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Airbus and Tsinghua University partner on aviation biofuels

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Airbus and Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a value chain to speed up the commercialization of aviation bio-fuels.

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U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund 6 energy and biomedical projects; batteries, policy and fuels

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Six research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won a share of $1.16 The energy projects chosen seek to improve electric vehicle batteries, to model the impact of renewable energy policy on the economy and the environment, and to better understand the combustion biodiesel fuels.

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Argonne National Laboratory to lead US consortium for new CERC medium- and heavy-duty truck technical track; 50% boost in efficiency

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Argonne National Laboratory to lead a consortium of university, private sector and national laboratory partners for a new, medium- and heavy-duty truck technical track under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center ( CERC ) Truck Research Utilizing Collaborative Knowledge (TRUCK) program.

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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Total CO 2 emissions of 182 Chinese cities. Prof Dabo Guan, professor of climate change economics at the University of East Anglia (UEA), led the research, along with Dr Yuli Shan from UEA’s School of International Development. Shan et al. 6, eaaq0390 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0390.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. —Prof Guan.

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Taiwan Reboots Its Solar-Power Fishponds

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But nowhere else is the pairing of aquaculture and solar power seen as so crucial to the economy. Climate change has also taken a toll. Taiwan is striving to massively expand renewable generation to sustain its semiconductor fabs, and solar is expected to play a large role.

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Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. It also assesses the strengths and weaknesses of EVs and CNGVs from a perspective of climate change and environmental impact. In the future (the year 2030), improving vehicle fuel economy will reduce GHG emissions of ICEVs, CNGVs, and EVs.

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