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In 2013, GM reduced the energy-intensity per vehicle manufactured 3.5% MW, according to the company’s just released 2013 sustainability report. tonnes CO 2 e/vehicle in 2013, down 1.1% tonnes CO 2 e/vehicle in 2013, down 1.1% GM also increased renewable energy use in 2013 from 62.3 GM Sustainability Report 2013.

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to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million million loan in 2011 to convert food and agricultural waste to biogas that is used as fuel to generate electricity.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

In 2013, reported emissions from large industrial facilities were 20 million metric tons higher than the prior year, or 0.6%, driven largely by an increase in coal use for power generation. More than 8,000 large-emitters reported direct greenhouse gas emissions to the program in 2013, representing approximately 50% of total US emissions.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Waste and recycling company Republic Services, Inc. earlier post ) has deployed 53 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout the Charleston, SC, metro area. Approximately 50% of all Republic vehicles purchased in 2013 are powered by the domestic fuel source.

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JUNE 29, 2013

Canada-based waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem Inc. million) financing, which brings total equity investment raised by Enerkem in 2013 to C$87 million (US$82.7 With its proprietary technology, Enerkem converts non-recyclable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely used chemical intermediates. gasification.

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Since forming in 2013, Argent Materials, a San Francisco Bay Area recycler of concrete and asphalt, and supplier of aggregate such as crushed rock, entry, cutback, sand, backfill and base rock for construction projects, has diverted more than a billion pounds of waste from local landfills.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The extra waste heat generated from buildings, cars, and other sources in major Northern Hemisphere urban areas causes winter warming across large areas of northern North American and northern Asia. At the same time, the changes to atmospheric circulation caused by the waste heat cool areas of Europe by as much as 1 degree C (1.8

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JUNE 14, 2012

The hydrogen station is the first to be supplied by hydrogen produced from domestic waste. The next station is expected to be delivered for Copenhagen in early 2013.

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MAY 10, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a 2012-2013 Investment Plan Update to increase the use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. These include projects that use a wide variety of materials, including waste, algae and crops that can be grown on agriculturally marginal land. $11

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Source: Crane (2013).Click Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle.

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MAY 30, 2012

The new 2013 Ford Fusion continues use of recycled and sustainable materials including recycled cotton from jeans, recycled car battery casings, recycled clear plastic bottles and soybeans. Excess fabric from each procedure in the process is recycled back into the system to further eliminate waste. About 31,250 soybeans.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Seven major European research institutes (Fraunhofer, CEA, TNO, VTT, SINTEF, Tecnalia and SP) have joined forces to invest in a joint program (Value from Waste) aimed at tackling the recycling of rare earth metals from waste. The aim is to extract valuable materials from the waste streams. —Odd Løvhaugen. 2012.12.037.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

POET-DSM’s long-anticipated Project LIBERTY , the US’ first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant to use corn waste as a feedstock ( earlier post ), began production today. Once operating at full, commercial-scale, the biorefinery in Emmetsburg, Iowa will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The President’s Budget for FY 2013 provides $27.2 Total outlays for FY 2013 are estimated to be $34,963 billion, compared to the estimated $40,561 billion in outlays for FY 2012. nuclear waste that supports the implementation. billion in 2013 and $47 billion over six years to develop high-speed passenger. reactors R&D.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set the amount of biomass-based diesel products required to be included in diesel fuel markets in 2013 at 1.28 Bio-based diesel products are advanced biofuels that are derived from biomass sources that include vegetable oils and wastes oils from renewable sources. billion gallons.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Ford is offering the Auto Start-Stop system on its new non-hybrid 2013 Fusion equipped with a 1.6-liter 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. Fuel-economy includes: 2013 Fusion 1.6-liter

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While the current facility feeds pure hydrogen (“WindGas”) directly into the gas grid, the new methanation plant provides for the generation of “green” methane. This constitutes an important contribution to the success of the energy transition, because green methane, in contrast to green hydrogen, can be used in a wider variety of ways.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

Despite the decision to de-emphasize microbial oil, Neste Oil emphasized that cellulosic waste will continue to play an important role in its research strategy, adding that it remains committed to its goal of further extending its feedstock base and making greater use of waste and residues in this area in particular. Background.

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APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Engines Vehicle Systems Waste Heat Recovery' Earlier post. ).

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JULY 30, 2012

the US-based subsidiary of the Oxford Catalysts Group, for use in a waste-to-liquids (WTL) commercial demonstration plant to be constructed in northern California by the California-based company Sierra Energy. It is expected to begin operating in 2013. The injection of oxygen and steam is one of Sierra Energy’s patented innovations.

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APRIL 5, 2012

2013 Ram 1500 at the New York International Auto Show. Chrysler unveiled the 2013 Ram pickup, featuring an array of fuel-saving systems including a more fuel efficient and more powerful 3.6-liter Extensive wind-tunnel testing honed the 2013 Ram 1500 exterior shape. The 2013 Ram 1500 Regular Cab 4x2 coefficient of drag (Cd) is.363—compared

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Biofuels company NextFuels introduced its hydrothermal process for economically producing transportation and industrial fuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste. Over the past ten years, Enagra has conducted more than $1 billion in biofuel transactions and will achieve revenues of approximately $150 million in 2013. Resources.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

has brought 67 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, each new CNG solid waste and recycling truck reduces ozone-forming emissions by as much as 80% when compared to older diesel powered trucks.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Automakers took the top four slots in the 50 Best Global Green Brands list for 2014, published by Fortune magazine in conjunction with the consulting firm Deloitte and Interbrand. The company’s performance across operations as measured in energy efficiency, GHG emissions, water management, waste management, and toxic emissions management.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

From an environmental perspective, they note in their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , lead-free SnTe would be preferable for solid-state waste heat recovery if its thermoelectric figure-of-merit could be brought close to that of the lead-containing chalcogenides. 1305735110.

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JUNE 25, 2013

The e-gas is virtually identical to fossil natural gas and will be distributed via an existing infrastructure—the German natural gas network—to the CNG filling stations beginning in Germany in fall 2013. Components of the e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. The groundbreaking environmental footprint was recently certified by TÜV Nord.

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MAY 1, 2013

If all are available for use, the bank of excess credits represents about half of what is needed to cover the 2013 obligation. Biofuels using waste as a feedstock (for biodiesel and ethanol) comprised less than 1% of biofuel volumes but 10% of biofuel credits due to their low CI. for the first two months of 2013.

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The newbuilds are scheduled for delivery between 2013 and 2015. An advanced waste heat recovery system captures and reuses energy from the engines’ exhaust gas for extra propulsion with less fuel consumption. Waste heat recovery. Mærsk Line has signed a contract with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,

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JULY 9, 2012

billion (US$10 billion) for the 2013 work program will support projects and ideas that will boost Europe’s competitiveness and tackle issues such as human health, protecting the environment and finding new solutions to growing challenges linked to urbanization and managing waste. billion) research budget for 2013. In total, €8.1

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MARCH 19, 2014

Biomass energy consumption in the United States grew more than 60% from 2002 to 2013, the growth due almost entirely to increased consumption of biomass to produce biofuels, primarily ethanol but also a smaller amount of biodiesel and other biomass-based diesel fuels, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a paper in the journal ChemSusChem , a team from the VU University Amsterdam suggests that with increasing demand from green and high-tech applications, the supply of rare earth elements (REEs) is likely to be disrupted (the degree of disruption depends on the REE) in the near future. 2013), Scarcity of Rare Earth Elements.

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bp has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels Ltd (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). Source: Green Biofuels. Founded in 2013, GBF is the UK’s largest provider of HVO, having delivered more than 55 million liters of HVO products to the UK market over the past two years.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. The 2013 assessment is the most comprehensive to date, and includes information on the release and impacts of mercury in aquatic environments for the first time. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Ford Motor Company’s Oakville Assembly plant in Canada now sends no operational waste-to-landfill, an achievement that gives Ford Motor Company the distinction of becoming landfill-free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. The Essex Engine Plant received landfill-free status in 2012 and Windsor Engine Plant in 2013.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new study published in the journal Nature Materials has found a way to suppress the thermal conductivity in sodium cobaltate so that it can be used to harvest waste energy, with potential applications such as automotive waste heat recovery. Borissenko, M. Piovano, E. Enderle, M. Gutmann, M. Gannon, A. Boothroyd, S. Uthayakumar, D.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Sekisui , a multibillion dollar Japanese diversified chemicals company and LanzaTech report making significant progress on a waste-to-chemicals platform converting municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol or other new products. Garbage is an important resource.

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MAY 8, 2014

The report provides information on the progress achieved in economic, environmental and social sustainability in 2013, and was drawn up in accordance with the G3 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). In the reporting year 2013, average energy consumption per vehicle produced was 2,205 kWh, down 0.4%

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