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MAY 22, 2018

billion) plan to reduce air pollution from road transport and diesel vehicles, set out in July last year. To work with international partners to research and develop new standards for tires and brakes to address toxic non-exhaust emissions of micro plastics from vehicles which can pollute air and water. billion (US$4.7-billion)

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MAY 30, 2019

Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. Most of the increase was accounted for by higher diesel consumption by trucks and vans, but consumption and emissions also increased for passenger cars. Source: EEA.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Develop international partnerships and open up new markets. SMRs represent a new field of innovation with designs that are smaller and less expensive and are a potential tool to reduce emissions within Canada and abroad by replacing the use of coal and other emitting fuels such as diesel.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The study found that TCO for electric and diesel medium-duty urban delivery trucks were similar. Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Credit: ACS, Lee et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota. In July, EERC was awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce renewable jet fuel from algae.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Accelergy’s Integrated Coal to Liquids platform is the basis for the Integrated Carbon to Liquids initiative. ICTL incorporates proprietary Accelergy catalytic conversion technologies for what it calls Integrated Coal to Liquids production and A2BE Carbon Capture algae photobioreactor CO 2 recycle technology. Source: Accelergy.

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MAY 14, 2009

Australia-based Linc Energy Limited has signed a purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in 92,059 acres of coal tenement lease areas in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming USA from GasTech Inc, a company based in Casper Wyoming. Linc Energy has agreed to pay US$5 million for the purchase of the GasTech coal tenements.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault recently made public the findings of an internal study, published first in October 2011, detailing and comparing the lifecycle assessments (LCAs) of the battery-electric and two internal combustion engined versions (gasoline and diesel) of the Renault Fluence. Renault assessed the diesel Fluence dCi (1.5L

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MAY 5, 2012

Australia-based underground coal gasification (UCG) company Linc Energy Ltd announced the “Jet A1 Dash”, a flight using synthetic jet fuel created by using the company’s combination of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) and Gas to Liquids (GTL) technology at its Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Biodiesel and renewable diesel. The bill extends the $1/gallon US production tax credit for biodiesel and diesel fuel created from biomass, as well as the $0.10/gallon Refined Coal. The bill extends through 2011 the placed-in-service deadline for qualifying refined coal facilities. Alt fuel and alt fuel mixtures.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable gasoline from the IH 2 process (GTI RG) compared to petroleum gasoline and diesel. for GTI’s Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. Production of Gasoline and Diesel Fuel.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity. Water used in coal mining may be consumed or discharged to surface water supplies. General location of energy and water categories.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Vehicle technologies include conventional internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric systems, battery-electric vehicles, and fuel-cell-electric vehicles. PFAD to Renewable Diesel. A pathway of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) to renewable diesel (RD) is now added to the “BioOil” tab.

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APRIL 7, 2012

As the cavitation bubbles grow and implode they bring about internal stresses within the liquid; this disruptive force causes the water particles to disperse inside the oil in the form of minute spheres. Fuel and water are fed proportionately into the reactor, which creates continuous and controlled cavitation.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3% Gas demand growth was driven by its use in industry and buildings for heating.

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have compared the emissions resulting from the production, use, and end-of-life of electric and internal combustion engine vehicles (EVs and ICEVs) in a full life-cycle analysis (LCA). This has led to a general perception of EVs as an environmentally benign technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

A 50:50 joint venture between Tata Steel and Sasol Synfuel International is proposing to build a $10-billion, 3.6 million tonne per year (80,000 barrels per day) coal-to-liquids plant in the Indian state of Orissa, India’s first CTL project. Earlier post.). The project also includes setting up a 1,600 MW power plant.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The life-cycle water consumption of fuel cell electric vehicles using hydrogen produced from natural gas with steam methane reforming is almost 50% less than the life-cycle water consumption of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles using gasoline, according to a study by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

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JANUARY 13, 2012

A study by an international team of researchers, led by Drew Shindell of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, has identified 14 measures targeting methane and black carbon (BC) emissions that could reduce projected global mean warming ~0.5°C Source: Shindell et al. Click to enlarge. —Shindell et al.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. Roughly half a million school buses transport about 20 million students each school day in the United States, and nearly all those buses currently run on diesel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

EIA also projects that consumption of distillate fuel—diesel fuel and heating oil—will average 3.9 This growth in diesel consumption is mainly driven by a combination of higher economic growth, industrial output, and international trade activity, all of which contribute to higher trucking activity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71 Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46 produces NExBTL non-ester renewable diesel (RD) from multiple feedstocks at its plant in Singapore. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 10, 2020

Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, constricting travel and broader economic activity, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest oil market forecast.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) and BioJet International have formed a strategic business relationship. CERT members collectively own and manage more than 30% of the coal west of the Mississippi; 40% of domestic uranium; and 10% of known national oil and gas reserves in the United States. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

KHI is envisioning gasifying Australian brown coal (with carbon capture and sequestration) to produce the hydrogen, followed by liquefaction and shipment via the LH 2 tankers. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Coal Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Infrastructure Ports and Marine Power Generation'

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DECEMBER 25, 2022

And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot. Building every electrolyzer promised for 2030 would provide only about one-sixth of the green hydrogen required to meet climate targets, according to figures from the International Energy Agency in Paris. Yet many more are actually needed.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. GTL transportation fuel is cleaner burning than conventional diesel with a roughly comparable, and potentially lower, greenhouse gas profile, Sasol says. Emissions performance of GTL diesel. —Gas to Liquids Life Cycle Assessment Synthesis Report.

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JULY 8, 2012

1970); national data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) (1971? As a result, the use of coal from small local mines is included in the provincial statistics, but not in the national statistics. BC emissions from motor vehicles were primarily from diesel engines (85%). By comparing fuel consumption data (1980?2007)

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The MOU with AltAir contemplates the production and purchase of up to 750 million gallons of jet fuel and diesel fuel over 10 years (75 million gallons per year) derived from camelina oil. In June, the ASTM International Aviation Fuels Subcommittee having responsibility for jet fuel (D02.J0.01) ASTM Certification. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2016

With no tailpipe emissions, electric cars have a clear advantage over their gasoline and diesel counterparts when it comes to carbon emissions. Studies have found that even cars charged on dirty, coal-powered grids have overall emissions no higher than a very fuel-efficient internal-combustion car.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

For the second time this month, backup diesel generators and other automatic emergency systems had to kick in. Radioactive coal ash piles near the nuclear power plant were shelled on Tuesday. That means diesel generators were not the plant’s only means of cooling Zaporizhzhia’s reactor cores and spent fuel pools.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The aircraft departed Denver International Airport and climbed to an altitude of 39,000 feet where the onboard team collected data on the performance of the fuel during several maneuvers, including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, auxiliary power unit start, descent and approach. Earlier post.). Rentech and ClearFuels Technology Inc.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue also announced plans to start flying with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in mid-2020 on flights from San Francisco International Airport. JetBlue has agreed to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and a pioneer in renewable jet fuel, starting in 2020.

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