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India-based KPIT Technologies is being awarded the “Promising Innovation in Transport Award” 2016 during the 2016 Summit of the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany for developing a system that can convert new as well as existing diesel buses into full battery-electric buses. Click to enlarge. India currently has more than 1.2

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Eni plans to convert its Venice (Italy) Refinery into a biorefinery producing innovative and high quality biofuels. The project involves an estimated investment of approximately €100 million (US$130 million), and is the first in the world to convert a conventional refinery into bio-refinery. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 12, 2013

Production of paper products is expected to increase to 4.6 × 10 8 tonnes by 2015, a 28% increased from 2005 levels, the authors noted. The researchers decided to explore the potential for converting wastepaper to fuels. At a higher reforming temperature of 275 °C, 10.2 mol % H 2 was observed with 51.9 wt % biocrude production.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

Washington State University (WSU) researchers, with colleagues from Archer Daniels Midland, have developed a catalyst that converts bio-based ethanol to isobutene, an important olefin widely used in the production of industrial commodities such as butyl rubber and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE). Junming Sun, Rebecca A. 5b07401.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The MY 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will offer a new 8-speed automatic transmission designed and built by GM. GM expects the new 8L90 eight-speed to contribute up to 5% greater efficiency, when compared to the previous six-speed automatic. EPA fuel economy test results are pending and will be announced later. naturally aspirated engine.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

Renault Energy F1-2015 Power Unit. Renault Sport F1 has unveiled its 2015 power unit for Formula 1 racing, which incorporates a number of changes compared to its 2014 predecessor ( earlier post ). The 2015 power unit project was started six months before the 2014 units took to the track, ie. Renault Energy F1-2015 Power Unit.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities have developed a catalytic process to convert corn stover lignin into hydrocarbons (C 7 –C 18 )—primarily C 12 –C 18 cyclic structure hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range. The work is featured on. the cover of the December issue of the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Tucker, John R.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2014 and 2015, Anheuser-Busch converted 160 diesel-fueled trucks in Houston and St. Anheuser-Busch is transitioning more than 180 trucks—representing approximately 30% of its dedicated fleet—to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). Louis to fleets powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines.

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plans to convert by 2015 a plant that currently makes engine parts for commercial vehicles into a production site for parts used in fuel-efficient Skyactiv engines for light-duty vehicles. Mazda Motor Corp. Mazda recently decided to exit the struggling commercial vehicle business.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the research demonstrates how lignin-derived compounds can first be converted to muconic acid via a biological process. Muconic acid can then be separated from the biological culture and catalytically converted into adipic acid. Vardon, Derek R., Karp, Eric M.;

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

2015 Jetta TDI. For 2015, Volkswagen has refined the entire sixth-generation Jetta lineup, endowing the compact with a crisper exterior design which also improves aerodynamics; an updated interior; a number of newly available driver assistance systems; and, significantly for the diesel model, the new 2.0T Click to enlarge.

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XPRIZE announced the 27 teams representing six countries advancing in the $20-million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a global competition to develop technologies that convert the most carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and power plant facilities into products with the highest net value. Launched in September 2015, the 4.5-year

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Power Plaza is working with the Seoul city government and other key partners on a program to convert 1-ton diesel trucks—which are the primary commercial truck used in Seoul—to electric vehicles. UQM will co-exhibit with Power Plaza at the Global EVS28 Electric Vehicle Show in Seoul in May, 2015. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 21, 2013

PowerCell, a Swedish energy technology company with roots in the Volvo Group, unveiled a functioning full-scale prototype of its PowerPac fuel cell system, which combines an autothermal reformer and a PEM fuel cell stack to convert diesel fuel into electricity. Earlier post.) The unit produces about 3kW of electric energy.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. For a full-scale market launch in 2015, the cost of the fuel cell system will be 95% lower than that of the 2008 Toyota FCHV-adv, Tanaka said. (A Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2013

Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, will begin production of dimethyl ether (DME)-powered MACK Pinnacle Axle Back models in 2015. Volvo Trucks had announced earlier this month that it would commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015.

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APRIL 14, 2014

2015 Jetta. Volkswagen is presenting the world premiere of the redesigned 2015 Jetta sedan at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. liter 150-horsepower (112 kW) EA288 TDI Clean Diesel engine offered in the 2015 Jetta already conforms to the upcoming LEV3/Tier 3 emissions standard ( earlier post ) in the USA.

