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Mazda more than tripling gasoline and diesel SKYACTIV engine production capacity at powertrain plant in Thailand

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The annual production capacity of MPMT’s engine assembly plant, which began full-scale production in October 2015, is 30,000 units. liter clean diesel engines and SKYACTIV-G 1.3-liter The company also announced a plan to construct a new engine machining factory with production capacity similar to that of the engine assembly plant.

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Forecast: Global Biofuels Use to Double by 2015, Second-Gen Biofuels to Lag Expectations

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Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015, according to a new global analysis released by Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Center (GBC). billion gallons).

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Lux: China, India lead Asian alternative fuels; targets likely will not be met

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of its diesel fuel and 0.3% Indonesia, China and Malaysia are the three dominant nations in biodiesel, each driven by challenging mandates. Indonesia, China and Malaysia are the three dominant nations in biodiesel, each driven by challenging mandates. of its gasoline in 2017, according to Lux. CAGR through 2017.

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Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. In 2015, Neste initiated a two-year study project to verify the methane emission reduction for a newly applied effluent treatment method. million tons annually.

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Biofuel use predicted to double by 2015

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There may still be significant questions over issues such as land use and competition for feedstock supplies for traditional food and feed uses, but that won’t stop the global use of biofuels from more than doubling between 2009 and 2015. Meanwhile, if India’s own projections are met, it could outpace Brazil in ethanol production by 2015.

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Neste Oil more than doubles use of waste- and residue-based inputs for renewable fuel to 742,000 tons

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Neste Oil is the world’s largest supplier of renewable diesel today and the largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues. The amount of renewable diesel that Neste Oil produces from waste and residues today is equivalent to the annual fuel consumption of 740,000 cars.

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