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JULY 1, 2014

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Hawaii have provided direct experimental evidence for the validity of a proposed mechanism for the first step in the process that transforms gas-phase molecules into solid particles such as soot and other carbon-based compounds.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% for natural gas, and 7.0%

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APRIL 19, 2014

Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) in crude oil and natural gas while they’re still in the ground. Crude oil and natural gas inherently contain hydrogen sulfide, which gives off a “rotten egg” smell. —Michael Wong. Kan, Angel A.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

a leader in natural gas engines, acquired Alternative Fuel Vehicle Sweden AB (AFV) of Gothenburg, Sweden for approximately SEK 51 million (approximately US$7.6 AFV is the sole supplier of natural gas fuel systems to Volvo Car Company (VCC). Westport Innovations Inc., Volvo dealers in Sweden have offered a bi-fuel 231-hp 2.5

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Artist’s rendering of a GE Frame-7 gas turbine, similar to the units that GE Oil & Gas is supplying for the Gorgon project. The Greater Gorgon Area—comprising the Jansz and Gorgon fields—has projected natural gas resources equivalent to 6.7 First gas is planned for 2014. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This bill will permit biofuel producers to capitalize on the research and facility investments they have made to bring this technology to scale, improve their operating margins, and further lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. —Senator Thune. —Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. They found that it would take about a century to offset that effect with wind-related reductions in greenhouse gas concentrations.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

million to CVRP, which will fund some 29,000 rebates, depending on the mix of vehicles, through mid-2014. For the current fiscal year, the ARB and the California Energy Commission allocated an additional $59.55 CCSE processes about 2,500 rebates per month.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. billion in 2014, up 0.08% from the previous year.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2010

British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group , will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. At high plasma temperature, the PGV reactor does not produce any air pollutants such as SVOCs (dioxins/furans) or NO x , tar, fly ash or flue gas.

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APRIL 28, 2014

The Weichai Westport WP 12 HPDI is China’s first engine featuring Westport HPDI technology, delivering the power and performance of the base diesel engine, while replacing up to 95% of diesel fuel with cleaner burning, less expensive natural gas. The market for natural gas in transportation in China is bourgeoning.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. thousand in 2017.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, signed a memorandum of understanding that could pave the way for GOL commercial flights to use Amyris renewable jet fuel in 2014. We are committed to working with the aviation industry to bring cleaner skies, starting in Brazil in 2014. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 7, 2018

Among other enhancements, buses will be equipped with Cummins-Westport Near-Zero engines and fueled by Renewable Natural Gas, to further reduce NO x vehicle emissions by more than 90% by December 2018. In 2015, Big Blue Bus became one of the country’s first municipal transit agencies to convert its entire fleet to renewable natural gas (RNG).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. GHG regulations.

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JULY 11, 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. India is adopting a cleaner and greener economic growth pathway today, with the Government running one of the largest renewable capacity expansion programmes in the world.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

The second phase—the rules for which DEQ is currently seeking comments—require the same parties to meet the low carbon fuel standards by supplying cleaner fuels in Oregon or purchasing credits from clean fuel providers. HB 2186: Oregon Low Carbon Fuel Standards and Truck Efficiency.

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

It’s an important breakthrough in combustion and atmospheric chemistry that is expected to benefit auto and engine manufacturers, oil and gas utilities and other industries that employ combustion models. Source: Pilling (2014). A paper (Jasper et al. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The hybrid systems are converting Freightliner MT-55s with gasoline engines into cleaner and more fuel efficient delivery trucks and will reduce harmful emissions in Chicago as soon as they are deployed. The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week. UPS anticipates an ROI of one to two years on these vehicles.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Wärtsilä will supply its 50DF dual-fuel engines and propulsion systems for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier vessels under construction in two Chinese shipyards. Deliveries of the Wärtsilä equipment are scheduled to begin in the summer of 2014, and the ships will be launched approximately one year later.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

