Carbon, Diesel and Engine

Cummins showcases 15L fuel-agnostic engine platform; hydrogen, diesel, biogas

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

At CONEXPO, Cummins showcased its new fuel-agnostic 15-liter engine platform with hydrogen, natural gas and advanced diesel engines offering low-to-zero carbon fuel capability. The next-generation engine is designed to accelerate the decarbonization of heavy-duty off-highway applications.

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Hydrogen Diesel Engine Fuel

Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

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AUGUST 14, 2023

A team from Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology and FPT Motorenforschung reports in an open-access paper in the journal Fuel on the performance and emission characteristics of an 11-liter heavy-duty compression ignition engine which was optimized specifically for DME (dimethyl ether) combustion.

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SwRI engineers develop near-zero emissions diesel engine technology; 90% reduction of NOx

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. —SwRI Research Engineer Bryan Zavala, a member of the low NO x development team.

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Study on effects of ammonia-diesel blends in CI engines

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APRIL 17, 2023

An international team from the Middle East has investigated the characteristics of diesel engines powered by petroleum diesel fuel blended with different volumetric percentages of aqueous ammonia. Since 40%, 50%, and 60% of NH 4 OH have lower heating values than diesel, BSFC is reduced by 7.15, 10.4%, and 15.38%, respectively.

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JCB unveils hydrogen engine at Conexpo

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2023

inline-four hydrogen combustion engine (448 ABH2)—the company’s zero-carbon emissions solution for construction and agricultural equipment—at the Conexpo 2023 show in Las Vegas as part of the International Fluid Power Exposition (IFPE). JCB has also installed one of the hydrogen engines into a 7.5

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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Diesel cars are a popular choice for those looking to buy a used vehicle in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. After all, diesel cars cost less to maintain, burn less fuel, and have a longer engine life. To reduce emissions, diesel vehicles use filters that catch exhaust particles and other contaminants.

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WinGD and HSD Engine collaborate to deliver methanol-fueled two-stroke engines

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Korean engine builder HSD Engine have initiated a Joint Development Project (JDP) to advance the development of WinGD’s methanol-fueled big-bore engines. Under the JDP, WinGD will oversee combustion and injection research, exhaust aftertreatment requirements and engine concept design.

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Engine Fuel Mariner Diesel

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for ‘Carbon Zero 1’ renewable jet and diesel production plant

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JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

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Renewable Carbon Diesel Engine

ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $2.5M to advance diesel-free truck demonstration; ethanol-fueled MCCI

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JUNE 18, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a growing startup dedicated to the development of clean engine technology ( earlier post ), secured $2.5 The ClearFlame solution leverages diesel-style mixing-controlled compression ignition (MCCI). The new funding will help ClearFlame deploy pilot Class 8 trucks with its patented technology.

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Diesel Engine Fuel Iowa

Cummins and Versatile partner to bring 15L hydrogen engines to ag market

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Cummins and Canada-based Buhler Industries , a leading tractor manufacturer under the Versatile brand, signed a letter of intent for plans to integrate the Cummins 15-liter hydrogen engines in Versatile’s equipment to lead the decarbonization of the agriculture market. Versatile 620 fitted with a Cummins X15 diesel. Cummins M15H.

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Hydrogen Engine Market Diesel

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Clean fuels replaced more than 50% of the diesel used in the state in the first quarter of 2023, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). billion gallons of diesel. The program is designed to lower the carbon intensity in fuels by assessing each step in their production, from extraction to combustion.

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Cummins to introduce 15-liter natural gas engine for North America; basis for hydrogen engine under development

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

will bring to market a 15-liter natural gas engine for heavy-duty trucks. The 15-liter natural gas engine is an important part of Cummins strategy for its path to zero emissions. —Srikanth Padmanabhan, President, Engine Business, Cummins. Cummins Inc. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

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JULY 11, 2023

Analysis of a study by S&P Global Mobility shows the number of new near-zero emission diesel trucks on the road in the US increased 10.2% between 2021 and 2022, according to the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). Near-zero emission trucks are advanced diesel technology manufactured in the 2010 and later model years. are CNG, 0.3%

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First orders for MAN G80 dual-fuel methanol engine

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MARCH 10, 2023

HJSC) have respectively ordered seven and two MAN B&W G80ME-LGIM dual-fuel engines in connection with the construction of 9 × 9,000 TEU container vessels for HMM Co., The G80 engines will, upon delivery, be connectivity-ready and prepared for digital services such as PrimeServ Assist. Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. —Thomas S.

