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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In addition, MAHLE is presenting its newest systems solutions for battery electric drives, fuel cells and cleaner combustion engines which can also be fueled with hydrogen. The technology group uses this expertise in its latest fuel cell technologies. Earlier post.). Fuel cell peripherals. MAHLE flat membrane humidifier.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Overall this research highlights that more needs to be done by businesses, special interest groups and local communities to convert consciousness into action. This demonstrates how difficult it is to change ingrained behaviors, despite many becoming even more appreciative of cleaner air and healthier environments in recent months.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co. —Teng Daochun, chairman, Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co. GE claims that among all of the current treatment methods, its solution is more reliable, cleaner for the environment and uses the residual energy at a higher efficiency rate.

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JULY 11, 2016

Aspen is part of the Swedish Lantmännen group, an agricultural cooperative and Northern Europe’s leader in agriculture, machinery, bioenergy and food products with annual revenues of €3.4 Global Bioenergies has developed a process to convert renewable resources into gaseous isobutene via fermentation. billion (US$3.8

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APRIL 7, 2012

and warrants to a group of investors at an exercise price of $3.88, with a five-year term. By converting these diesel engines to operate on natural gas during a routine service overhaul, Omnitek can offer truck operators a compelling return on investment with much lower fuel costs and cleaner combustion, he said.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

In the report, The Economic and Environmental Impacts of a Corporate Fleet Vehicle Purchase Program, the group examines the economic and environmental contributions of converting corporate fleets from gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG) and hybrid vehicles.

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JULY 14, 2016

The goal of the project is to convert forest residues into 40 million liters (10.6 An FCC system circulates catalyst in a closed loop between two key vessels in order to convert vacuum gas oil to gasoline. The Port-Cartier plant will also be the first commercial-scale facility of this kind in Québec. million investment.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Faurecia Clean Mobility is one of three Faurecia business groups, the other two being Automotive Seating and Interior Systems. Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies developed exhaust systems and components, including mufflers, manifolds, catalytic converters, emissions control systems and complete exhaust systems. Energy recovery.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

We live by one single philosophy, which is to deliver the best vacations responsibly,” said Nick Rose, the vice president of environmental stewardship at Royal Caribbean Group. a fossil fuel that the cruise industry has touted as a cleaner alternative to the commonly used heavy fuel oil. as a viable marine fuel.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 19, 2023

A report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found that switching to electric fleets could save $14 million in pollution-related expenses over the lifetime of the municipal vehicles—and that’s just in Arizona. Converting to an all-electric fleet of municipal vehicles vastly reduces noise levels within city limits.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2014

DICE involves converting coal or biomass into a water-based slurry (called micronised refined carbon, MRC) that is directly injected into a large, specially adapted diesel engine. —CSIRO Energy Group Executive, Dr. Alex Wonhas. DICE development network.

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APRIL 23, 2014

—Alexander Zschocke, Lufthansa Group Senior Manager Aviation Biofuels. in a 2013 paper in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , can be converted into hydrocarbons using a range of processes and a range of products depending upon the feed alcohol and the process selected. —Wilson et al.

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JULY 17, 2020

AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Helping America’s Rural Counties Transition to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles. General Motors LLC.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

In 2017, after taking charge of the Tata Group, Natarajan Chandrasekaran had mooted the ‘UniEVerse’ initiative, keeping sustainability at its core. E-Mobility is an irreversible megatrend and an imperative to address pollution and generate job opportunities in India,” the chairman of the group had said back then.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It starts with renewable energy and using water electrolysis technology, electricity produced by using renewable energy sources is converted into green hydrogen. In collaboration with Isuzu Motors and Dongfeng Motor Group, Honda has started testing fuel cell heavy-duty vehicles.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

The project will also use fast pyrolysis to convert the residue left over from biofuel production to bio-oil for subsequent upgrading to DMB. oxygen content, resulting in a significantly cleaner burning diesel fuel. Michael Hayes of the Carbolea Research Group at the University of Limerick in Ireland, the DIBANET co-ordinator.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Originally powered entirely by diesel, the Mercedes-Benz engine has been adapted by the Hardstaff Group ( earlier post ) to run for 60-80% of the time on low-carbon biomethane. The vehicle can still run on diesel, providing flexibility, but most of the time is running on biomethane gas which is a much cleaner and less polluting fuel.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