The RFS aims to reduce oil imports and cut back auto emissions with cleaner-burning fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, biomass-based diesel, and sugar-cane-based ethanol. Kerr, GlobalData’s Managing Analyst for Downstream Oil & Gas. billion gallons of renewable fuel. billion gallons of renewable fuel. —Jeffrey C.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Propane, which has an existing global market for applications including engine fuels and heating, is currently produced as a by-product during natural gas processing and petroleum refining. Jones (2014) “An engineered pathway for the biosynthesis of renewable propane,” Nature Communications 5, Article number: 4731 doi: 10.1038/ncomms5731.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

During each of up to 3,000 revolutions per minute in the research engine, a minute amount of fuel shoots into the glass cylinder, is compressed and ignited, and the exhaust gas then expelled. As a result, the synthetic fuels assure a more effective mixture preparation process, cleaner combustion and lower emissions.

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APRIL 14, 2017

he new Tier 3 PM emission standards went into effect for engine model years 2012-2014 for line haul locomotives and represented a minor step change. The key technologies used to achieve these reductions in NO x and PM emissions are exhaust gas recirculation and improvements to the cooling system.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. This is the first IEPR to focus primarily on transportation.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

At the end of the contracts, more than 95% of MTS buses will run on cleaner compressed natural gas. It allows us to launch with SANDAG new Bus Rapid Transit Service in 2014. The first 47 of the 60-foot articulated buses manufactured by New Flyer will be delivered by early 2014. This is significant for MTS in many ways.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Neste anticipates that its high-quality renewable aviation fuel could help the aviation industry to achieve its greenhouse gas saving targets: carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a net reduction in carbon emissions of 50% by 2050 compared to 2005.

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JULY 20, 2018

In the future, autonomous vehicles and battery-powered technology could work together to create cleaner, more efficient roads. In fact, from 2014 to 2016, battery prices fell by 50 percent, allowing EVs to gain some traction. Policymakers need to establish regulation and demand cleaner vehicles. Electric Vehicles: Right Now.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

In 2014, Mazda said that it was planning a second generation of SkyActiv gasoline engines around 2020 that would achieve approximately 30% better fuel economy than production SKYACTIV engines using a form of homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) (see Yamasaki et al. Earlier post.). Yamasaki, Y., Umahashi, S., Uesugi, Y.,

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Making the transition to cleaner, lower polluting near-zero and zero-emission vehicles is a critical component to addressing California’s clean air and climate challenges. The transportation sector accounts for about 40 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Institute of Gas Technology (1 mobile refueling station).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

SB 1383 reduces the emission of super pollutants (also known as short-lived climate pollutants) and promotes renewable gas by requiring a 50% reduction in black carbon and 40% reduction in methane and hydrofluorocarbon from 2013 levels by 2030. The law is in addition to California’s existing raft of climate legislation. and other pollutants.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 Approximately 87% of the 2012 spending program is budgeted for upstream crude oil and natural gas exploration and production projects. First production for both projects is expected in 2014. million barrels per day. Spending of $28.5

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The software will be used to develop cleaner-burning engines and potentially fuels in advance of impending regulations in the US and Europe, which call for limits on the size and number of soot particles emitted by passenger cars. This can shave days, weeks or months from a design cycle to get cleaner cars more quickly on the road.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

That means new jobs, cleaner water and air—and a working model for other states, and the nation, to use as we gear up to fight climate change and make our economy more competitive and resilient. Entities will first need to surrender allowances to the state government to cover 2013 emissions in November 2014 (30% of a company’s 2013.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Its lower weight, standard automatic Stop/Start feature and more fuel-efficient operation translates into cleaner and more economical performance. 1), improved low friction technologies and cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation. New Juke will go on sale across Europe in the summer, 2014. Despite its modest size, the 1.2-liter

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MARCH 5, 2014

The result is cleaner combustion with low NO x and soot emissions. Also due to the low compression ratio, the SKYACTIV-D diesel engine also burns cleaner, discharging far fewer nitrous oxides while producing virtually no soot. in North America from the original targeted Spring 2014. Source: Mazda. Click to enlarge.

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