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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award ( DE-FOA-0000996 ) up to $12 million in funding to advance the development of a cost-competitive pathway to produce high-performance carbon fiber for vehicle lightweighting from renewable non-food biomass. Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%. Background.
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The FOA is addressing research and development (R&D) challenges that were identified at a stakeholder workshop held in December 2011 called “Conversion Technologies for Advanced Biofuels” (CTAB) and from a Request for Information (RFI) conducted in November 2012. Earlier post.).
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the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which is designed to reduce the carbon intensity. The Energy Commission held three public workshops throughout California to. This refueling network is envisioned to support the alternative. auto manufacturers’ MY 2015 fleets to be zero?emission emission vehicles, and. 2012/2013 dedicated $18.7
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Source: EPA workshop, June 2009. ICF International, an independent third-party contractor, coordinated the peer reviews which were conducted on four areas of the lifecycle assessment that in particular charted new ground, according to EPA: Land use modeling (use of satellite data/land conversion GHG emission factors). Click to enlarge.
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