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UGI and Vertimass in 15-year agreement to produce renewable fuels in the US and Europe; $500M investment; propane and SAF

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UGI expects to invest either solely, jointly with Vertimass or in partnership with third parties to build and operate multiple production facilities over the next 15 years in locations across the US and Europe, significantly increasing the supply of renewable-propane and SAF.

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ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech and Primetals to build €87M commercial-scale waste-gas-to-ethanol plant

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It will predominantly be used in gasoline blending, but it can also be further processed into other products such as drop in jet fuel. barrels of gasoline as well as reducing ArcelorMittal’s CO 2 emissions by 2.3 The €87-million (US$96 million) plant will produce 47,000 tons (about 15.7 Every ton of bioethanol produced, displaces 5.2

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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LanzaTech is currently building its first commercial ethanol facilities using waste gases, including one in China with China’s largest steel company, Shougang, and one in Belgium with the world’s largest steel manufacturer, ArcelorMittal. The fuel meets all the specifications required for use in commercial aviation.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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The combustion engine in the Polestar 1 is a high-performance supercharged and turbocharged gasoline in-line four-cylinder engine. The mechanically driven supercharger adds torque from low-to-medium engine speeds together with the turbocharger up to 3500 rpm. The turbocharger then takes over and adds power and torque up to maximum rpm.

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2014 Toyota Verso offering new 1.6L diesel from BMW, first stop/start system

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The 2014 Verso now features an expanded powertrain line-up of 4 diesel and 2 gasoline engines which introduces a new 1.6 —Gerald Killmann, Vice President R&D at Toyota’s R&D center in Belgium. It generates good initial response at low rpm, then, as turbo boost develops, provides a linear torque build-up. 2014 Verso.

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Ford planning to cut 18% of production capacity, 13% of workforce in Europe; anticipating more than $1.5B loss in Europe in 2012

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Additional investment also is expected at Ford’s Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales to support ongoing high volumes of gasoline engine manufacture. The plans would reduce installed vehicle assembly capacity 18% or 355,000 units and would yield gross annual savings of $450 million to $500 million.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.”. Here the king [middle] is shown with Robin Berg [left], founder of We Drive Solar, and Jerôme Pannaud [right], Renault's general manager for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images. Amassing that fleet wasn’t easy.

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