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DHL Express is piloting first hydrogen truck throughout Deutsche Post DHL Group

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DHL Express is the first within Deutsche Post DHL Group to test hydrogen-fueled trucks for the long haul. In line with its Sustainability Roadmap, Deutsche Post DHL Group is heavily investing in the use of alternative fuels. During the piloting phase, up to 350 tons of CO 2 can be saved with the new technology.

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US Navy researchers demonstrate synthesis of high-density biofuels from myrtenal using cyclopropanation

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Biology provides a diverse array of structural motifs that can be leveraged for the synthesis of alternative fuels. Recent work has shown that chemoselective hydrogenation of ring-strained monoterpenes is an effective strategy for the generation of high-performance fuels.

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UC Davis report finds LCFS compliance costs may rise rapidly; recommends offsetting measures

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Any forecast of future economic outcomes under the LCFS requires knowledge of the availability of alternative fuels at different market prices, the cost of producing each fuel, long-run trends in alternative fueling infrastructure, consumer preferences for alternative fuel and alternative fuel vehicles, as well as many other unknowns.

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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Different pathways to jet fuel. Alcohol-to-jet (bottom) is currently being explored by an ASTM Working Group. Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. Test data will be used as part the certification process for alcohol to jet (ATJ) fuels. Source: Byogy.

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CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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—CEC Advisory Group Chair Bruce Agnew. Reducing the environmental impact of freight transportation in the face of increasing trade and economic growth in North America requires much more than continued progress on fuel economy and transport technology. —CEC Executive Director Evan Lloyd.

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Researchers Propose New Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Transportation Fuels as a Case Study

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To demonstrate the technique, Kristin Rogers and Thomas Seager applied it to a set of conventional and alternative transportation fuels (carefully noting that their purpose was purpose to illustrate the method, not to provide definitive conclusions about alternative fuels). Central weights box and whisker plots.