Remove 2014 Remove Cleaner Remove Commercial Remove Waste
article thumbnail

LanzaTech and SK Innovation partner on process to produce butadiene from waste gas

Green Car Congress

SK innovation, one of the world’s leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, are working together to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 butadiene, a platform chemical used in many high growth industries globally.

Waste 199
article thumbnail

Lufthansa to evaluate Gevo Alcohol-to-Jet renewable fuel for commercial aviation use

Green Car Congress

has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Renewable jet embodies the potential of cleaner, greener, and as we scale up, cost competitive drop-in fuels. Bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, Inc.

Renewable 218
article thumbnail

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015. Earlier post.). The Administration will expand the program to multifamily housing.

Obama 249
article thumbnail

IndianOil and LanzaTech to construct first refinery Offgas-to-Bioethanol production facility

Green Car Congress

LanzaTech’s first commercial facility converting waste emissions from steel production to ethanol will come online in China in late 2017. LanzaTech has developed a gas fermentation process based on biological catalysts to make fuels and chemicals from a range of waste gases instead of sugars and yeast.

article thumbnail

Ryder to fuel natural gas fleets in California with 100% biomethane from Clean Energy Fuels

Green Car Congress

Clean Energy’s renewable natural gas vehicle fuel is derived from biogenic methane or biogas—methane that is naturally generated by the decomposition of organic waste. The 2014 baseline CIs for gasoline and diesel are 96.48 CI values vary depending upon the location and energy sources used for processing. gCO 2 e/MJ.

Clean 150
article thumbnail

California approves sale of DME as compression-ignition engine fuel

Green Car Congress

The regulation was proposed on 25 July 2014; it was approved and filed with the Secretary of State, with an effective date of 1 January 2015. Volvo Group has been collaborating with Oberon on commercial vehicle demonstrations of DME. The DME molecule also has a high ratio of oxygen to carbon atoms, which promotes cleaner burning.

article thumbnail

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

Green Car Congress

More than three-quarters of HFC emissions in California come from the use of refrigerants in the commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation sectors. Organic wastes converted to biogas could supply enough renewable natural gas for about 2 million residential units.

Pollution 150