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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. Enerkem’s platform is a 4-step thermochemical process that consists of feedstock preparation; gasification; cleaning and conditioning of syngas; and catalytic synthesis.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

million metric tons of electronic waste in 2019, up more than 21% over five years, according to the United Nations’ most recent assessment. Only about 17% of that e-waste was recycled, and what happens to the rest can be detrimental for both human health and privacy. The world generated a record 53.6 We have so, so, so many devices.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020. Inkoo was selected as our location due to its high-quality infrastructure and access to clean power. The concrete generated during the demolition work has been pulverised and cleaned.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. NICE has awarded Clean Energy the contract to design, build and operate and maintain a new CNG station that will, upon completion, replace its existing Mitchel Field station, and operate and maintain the existing CNG stations. Completion of the new station is expected for summer 2017. Schlosser Co.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Traditional PEM fuel cells have a relatively low operating temperature, which makes for a low tolerance to hydrogen fuel impurities and makes waste-heat rejection a challenge for vehicles. As the heavy-duty transportation industry seeks greener alternatives to combustion engines, HT-PEM fuel cells promise a clean, efficient alternative.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office has published a report, titled Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams: Challenges and Opportunities. Spatial distribution and influent range of 14,581 USEPA 2012 Clean Water Needs Survey (CWNS) catalogued treatmenet plants.Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The fuel ensures a clean combustion as well as reduces noise and local emissions.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Oberon Fuels, a producer of clean-burning Dimethyl Ether (DME) transportation fuel ( earlier post ), announced the first customer demonstration of a DME-powered Mack truck, a Mack Pinnacle. Currently, one-third of all waste on the curb in New York is organic.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Key learnings from Volvo’s SuperTruck ( earlier post ) efforts played a critical role in the design and engineering of Volvo Trucks North America’s recently introduced 2017 powertrain, delivering improved fuel efficiency and performance to customers. A proven common rail fuel injection system was adapted to Volvo’s 2017 D11 and D13 engines.

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JULY 2, 2018

Andreas Scheuer, German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, announced the award of around €50 million (US$58 million) in funding for 31 municipal electric mobility projects under the “Clean Air 2017-2020 emergency program”. The demand for our funding program is so huge that we are starting the next call today.

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In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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JULY 12, 2013

GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 In 2012, GM invested more than $7.3

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MARCH 9, 2018

not cleaned or upgraded to remove wastewater, CO 2 and other particles, as happens with the production of compressed natural gas for vehicle fuels. We have been working with Tekniska verken for the past two years, initially with compressed natural gas, and we started testing raw gas in early 2017.

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JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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MARCH 7, 2018

In 2017, engineers from Achates presented a paper (2017-01-0638) at the SAE World Congress (WCX 17) describing the development of a 55% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) commercial heavy-duty opposed-piston engine without the use of a waste heat recovery system or turbocompounding. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

million people worldwide in 2017, the paper notes. Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas. Only AIDS causes more deaths. billion IQ points across the continent.

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APRIL 2, 2018

It would be wasteful to discard those consumer savings, but EPA now appears poised to do just that.”. Nichols: “This is a politically motivated effort to weaken clean vehicle standards with no documentation, evidence or law to back up that decision. NRDC: “Backing off now is irresponsible and unwarranted.”. This decision takes the U.S.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

The ISX12N also meets 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements. RNG is pipeline-quality natural gas produced from the decomposition of organic waste, which can come from a variety of sources such as dairy farms, landfills, and urban waste treatment plants. Production of the ISX12N will begin in February of 2018.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The distribution of Neste MY Renewable Diesel, produced entirely from waste and residues, has expanded to the Neste Truck network for heavy vehicles in Finland. Its properties ensure a clean combustion and reduce engine noise and local emissions.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

According to a recent SAE paper—“Developing a 55% BTE Commercial Heavy-Duty Opposed-Piston Engine without a Waste Heat Recovery System,”—these gains can have a direct and multiplied impact on the heavy-duty vehicle market. It has proven industry-best fuel economy gains of up to 30 percent and significant emissions reductions.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. As a result, they reported that they had almost completely eliminated HFC-23 emissions by 2017.

