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Comprehensive LCA report from Ricardo on behalf of EC confirms environmental benefits of electrified powertrains

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Demonstrate that methodological treatments can significantly influence the overall comparisons (e.g. Values for environmental impacts of fuel chains must therefore be taken with caution, with significant uncertainty ranges, due to methodological choices and limitations in the availability and robustness of data. —Nikolas Hill.

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Lifecycle Study Finds Algae as Bioenergy Feedstock Has Higher Environmental Impacts than Conventional Crops in Energy Use, GHG Emissions, and Water Use; The Importance of Using Waste Streams

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For all crops, the entire plant was used to facilitate comparison on a total energy basis. Although the improvement offered by algae is less dramatic than has been suggested previously, the results suggest that algae cultivation will be less limited by land availability than conventional crops. Clarens et al. Clarens, Eleazer P.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. That was a bit of an effort, too, but that’s what it’s all about. —Thomas Karnowski.

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Fiat Chrysler investing additional $266M in Kokomo to increase capacity for 8-speed transmissions

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Currently, the eight-speed transmission is available on the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango and Ram 1500. In 2013, KTP produced nearly 300,000 eight-speeds. That number has more than doubled to nearly 700,000 in the first 11 months of 2014. That quantity of gasoline is worth approximately $2.5

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New study suggests reported PAH emissions in oil sands region greatly underestimated

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Data describing emissions to air compiled from two official sources result in simulated concentrations in air, soil, water, and foliage that tend to fall close to or below the minimum measured concentrations of phenanthrene [PHE], pyrene [PYR], and benzo(a)pyrene [BaP] in the environment. Accounting for evaporative emissions (e.g.,

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Life cycle study calculates Algenols algae-to-ethanol process can deliver 67% to 87% reduction in carbon footprint compared to gasoline

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They found that, on a life cycle basis in comparison to gasoline, the direct to ethanol technology can provide a 67% to 87% reduction in carbon footprint on an energy equivalent basis for initial ethanol concentrations (given in weight percent) ranging from 0.5% MJ/MJEtOH down to 0.20 g CO 2 e/MJEtOH down to 12.3 wt % to 5 wt %.

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EPA Awards $2M to Small Businesses to Develop Sustainable Technologies; Includes Biofuel, Emissions Reduction Projects

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million to 34 small businesses to develop innovative, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment. Included in the 34 FY2010 SBIR Phase I awards are the following biofuel and emissions-reduction projects: Technology Specialists, “Thermochemical Biofuels Production from Biomass Waste Materials”, $70,000.

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