American Power Group Inc., to convert one of its refuse transfer trucks to APG’s dual fuel system and begin on-the-road test trials and emission compliance approval. a subsidiary of GreenMan Technologies Inc., has signed an EPA Test Vehicle Agreement with Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

New technology is needed as cleaner transport is increasingly demanded and maritime environmental regulations are becoming ever stricter. Currently, GL is involved in converting a 25,000 dwt product tanker Bit Viking into the first GL-classed gas-fueled ship. —Gerd-Michael Wuersig.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Rudolf Krebs, Executive Vice president and Head of Volkswagen Group E-Traction. The 12-month evaluation period will equip Volkswagen engineers with valuable data that will aid in the ongoing enhancement of TDI Clean Diesel technology and help the brand to develop more efficient, cleaner burning diesel powertrains for future products.

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MAY 11, 2012

a 50:50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. Gasification converts coal into a synthesis gas (or syngas) that can then be used to produce chemicals or other products. —Wang Xiaolin, deputy general manager of Shenhua Group.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group , will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha.

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MAY 25, 2024

Not a single one has converted back into a traditional hotel. Beginning in late 2022, the city entered into a contract of up to $980 million with a hotel trade group to pay hotels that decide to shelter migrants under its “Sanctuary Hotel Program.” Participating hotels are paid up to $185 a night per room, according to the city.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 18, 2023

The e-vehicle, which operates out of Fonterra’s Waitoa UHT plant , is the first of its kind to be introduced in New Zealand but is the first step in a large-scale plan to convert a third of Fonterra’s ‘light-vehicle’ fleet to electric later this year.

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MARCH 25, 2021

This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. This will allow the grid to draw renewable energy from cars and vans which are plugged in, with their batteries replenished when energy is cleaner at off-peak times. That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

South African energy and chemicals group Sasol today announced that it has chosen the southwestern region of the State of Louisiana as the site for a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. GTL transportation fuel is cleaner burning than conventional diesel with a roughly comparable, and potentially lower, greenhouse gas profile, Sasol says.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Even when the electricity is generated in the dirtiest grid, electricity is often cheaper and cleaner when used to power EVs since electric vehicles are more efficient at converting electrical energy into mechanical energy to power cars and trucks. As a matter of fact, in the U.S., renewable energy consumption has just overtaken coal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The addition of 10% CyclOx to standard diesel fuel reduces soot emissions by up to 50%, as shown by recent research by Michael Boot MSc PhD in the Combustion Technology group led by professor Philip de Goey PhD. At this filling station the diesel/CyclOx mixture will initially be available for a selected test group. —Boot et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

These charges echo those in a complaint against the LCFS filed by two ethanol trade groups—the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy—in December 2009. It will protect us from volatile oil prices and provide consumers with cleaner fuels and provide the nation with greater energy security. Earlier post.). LCFS Complaint.

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JANUARY 28, 2023

Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S. As Tony Dutzik of the environmental advocacy group Frontier Group has written that in the U.S. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Lower carbon intensity fuels.

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JULY 24, 2011

Daihatsu, the minivehicle specialist in the Toyota Group, has developed “e:S Technology (Energy Saving Technology) that it says will be at the heart of production of future motor vehicles with high fuel efficiency, low prices, and resource-saving features. Thermal management.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A number of groups have recently or are currently investigating the use of free piston engine power generation applications with a focus on automotive, including work at West Virginia University (WVU), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Bladon suggests that in an hybrid vehicle application, with no water-cooling system, oil or catalytic converter, the Micro-Jet engine can provide vehicle weight savings of up to 15%—with a consequent reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions—compared to a piston engine.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2018

—Ola Källenius, the member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars. The intake air duct features a Helmholtz resonator, the catalytic converter has insulating seals and the cover also has a noise-reducing role. The new OM 608 diesel engine: quieter and cleaner.

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JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. And magically, as more electricity comes from lower-carbon fuel sources, our cars will get cleaner as they get older!

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Switching to an unadditized Group III (severely hydro-processed) oil eliminated those issues. For new vehicles, they suggested redesigning 2-stroke engines to decrease scavenging losses, and installing catalytic converters to reduce tailpipe emissions.

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