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BAE Systems Delivers First Series Hybrid Propulsion Systems to Alexander Dennis Ltd.

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They are the first of up to 300 series hybrid electric buses that will be supplied to operators across the UK with support from the Department of Transport’s £30 million (US$46 million) Green Bus Fund , which provides financial incentives to adopt green technologies.

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UW Madison, ExxonMobil researchers convert alcohols to diesel-range ethers and olefins

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A paper on their work appears in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. The numbers depicted are carbon flows based on a process in which Guerbet coupling is performed at 50% conversion and etherification is performed at 65% conversion. Increasing conversion decreases selectivity, producing predominantly mono-ene and diene byproducts.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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