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JUNE 20, 2014

While gasoline versions of the all-new 2015 Audi A3 compact luxury sedan went on sale in April, the model line also includes a TDI diesel version as well as an S3 performance sedan and an A3 Cabrio convertible. The 2015 Audi A3 TDI will start.'

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Eni’s proprietary Eni Slurry Technology (EST) is able to convert refining residues entirely into high-quality light products, eliminating both liquid and solid refining residues with significant environmental benefits. EST is based on the hydro-conversion of heavy loads using a nano-dispersed catalyser (slurry).

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The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. The particularly high geothermal energy means that the Earth’s heat can be converted to electricity cost-effectively and virtually CO 2 neutrally.

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JULY 24, 2015

A team at South China University of Technology has developed a one-pot process to convert the diesel distillate and residual oil fractions in bio-oil into high-quality fuels by catalytic hydrocracking with combined CoMoS/Al 2 O 3 and HZSM-5 catalysts. A paper on their process is published in the journal Fuel. 2015.05.002.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The team also developed an additional process that uses another catalyst to convert the two phenol products into the high-octane (RON > 100) hydrocarbon fuel suitable for use as drop-in gasoline. A solvent is added to the mix to help dissolve and loosen up the materials. Nicholas Delgass, Clint Chapple, Hilkka I.

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The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are underway for launches in the US and European markets in the summer of 2015. The use of a boost converter enables the use of fewer cells, and a smaller motor. Earlier post.) The number of tanks has been halved to two.

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JULY 25, 2015

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan, with a colleague at the University of Tsukuba, have devised a process to convert squalane, a C 30 algae-derived branched hydrocarbon, to smaller hydrocarbons—without skeletal isomerization and aromatization—over ruthenium on ceria (Ru/CeO 2 ). Watanabe, H., Nakagawa, Y. and Tomishige, K.

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MAY 10, 2020

An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. Urban area dynamics during 1985–2015 at the global and continent scales. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015.

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APRIL 27, 2014

campus, where students and faculty will convert a Diamond HK36 motorglider to electric power for testing in noise-sensitive areas. Embry-Riddle and Powering Imagination estimate that the aircraft will make its first flight in mid-2015 at the Daytona Beach Campus.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

In addition, the FC system is equipped with Toyota’s high-efficiency boost converter. We’re doing a good job with both and we will launch in 2015. Toyota estimates a 95% cost reduction in the powertrain and fuel tanks of the vehicle it will launch in 2015, compared to what it cost to build the original prototype in 2002.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Ford’s MY 2015 F-Series Super Duty heavy-duty pickup trucks feature engine and chassis upgrades that together deliver best-in-class horsepower, torque and towing capacity. The new engine will also be featured on the MY 2016 F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks, available in spring 2015. Ford’s second-generation 6.7-liter

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Scientists from a team spanning Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. Credit: PNAS, Torella et al.

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billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. billion above the FY 2015 Enacted level, sustains DOE’s role as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and develops and operates advanced scientific user facilities at the National Laboratories to maintain the nation’s primacy in science and innovation.

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Natural Fiber Welding has developed an innovative process of converting plants into all-natural, 100% recyclable material that mimic all the properties of traditional leather, yarns and foams. NFW was founded in 2015 and is based in Peoria, Illinois.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Earlier post.). —Joe Pratt.

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Northwestern University scientists have developed a catalyst that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia under natural conditions. Kanatzidis (2015) “Photochemical Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia in Ambient Conditions with FeMoS-Chalcogels” Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (5), 2030-2034 doi: 10.1021/ja512491v.

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The company will invest double-digit millions in capital improvements to increase refining capacity to recycle precious metals from spent catalysts such as automotive catalytic converters. Recycled metal has as much as 90% lower CO 2 emissions than metal from primary mines.

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A new catalytic method for converting algal oil to gasoline- or jet-fuel-range hydrocarbons has been developed by the research group of Prof. 2015), “Catalytic Production of Branched Small Alkanes from Biohydrocarbons” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201500375. Watanabe, H., Nakagawa, Y. and Tomishige, K. 201500375.

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Here we have harnessed the power of microbes to convert carbon dioxide into value-added multi-carbon compounds in a usable biofuel. Bai worked as a research assistant in the Bose lab in Arts & Sciences from 2015-2020. Microorganisms have evolved a bewildering array of techniques to obtain nutrients from their surrounding environments.

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Wärtsilä has more than half a decade’s experience with methanol, having converted the first of four engines on Stena Germanica to use the fuel in 2015. The methanol engine order extends Wärtsilä’s leading position in support of the maritime industry’s decarbonization ambitions, and in the use of the fuel.

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