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Eni and FCA develop A20: 15% methanol, 5% ethanol high-octane gasoline blend

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By harnessing its low carbon content, bio component and high octane number (RON 100), the new alternative fuel emits up to 3% less in CO 2 exhaust emissions quantified using the new Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedures (WLTP).

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Lux Research provides snapshot of oil majors’ investments in alternative fuels; BP leads investment frequency

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Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Shell shifted its shares in Codexis to Raizen, its ethanol JV with Cosan.

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European project working to establish basis for standardization of methanol fuels in Europe

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Hardware-in-the-loop test rig for the qualification of fuels. While methanol production from fossil raw materials is common practice in the chemical industry, it is still in the development stage on the basis of renewable energy sources, although it already has a high technology readiness level. Photo: TEC4FUELS.

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SEAT introducing first natural-gas-fueled SUV at Paris show: Arona TGI

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SEAT is actively boosting CNG as the fuel forms a sustainable additional alternative. Furthermore the technology is compatible with the use of quality-assured, renewable biomethane, ensuring the long-term future of CNG as an alternative for low emission mobility. —Luca de Meo, President of SEAT. Internally, the 1.0-liter

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Tsinghua Study Finds That Conventional Three-Way Catalyst Can Handle the Unregulated Emissions from Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blends

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At the tailpipe, the TWC ultimately reduced the regulated and unregulated emissions from the methanol-gasoline engine to the same levels as those generated by a conventional gasoline engine. A paper on their study was published online 3 December in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. —Fan et al.

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SEAT pushes forward with CNG line-up

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And thanks to the technology’s compatibility with renewable bio-methane, it makes it an important part of the fuel mix as we move towards low emission mobility. A CNG vehicle reduces CO 2 emissions by about 25% compared to a gasoline-driven equivalent. —Luca de Meo, President of SEAT.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion.