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Innovative water treatment at Audi Ingolstadt saves up to 500,000 cubic meters of fresh water a year; heading to ZLD

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Audi has put a new service-water supply center into operation at the Ingolstadt site. In this way, Audi will saves up to 500,000 cubic meters of fresh water each year. The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR).

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Ford Bronco Sport first to feature parts made of 100% recycled ocean plastic

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Wiring harness clips in Ford Bronco Sport models are made of ocean-harvested plastic—commonly referred to as “ghost gear.”. For more than two decades, Ford has used recycled plastics not collected from oceans to produce various parts for automobiles.

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Audi México produces completely without wastewater

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Audi is now the first premium manufacturer to produce automobiles completely free of wastewater. At its site in San José Chiapa, Mexico, the company is using a new water treatment process that collects 100 percent of the wastewater produced there, purifies it and feeds large volumes of clean water back into the plant’s water supply system.

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Ineos builds first Grenadiers for US marketplace

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The manufacturing facility, which as soon as produced Sly automobiles, used to be bought from Mercedes-Benz in early 2021 and has been generating Grenadiers for alternative markets since past due 2022. Ineos claims to have greater than 7,000 orders for the Grenadier within the U.S., making it the corporate’s greatest marketplace.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Often referred to as a “drop-in” fuel, reformate is an ingredient in gasoline and jet fuel that can be added during the regular refinery process. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. The main catalysts are proprietary modified ZSM-5 catalysts. Earlier post.).

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Today, chip shortages continue to disrupt the consumer electronics, automobile, and other sectors. In a simulation, the aggregated load from 1,000 electric water heaters [solid orange line] almost exactly matches renewable energy supply [dashed gold line] after packetized control is switched on [vertical dotted line]. kilowatt-hours.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989.