second step in mid-2011: investing several tens of millions of euros in the construction of an industrial facility. Ground is scheduled to be broken in Werlte, Germany in July 2011. The electrolyzer runs on green electricity. The high octane rating of approx.

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We also produce a huge amount of waste and we are looking at schemes that convert biomass into hydrogen. So as well as producing a clean fuel we would be reducing the amount of waste we put into landfill. liters of gasoline, therefore this would give a “traditional” figure of 28.6 Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year.

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