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MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content. Earlier post.).

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JULY 19, 2018

From 2014 to 2017, Celanese operated a 275,000 metric ton per year industrial ethanol unit at the Nanjing, China Chemical Industrial Park. natural gas, coal, pet coke, biomass and waste. Celanese Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Chengzhi Shareholding Co.,

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) machining tools—which replace high volumes of coolant with fine mists of oil to cool, lubricate and clean during the metal working process—use 99.8% The second phase of engine production is scheduled to start in 2017, with the first installation in Ford cars planned for 2018.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The only waste product is fresh clean water which could be used to refill the aircraft’s water system throughout the flight. The airline will start taking delivery of A320neo aircraft from June 2017 and the new planes will be around 13% - 15% more fuel efficient than the planes they are replacing.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

ExxonMobil signed an agreement with REG in January 2016 to study the production of biodiesel through fermentation of renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste. In June 2017, ExxonMobil and partner Synthetic Genomics, Inc. We are excited to take these discoveries to the next level.

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DECEMBER 29, 2015

The partnership will help to deliver biorefining technology to India to convert biomass waste to clean sugars to be further converted to cellulosic ethanol and other bio-based chemicals. This partnership can help India achieve 10% ethanol blending levels in petrol and 20% blending ratio by 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The SuperTruck powertrain includes a complex Rankine waste-heat recovery system, which converts heat normally wasted in exhaust into torque, boosting fuel economy by helping to power the vehicle. (This new design added “wave” bumps on the side of the piston bowl, which allows the fuel to burn more cleanly.).

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JULY 21, 2015

The agreement runs through 2024, with first delivery expected in 2017. The Red Rock process begins with the gasification of woody biomass to produce synthesis gas, which is then is cleaned and sent to a Fischer-Tropsch unit where it is converted to liquid hydrocarbons. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The WVU team collaborated on the study with Environmental Defense Fund and a group of industry leaders including: the American Gas Association, Chart, Clean Energy, Cummins, Cummins Westport, International Council on Clean Transportation, PepsiCo, Shell, Volvo Group, Waste Management, and Westport Innovations. Clark, David L.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

In June 2017, Sunfire delivered the world’s most efficient steam electrolysis module (SOEC) in the context of the Horizon 2020 project ‘Green Industrial Hydrogen via reversible high-temperature electrolysis’ (GrInHy) at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH. The delivery from Dresden to Salzgitter took place in June 2017. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

In total, these projects are intended to produce more than 100 million gallons of military-grade fuel beginning in 2016 and 2017 at a price competitive with their petroleum counterparts. This synthesis gas is cleaned and sent to a Fischer-Tropsch unit where it is converted to liquid hydrocarbons. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 10, 2017

Only AJF from lignocellulosic energy crops, agricultural residues and waste feedstocks are shown to provide substantial emission reductions compared to conventional jet fuel. Sammy El Takriti, Nikita Pavlenko, and Stephanie Searle (2017) “ Mitigating International Aviation Emissions ”.

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APRIL 26, 2018

The Association was established in October 2017 to promote the commercialization of a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain and to bridge entities including industry, academia, and government throughout the prefecture in order to achieve this. Background.

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MAY 8, 2021

According to the NHTSA, there were 738 tire-related fatalities in 2017. Your car wastes more gas (or electricity) when running on underinflated tires. Then keep the oil clean. Ensure the engine has clean oil for ultimate fuel economy and enhanced performance. Follow these instructions to keep your car running smoothly.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The assessment will be completed in early 2017, and pending results of the assessment, specific HFC reduction measures may be revised accordingly. The State’s organic waste should be put to beneficial use, such as for soil amendments/compost, electrical generation, transportation fuel, and pipeline-injected renewable natural gas.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Governor Brown is also actively supporting implementation of the draft Strategy by including $215 million in his proposed 2016-2017 budget to support a range of immediate actions. In his proposed 2016-2017 budget, Governor Brown included $40 million to incentivize clean woodstoves. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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