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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Eligible diesel vehicles, engines and equipment may include drayage trucks; marine engines; locomotives and non-road engines; and equipment or vehicles used in the handling of cargo at a marine or inland water port. Certified Engine Repower: up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of an eligible engine repower.

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EPA Diesel Emissions Mariner 261

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-14-07 ) that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, from fleets operating at marine and inland water ports located in areas of poor air quality.

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JANUARY 12, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-14-02 ) that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and diesel emissions exposure, from fleets operating at marine and inland water ports.

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EPA Diesel Emissions Fleet 257

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

—Brian Cull, Senior Intelligent Transport Systems Engineer, Highways England. Flameless combustion eliminates all pollutant emissions such as NO x , CO, and PM, and enables the fuel-flexibility that is crucial in creating demand for clean alternative fuels, accelerating the transition to a net-zero carbon economy.

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Grid Clean Cleaning Power 435

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JULY 6, 2016

The City of Carlsbad is now fueling its city fleet with Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable). Diesel HPR is produced by Neste and specially formulated and distributed by Propel. The City of Carlsbad is among the first city fleets in California to adopt low-carbon fuel renewable diesel.

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MAY 7, 2015

million in grant funding to help governments and nonprofit organizations switch to cleaner diesel engines. Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or if their principal purpose is promoting clean transportation or air quality. million each.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nestlé Waters North America’s is deploying more than 400 additional medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. The company now operates nearly 600 of these alternatively fueled trucks, which make up about 30% of its total North American fleet. The Ford 6.8L grams per brake horsepower-hour for NO x.

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Water Fleet Alternative Fuels Fuel 150

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Blue Bird is providing the cleanest propane engine available for school buses on the market, with this version being 90% cleaner than the current emissions standard and 10 times cleaner than any non-Blue Bird propane school bus option available today. g/bhp-hr—a new version of the Ford 6.8 HD-OBD LPG with Ultra Low NO x 0.02

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JULY 12, 2013

New fuel booster valve for ME-LGI engine showing the main constituent parts. On 1 July MAN Diesel & Turbo announced the development of a new ME-LGI dual fuel engine. MAN has now signed a Letter of Intent with Vancouver-based Waterfront Shipping for the use of four MAN ME-LGI engines on its ships.

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Diesel Engine Fuel Mariner 220

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MARCH 6, 2018

This rise in average CO 2 emissions correlates with a decrease in demand for diesel cars across Europe—which produce lower CO 2 emissions than gasoline cars—and the rising popularity of SUVs, which emit higher average CO 2 emissions of 133.0 In turn, diesel cars accounted for just 43.8% g/km—a difference of 5.5

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Gasoline Diesel Emissions SUV 244

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Propel launched Diesel HPR across Southern California in August 2015, and consumer adoption of the fuel has risen 300% compared to its former biodiesel product (B20). Performance features include a 75 cetane rating, 40 percent higher than regular diesel. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. ignition delay) of alternative fuels. ignition delay) of alternative fuels.

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MARCH 13, 2012

the joint venture between Westport Innovations and Weichai Power, announced the introduction of China’s first natural gas engine featuring Westport high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology. The Weichai Westport HPDI engine is currently undergoing road testing with a select OEM customer, Shaanxi Automobile Group.

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Engine 2011 Alternative Fuels Diesel 199

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AUGUST 13, 2015

Propel Fuels has expanded its sales of Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) to locations across Southern California. Utilizing Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel, Propel’s Diesel HPR is a low-carbon, drop-in renewable fuel that meets petroleum diesel specifications and can be used in any diesel engine.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The new trucks will join UPS’ Rolling Lab, a growing fleet of more than 9,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. —Carlton Rose, President, Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering for UPS. UPS operates one of the largest private alternative fuel and advanced technology fleets in the US.

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Cost Of Gasoline-Electric Alternative Fuels Los Angeles 223

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Mammoet, the world’s largest service provider specializing in engineered heavy lifting and transport will use cleaner-burning Shell gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel to power all its cranes and trucks in the Netherlands. Shell GTL Fuel is an alternative fuel for use in diesel engines, which can lower local emissions (e.g.

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Netherlands Fuel Cleaner Alternative Fuels 150

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has approved specifications for dimethyl ether (DME) used as fuel in compression ignition engines. These include gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuels such as biodiesel and hydrogen.). In contrast, the major components of diesel fuel do not contain oxygen.

