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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ and 98.03

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HEI report identifies potential health consequences from new vehicle fuels and technologies; recommended actions

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—“The Future of Vehicle Fuels and Technologies” Among the findings of the report are: New gasoline direct injection (GDI) technology offers improvements in fuel economy. There is increased development and use of a number of fuels from unconventional sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal.

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Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

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Error bars are ± one standard deviation. Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Comprehensive modeling study finds electric drive vehicle deployment has little observed effect on US system-wide emissions

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Second, PHEVs with smaller battery packs are more likely to deliver emissions benefits and reduced gasoline consumption at lower lifetime cost compared to those with large battery packs in the short term. First, HEVs produce less emissions than conventional vehicles. —Babaee et al. Samaneh Babaee, Ajay S. Nagpure, and Joseph F.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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A novel process known as Syngas Chemical Looping (SCL), in which coal and biomass are converted to electricity and CO 2 is efficiently captured, has been successfully demonstrated on a laboratory scale. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. The University of Minnesota and BioCee, Inc. DOE grant: $3,111,693).

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