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European consortium begins demonstration project for conversion of woody biomass to chemicals: BIOFOREVER

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BIOFOREVER (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes)—a consortium of 14 European companies—has started a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to value-adding chemical building blocks such as butanol, ethanol, and 2,5–furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) on an industrial scale.

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2024 Hyundai Creta LIVE Updates: The most-awaited mid-size SUV lands today

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Back in 2015, Santro was the smallest Hyundai money could buy and was still faring decently well. As such, even the ‘Creta’ name is an ode to the Crete islands in Greece. 2024 Hyundai Creta LIVE Updates: Journey so far The first-generation Creta was launched in India back in 2015.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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New cars sold in Europe in 2011 were 3.3% more fuel efficient than those sold in 2010; increasing diesel uptake

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In order to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport, carmakers have a collective target for the average car sold in the EU to emit a maximum of 130g CO 2 /km by 2015 and 95g CO 2 /km by 2020. Last year the EEA reported that manufacturers had some distance to go to meet the 2015 target.

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More Job Losses Coming To US Shale

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The economic crisis in Greece, OPEC’s high production levels and China’s market turmoil have created more pressure on oil prices, making a price rebound look highly unlikely in the near future. driller’s debts stood at $235 billion at the end of first quarter of 2015, which is quite worrying. oil and gas industry in 2015.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. Since 2015, the EU’s CO 2 emissions have stabilized, representing 9.6% Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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DLR-led NEMESIS 2+ project develops compact direct steam reformer for diesel/biodiesel to H2

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The EU NEMESIS 2+ project, which ran until June 2015, was coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The primary form of hydrogen production on an industrial scale has been by natural gas steam reforming. The efficiency of the process, from start to finish, is approximately 70%. Original project goals were 50 Nm 3 /h, or 4.5

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