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Engine Fuel Mariner South America

HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

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JULY 2, 2022

The EU-funded HyMethShip project developed a system that innovatively combined a membrane reactor, a CO 2 capture system, a storage system for CO 2 and methanol as well as a hydrogen-fueled combustion engine to power ships. The bottom part shows how hydrogen for the engine is obtained from methanol in the reactor (blue arrow).

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Carbon

WinGD says its engines will be able to run on methanol from 2024 and ammonia from 2025

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Swiss engine designer WinGD, a leading developer of two-stroke low-speed gas and diesel engines used for propulsion power in merchant shipping, said that its engines will be able to run on methanol and ammonia from 2024 and 2025 respectively. —Volkmar Galke, Director of Global Sales, WinGD.

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UrbanX Group signs FEED contract with Hyundai Engineering for renewable diesel facility in Bakersfield

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JUNE 3, 2021

UrbanX Renewables Group of Long Beach, CA, executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd—an essential step for building the state’s first facility producing ultra-low carbon renewable diesel. It can also yield a prime sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). UrbanX process flow.

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Renewable Diesel Long Beach Hyundai

Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

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APRIL 7, 2022

liter, heavy-duty opposed-piston, three-cylinder diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners ( earlier post ) has entered fleet service with WALMART Corporation in a Peterbilt 579 tractor. liter engine. Achates Power announced that the 10.6-liter,

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Diesel Fleet Peterbilt Eaton

DTF: Diesel dominates commercial truck, transit and school bus fleets in US

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JULY 14, 2022

Diesel is the predominant technology in commercial trucking, school, and transit bus sectors, according to the Diesel Technology Forum’s analysis of data sourced from S&P Global Mobility TIPNet data of vehicles in operation for Class 3-8 as of December 2021. Of the largest trucks (Class 8) in operation, 97% are diesels.

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Diesel Fleet Commercial District of Columbia

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

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MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

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Cologne Bonn Airport switches to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its entire diesel-powered ground fleet

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Cologne Bonn Airport has switched to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its diesel-powered ground fleet. Neste’s renewable diesel (also known as HVO100) is made from 100% renewable raw materials, and it is in particular used for powering large and heavy vehicles such as the airport’s fire trucks, which are not easy to electrify.

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Diesel Renewable Fleet Power

Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG

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MAY 5, 2023

will be updated with a Cummins X15N natural gas engine ( earlier post ) that will run on Shell Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). The truck will showcase how fleets today can reduce their energy usage and carbon emissions, without losing focus on the cost of their operations. At ACT Expo in Anaheim, Shell announced that Shell Starship 3.0

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Cummins and Chevron advance strategic collaboration; focus on lower carbon-intensity fuels

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Cummins and Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation announced a memorandum of understanding to leverage complementary positioning in hydrogen, natural gas, and other lower carbon fuel value chains. This collaboration is intended to encourage commercial and industrial adoption in North America.

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CCS Redux: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? Just Put Electricity Into Tesla Semi Instead

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2024

The post CCS Redux: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? For the same energy inputs you could travel 3 times as far for a 5th the CO2 emissions and well under half the cost in an electric truck. Just Put Electricity Into Tesla Semi Instead appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Aramco and Stellantis collaboration indicates eFuel compatibility with 24 European engine families produced since 2014 (Euro 6)

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Stellantis has concluded that 24 engine families in European vehicles sold since 2014, representing 28 million vehicles on the road, are ready to use advanced drop-in eFuel without any powertrain modification, following months of testing at its technical centers across Europe.

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Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As a result, Argent has offset more than 97 million pounds of carbon from the atmosphere and removed a half-million pounds of trash from the streets of Oakland, California. Now, Argent has switched its fleet from petroleum diesel to Neste MY Renewable Diesel. There’s no change in engine performance. <>/div>.

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Renewable Diesel Fleet Building

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for renewable jet and diesel production plant; Axens technology

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JUNE 17, 2021

has awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis “Carbon Zero” renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis, Inc.

