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California reduces tax on dimethyl ether (DME) fuel to be consistent with other alternative fuels; enabling retail sales

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The upshot is that the new law makes the statutory changes necessary to enable retail sale of dimethyl ether (DME)-propane fuel blend. California-based Oberon Fuels, a producer of low-carbon dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, celebrated the signing of California Assembly Bill 2663 into law. Oberon’s process.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? The answer is petroleum fuels. The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. The worlds’ energy requirements are mostly meet by these petroleum fuels.

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JRC report assesses R&I in low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) in Europe; €2.3B spent from 2007-2020

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The European Commission’s Joint Research Center recently published a report analyzing research and innovation (R&I) in low-emission alternative energy for transport in Europe. Transport infrastructure (INF). Electricity is covered separately in the Transport electrification (ELT) roadmap. Bars not in scale. Source: JRC.

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UPS to use biomethane for Memphis and Jackson alternative fuel fleet

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with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. of total gas and diesel purchased was displaced by using these alternative fuels. and Jackson, Miss.,

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EU project HyFlexFuel converted sewage sludge and other biomasses into kerosene by hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); SAF

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The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).

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

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Driven by aggressive mandates, government support and cost advantages, China and India—the world’s two most populous countries—dominate Asia’s alternative fuels landscape, according to Lux Research. of its diesel fuel and 0.3% Japan and Korea rely heavily on advanced fuel imports. With a fleet of 1.5

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Argonne LCA study finds many alternative fuels consume more water than petroleum and natural gas fuels

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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have analyzed the water consumption for transportation fuels in the United States using an extended lifecycle system boundary that includes the water embedded in intermediate processing steps. Well-to-wheels pathways for transportation fuels and passenger vehicles analyzed by Lampert et al.