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Saab Gripen fighter completes first test flights with 100% biofuel; CHCJ-5

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This demonstrates that the aircraft can be flown entirely with an alternative fuel and gives valuable knowledge for future possible use of alternative fuel. The tested fuel—Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion Jet fuel (CHCJ-5)—was made from rapeseed oil. McDaniel, A., Dickerson, T.,

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The core business is the production of renewable fuels and clean, efficient energy conversion technologies. Aramco Americas.

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Volvo Trucks to begin limited production of DME heavy-duty trucks in NA in 2015; customer trials; Oberon partnership

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Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Rebecca Boudreaux, Oberon’s president, oil was at $16 per barrel back then. Now, she says, the landscape has changed with the high price of oil. Volvo Truck’s DME announcement comes in the context of many years of alternative fuel and driveline development.

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Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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Increased availability of low CO 2 sources of electricity and hydrogen could counter-intuitively delay, rather than accelerate, a large-scale transition to an electric and/or hydrogen vehicle fleet, according to a new study by researchers from Ford Motor Company and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

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Partner Update and Announcement

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Ø In 2008, the House of Representatives will try once again to pass a renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits bill that will include a tax credit for Plug in Hybrids. The bill, HR 5351 includes a credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. This is the same bill that the House passed in 2007. The bill (H.R.