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California Fuel Engine Sale 150

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association oversees the Clean Air Choice program throughout the United States promoting alternative renewable fuels such as biodiesel and E85, partnering with fleets to replace legacy diesel engines, and by supporting the clean-air advantages of electric and hybrid vehicles. —Harold P.

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Chicago Clean Cleaning 2017 150

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JUNE 2, 2016

The 5-year deal, worth an estimated $3 million per year, will enable BBB to continue using Clean Energy’s Redeem brand of renewable natural gas (RNG), rated up to 90% cleaner than diesel. NO x engine is designed for medium-duty truck, urban bus, school bus and refuse applications and is available on the market today.

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Clean Cleaning Renewable Fleet 150

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AUGUST 28, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. The clean diesel program’s goal is to improve air quality by decreasing emissions from diesel-powered transit bus and school bus fleets.

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Pennsylvania Grant Clean Cleaning 186

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JULY 17, 2020

Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. AOI 05: Improved Efficiency of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Natural Gas and Propane (LPG) Engines. 1,549,915.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

SoCalGas) and Oberon Fuels , a San Diego-based low-emission alternative fuels company, announced a joint research and development agreement to design and construct the first commercial facility in the United States to produce Dimethyl Ether (DME) from natural gas for use as a transportation fuel. —Hal D.

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JULY 21, 2009

The acronym is the same, but the US Department of Energy’s renamed 15 th DEER conference ( DEER 2009 ), to be held in Dearborn, Michigan 3-6 August, will feature a greatly expanded program extending well beyond its origin in diesel engine emissions reduction to include other engine technologies, advanced combustion processes, and fuels.

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Diesel 2009 Alternative Fuels Cleaner 150

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Scania unveiled its new global engine platform that will be used worldwide for all emission standards: Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5, EEV and Euro 6. European markets also have access to an extended range of Euro 5 and EEV engines with SCR technology. The engines can operate on up to 100% biodiesel.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Wagner, Director of the Fuels Engines and Emissions Research Center, and Dr. Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. 3D DNS of auto-ignition with 30-species.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.). Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million

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APRIL 9, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, continues to spearhead the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology, giving customers the widest choice of vehicles that are cleaner, more sustainable and offer even greater efficiency.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The hybrid systems were partially funded by Drive Clean Chicago, a program that aims to accelerate the adoption of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure in Chicago. The first of the hydraulic hybrid systems were commissioned last week. UPS anticipates an ROI of one to two years on these vehicles.

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APRIL 2, 2011

The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Clean Energy has begun a major fueling infrastructure upgrade for trucks operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. The upgrade will increase the availability of Redeem at the nation’s largest alternative fuel station in America’s largest port complex.

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Renewable Gas Kansas City Los Angeles 150

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MAY 21, 2015

The school district is purchasing 86 Blue Bird Propane Vision school buses, and hopes to convert more of their diesel fleet to propane buses in the future. The new buses, powered by a Ford V10 engine, each come equipped with a ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel system.

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Boston Fleet Extended Range Diesel 150

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MARCH 6, 2013

FedEx Express alternative fuel fleet deployment as of August 2012. FedEx Express has exceeded its original goal of a 20% improvement in global vehicle fleet fuel economy by 2020, as compared to 2005, with a more than 22% cumulative improvement in fuel economy for its vehicles. Source: FedEx. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 4, 2009

a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. IMPCO’s bi-fuel system is a certified engine conversion for the following vehicles: 2007 5.4L

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USA Engine GMC Sierra 150

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JUNE 19, 2013

Alternatively, the ship may use any “fitting, material, appliance or apparatus or other procedures, alternative fuel oils, or compliance methods”, which are at least as effective in terms of emissions reductions, as approved by the Party to MARPOL Annex VI.

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Fuel Alternative Fuels Mariner Oil 186

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The Model Fuel Library is a subscription-based library which includes more than 40 fully validated, self-consistent components that can be used to simulate fuel effects in virtually all types of automotive and aircraft engines, as well as engines used for electric power generation. Additive components such as ETBE.

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Fuel Design Engine Emissions 225

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APRIL 23, 2014

… These differences in ATJ blend components from SPK paraffins derived from the FT or HEFA processes cause concern with turbine engine manufacturers because the different carbon distributions of the fuel might impact engine performance. ASTM subcommittees are addressing these issues. Earlier post.).

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