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Aker Clean Hydrogen and Kuehne+Nagel to accelerate green container shipping

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The two companies envision the expansion of Kuehne+Nagel’s offer of green fuels such as hydrogen, ammonia and methanol. The first vessels with engines that can run on these fuel alternatives are in production and expected to hit the waters in 2024. —Arne Faaberg, Managing Director of Kuehne+Nagel Norway.

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UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

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Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. Although anaerobic digestion of organic material has been widely accepted as an important renewable energy technology, the production of Bio-SNG will required to move to higher levels of fossil fuel replacement, according to the report. Carbon savings. Cost of carbon abated.

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NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

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The technology will remove any residual water from the DME before injection into the engine, eliminating the risks of corrosion and reduced performance. ISO 16861 specifies a maximum limit of 0.050 mass % methanol and 0.030 mass % water in DME used for fuel. ( Rebecca Boudreaux, President, Oberon Fuels.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. make alternative fuels in vehicles a necessity. Kg of Carbon dioxide when it burnt. Kg of Carbon dioxide!!

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New silica-organic hybrid absorbents deliver among highest performance yet reported for CO2 capture from air

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A team from the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, reports on an improved material for capturing carbon dioxide from the air—silica?organic In the presence of water, these values were 230 and 124 mg CO 2 /g PEI, respectively. —Goeppert et al. Olah, and S.

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Jülich evaluation of power-to-fuels recommends DME, OME3-5 and n-alkanes as diesel substitutes

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An evaluation of the implementation possibilities of power-to-fuel (PTF) technologies by a team from Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Germany recommends the PTF products DME, OME 3-5 and n-alkanes as suitable diesel alternatives for the transportation sector. A paper on the Jülich study is published in the journal Fuel.

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Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

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embarked on a comprehensive and detailed feasibility study on sustainable Biomass-to-Liquid (BTL) jet fuel and possible by-products such as renewable diesel. This study looked at all available bio feedstocks that would not affect the food or fresh water supply chain. Tom Enders, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer.

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