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Renewable Diesel Engine Production

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2020

The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. will be equipped with GDI engines by 2025. will be equipped with GDI engines by 2025.

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Climate Carbon Engine Fuel Economy

Werner Enterprises signs letter of intent to secure 500 Cummins X15H hydrogen engines

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, has signed a letter of intent to purchase 500 Cummins’ 15-liter hydrogen internal combustion engines upon availability. —Jim Nebergall, General Manager, Cummins Hydrogen Engine Business. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Engine Fleet International

ClearFlame Engine Technologies completes on-road demo of Class 8 truck with Cummins X15 running E98 ethanol

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), successfully completed an on-road demonstration of its proprietary technology that enables a heavy-duty truck diesel engine to operate on low-carbon and carbon-negative fuels, including 100% renewable plant-based fuels.

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Engine Diesel Exhaust Fuel

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

An open-access paper on their results is published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. The marginal GHG emissions abatement costs were estimated to be $116–$270/tonne CO 2e and $5–$103/tonne CO 2 e for the yellow grease HEFA and swine manure HTL pathways, respectively, for a diesel price ranging between $0.5/GLE

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Waste Diesel Renewable Convert

ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $17M in Series A financing

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.

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Manufacture of world’s largest methanol engine moves HHI-EMD past 200 million bhp milestone for low-speed, two-stroke engines

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

At a ceremony in South Korea in March, HHI-EMD—a MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke licensee— marked the manufacture of the world’s largest methanol-powered two-stroke engine, a MAN B&W G95ME-LGIM type. With its 95 cm cylinder bore-size, this is the world’s largest methanol engine. LGIM variants.

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Engine Manufacturer South Korea Mariner

Hyundai Heavy verifies performance of 1.5MW-class LNG/hydrogen engine

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Hyundai Heavy Industries successfully verified the performance of a recently developed 1.5MW-class LNG/hydrogen engine, which can selectively use diesel and a mixture of LNG and hydrogen to reduce emissions. Hyundai Heavy says the engine is a first step toward hydrogen-fueled engines.

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Cummins investing more than $1B in US engine manufacturing network

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APRIL 4, 2023

In addition to recent investments in Fridley, Cummins is investing more than $1 billion across its US engine manufacturing network in Indiana, North Carolina and New York. Over half of all medium- and heavy-duty trucks on the road in the US today use Cummins engines, the company said. The Cummins Power Systems factory is a 1.1

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Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

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MAY 19, 2023

Electrofuels provider Infinium and comprehensive carbon management company Navigator CO2 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and long-term relationship for Navigator to deliver 600,000 tons per annum (TPA) of biogenic carbon dioxide from its Heartland Greenway system to a future Infinium facility for the production of electrofuels (eFuels).

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ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. Reviva has been providing quality remanufactured engines and engine components for more than 70 years.

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WinGD to deliver methanol engines for COSCO SHIPPING Lines container vessels

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MARCH 25, 2023

WinGD will supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fuelled engines to four 16,000 TEU container vessels to be built for COSCO SHIPPING Lines at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. These vessels will be delivered from 2025 and will feature WinGD’s first X92DF-M engines in China. Earlier post.)

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Cummins and Isuzu announce global mid-range diesel powertrain and advanced engineering collaboration

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

and Isuzu Motors Limited announced agreements for a global mid-range diesel powertrain and an advanced engineering collaboration, marking another step forward in the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership (ICPP). Under this global mid-range diesel collaboration agreement, Cummins will provide Isuzu mid-range B6.7 Cummins Inc.

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HaaS company Hydra Energy delivers first converted hydrogen-diesel co-combustion heavy-duty truck; up to 40% hydrogen

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Hydra offers a proven hydrogen-diesel, co-combustion retrofit approach; the retrofitted engines can run up to 40% hydrogen, with a concomittant reduction in emissions. This is when the hydrogen capture at Chemtrade’s local plant will be completed, and low-carbon hydrogen fuel will be flowing.

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Hydrogen Convert Diesel Companies

Optimus Technologies closes $17.8M Series A to advance Vector System for heavy-duty engines on 100% biodiesel

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

The capital raise will fund the further development and deployment of Optimus’ Vector System, an advanced fuel system technology which enables medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on 100% biodiesel. The Vector System is an advanced fuel system upgrade that integrates into existing engines without significant modifications.

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Cummins and Tula study of Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) shows 74% reduction in NOx, 5% in CO2 on low load cycle

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APRIL 14, 2021

a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced at SAE International’s WCX the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. Cummins Inc.

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Diesel CO2 Emissions Engine

Kawasaki, Subaru, Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha partner on producing, transporting, and using carbon-neutral fuels, including hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

jointly announced that, toward the achievement of carbon neutrality, they will take on the challenge of expanding fuel options through the use of internal combustion engines at the (three-hour) Super Taikyu Race in Okayama on 13-14 November. Continuing to race using hydrogen engines. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,

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Continental Aerospace Technologies finalizing HVO testing for use in CD-100 engine series

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JULY 26, 2023

Continental, a subsidiary of Continental Aerospace Technologies Holding Limited, is finalizing testing of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a sustainable fuel option in its CD-100 series of engines. Continental CD-100 Jet-A Engine Series: aircraft engine facing right. HVO is a renewable and carbon-neutral fuel alternative.

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Engine Oil Alternative Fuels Fuel Alternative

Cummins showcases 15L fuel-agnostic engine platform; hydrogen, diesel, biogas

Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

SwRI engineers develop near-zero emissions diesel engine technology; 90% reduction of NOx

Study on effects of ammonia-diesel blends in CI engines

JCB unveils hydrogen engine at Conexpo

A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

WinGD and HSD Engine collaborate to deliver methanol-fueled two-stroke engines

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for ‘Carbon Zero 1’ renewable jet and diesel production plant

ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $2.5M to advance diesel-free truck demonstration; ethanol-fueled MCCI

Cummins and Versatile partner to bring 15L hydrogen engines to ag market

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

Cummins to introduce 15-liter natural gas engine for North America; basis for hydrogen engine under development

Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

First orders for MAN G80 dual-fuel methanol engine

HyMethShip seeks to fuel ship engines with hydrogen from methanol

WinGD says its engines will be able to run on methanol from 2024 and ammonia from 2025

UrbanX Group signs FEED contract with Hyundai Engineering for renewable diesel facility in Bakersfield

Achates near-zero heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel enters fleet service; compliant with 2027 NOx levels

DTF: Diesel dominates commercial truck, transit and school bus fleets in US

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

Cologne Bonn Airport switches to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its entire diesel-powered ground fleet

Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG

Cummins and Chevron advance strategic collaboration; focus on lower carbon-intensity fuels

CCS Redux: Carbon Engineering’s Diesel? Just Put Electricity Into Tesla Semi Instead

Aramco and Stellantis collaboration indicates eFuel compatibility with 24 European engine families produced since 2014 (Euro 6)

Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

Aemetis selects Worley to provide engineering for renewable jet and diesel production plant; Axens technology

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Werner Enterprises signs letter of intent to secure 500 Cummins X15H hydrogen engines

ClearFlame Engine Technologies completes on-road demo of Class 8 truck with Cummins X15 running E98 ethanol

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

ClearFlame Engine Technologies secures $17M in Series A financing

Manufacture of world’s largest methanol engine moves HHI-EMD past 200 million bhp milestone for low-speed, two-stroke engines

Hyundai Heavy verifies performance of 1.5MW-class LNG/hydrogen engine

Cummins investing more than $1B in US engine manufacturing network

Navigator CO2 to provide ~600k TPA of CO2 as a feedstock for ultra-low carbon Infinium eFuels

ClearFlame Engine Technologies hits multiple manufacturing, customer pilot, and fueling milestones

WinGD to deliver methanol engines for COSCO SHIPPING Lines container vessels

Cummins and Isuzu announce global mid-range diesel powertrain and advanced engineering collaboration

HaaS company Hydra Energy delivers first converted hydrogen-diesel co-combustion heavy-duty truck; up to 40% hydrogen

Optimus Technologies closes $17.8M Series A to advance Vector System for heavy-duty engines on 100% biodiesel

Cummins and Tula study of Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) shows 74% reduction in NOx, 5% in CO2 on low load cycle

Kawasaki, Subaru, Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha partner on producing, transporting, and using carbon-neutral fuels, including hydrogen

Continental Aerospace Technologies finalizing HVO testing for use in CD-100 engine series

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