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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Wärtsilä Corporation has completed the conversion of the 25,000 dwt product tanker Bit Viking from heavy fuel oil to liquefied natural gas (LNG) operation. The conversion enables the Bit Viking to qualify for lower nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emission taxes under the Norwegian NO x fund scheme. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Conversely, 39% of respondents would only buy an EV if gasoline-powered vehicles were no longer available. US respondents are most likely to buy an EV if the government offers a federal/state tax credit. US respondents are split when it comes to when they’ll consider purchasing an EV.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. We need both a policy like a carbon tax and to put more R&D money into renewables.

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JUNE 10, 2009

Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Ewert Energy Systems video (handheld) of driving a Prius PHEV conversion at highway speeds.

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APRIL 26, 2011

a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, signed an engineering and consulting agreement with Mustang Engineering, LP for the conversion of Gevo’s renewable isobutanol to biojet fuel. Source: Gevo. Click to enlarge. Gevo, Inc., Earlier post.).

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JUNE 25, 2021

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and PBF Chalmette Refinery Manager Steven Krynski announced that the company is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. The company also is expected to utilize the state’s Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Michigan-based electric powertrain company ALTe LLC ( earlier post ) was approved to receive a tax credit valued at $8.4 ALTe is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Their analysis is published in the journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Three different carbon tax scenarios are analyzed: no carbon tax, $55/metric ton carbon tax and $110/metric ton carbon tax. The conversion process was created in the lab of Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue’s Winthrop E. —Singh et al.

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MARCH 25, 2022

EIA projects that production of renewable diesel supply will grow because of its compatibility with existing distribution infrastructure and engines, higher state and federal targets for renewable fuel production, incentives from tax credits, and the conversion of existing petroleum refineries into renewable diesel refineries.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. When they’re mass-produced, conversions will cost under $10-$15,000. Right now, buyers of new plug-in cars get up to $7,500 in tax credits. Tags: Conversions Perspective Plug-ins. They now gulp down one third of the oil we use.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

A team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Idaho National Laboratory has evaluated the process economics and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the conversion of 11 biomass feedstocks to produce transportation fuels via fast pyrolysis and then pyrolysis oil upgrading via hydrodeoxygenation.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

This novel approach avoids costly, resource-intensive thermochemical gas-to-liquids (GTL) conversion methods, and offers a biofuel that does not utilize sugar or other plant-based feedstock. Conversion of methane to isobutanol provides economic and environmental advantages upon which the collaboration will look to build.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. Dr. Hermann Pengg, head of project management e-fuels, Audi, giving a talk on energy conversion and storage using Power-to-Gas at ASPO 2012.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

The “Inflation Reduction Act” passed in the US increased tax credits for CCUS by 70%, making a viable business case for the technology in petrochemicals, steel, cement, and in some regions, power. Legislators have recognized this mismatch and are ramping up their support for the industry.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 12, 2007

Toyota made the car, the Prius, that made plug-in conversions possible, and now they are trying to rein in the desires unleashed. Neither CARB incentives nor the efforts of Plug-in Partners have moved the auto makers to produce plug-in hybrids, so conversion efforts are moving along.

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MAY 24, 2019

In addition to reducing CO 2 emissions, implementation of the resistance-heated reactor into existing plants could offer alternative operation conditions, reducing the steam-to-carbon ratio, or operate at increased methane conversion, typically limited by carbon deposition and temperatures (i.e., material constraints).

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AUGUST 27, 2010

ReVolt Technology, LLC, a company that is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries ( earlier post ), has been approved to receive a package of loans and tax credits from Oregon and Portland authorities totaling approximately $6.8 An alkaline electrolyte maintains high ionic conductivity between the two electrodes.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

per gallon US) subsidy and fuel excise and value-added tax exemptions, and ( b ) a prospective future scenario with no form of government support measures. gallon US) with tax exemption and a $0.16/liter An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. Click to enlarge. —Littlewood et al.

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JULY 13, 2019

Conversely, it reduces emissions to a lesser degree when occurring in a context of decreasing inequality. Their findings, published recently in the journal Energy Research & Social Science , support previous claims by researchers who argue that renewable energy consumption may be indirectly driving energy poverty.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

As part of the report, which was requested by Senators Barbara Boxer (as Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) and Susan Collins, the GAO makes several recommendations to Congress and for executive (i.e. Federal tax credits, the RFS, and the ethanol tariff have primarily supported conventional corn starch ethanol.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Auto Additions of Salem performed the bi-fuel vehicle conversions while Blue Star Gas installed an on-site fuel station and delivers year-round fuel supply. Not only is there a 50-cent-per-gallon federal tax credit for operating on alternative fuels like propane autogas, filling up with autogas also costs substantially less than gasoline.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. For example, an average plug-in hybrid vehicle with a battery capacity of 16 kWh would be eligible for the maximum tax credit of $7,500. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge. billion through 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

These types of projects have the potential to take advantage of the 45Q tax credit, which provides a tax credit for each ton of CO 2 sequestered or utilized. The credit was recently increased to $35/metric ton for enhanced oil recovery and $50/metric ton for geologic storage.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

For example, fleets that have more than 10 vehicles that use at least 20,000 gallons per year in a ‘return-to-base operation’ can expect to lock in an after-tax internal rate of return in the 20 to 35 percent range. The economic benefits are remarkable.

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JULY 4, 2013

The horizontal red lines show the comparable price of gasoline (before tax, refining margin 0.3 $/gal, exchange rate: 1 € = 1.326 $) with crude oil prices 100 $/bbl and 150 $/bbl. They calculated production cost estimates assuming n th plant economics and without public investment support, CO 2 credits or tax assumptions. Source: VTT.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Conversion to work via. Scale of conversion to work. Waste heat from conversion. electricity) in the subsurface, rather than in distributed internal combustion engines, allowing waste heat from work conversion to supply the heat of retorting. times those from other proposed oil shale conversion processes.

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MARCH 24, 2016

has acquired exclusive rights to LanzaTech’s patented technology for the conversion of agricultural waste, forest waste, dairy waste and construction and demolition waste (CDW) to ethanol in California. LanzaTech’s process involves biological conversion of carbon to products through gas fermentation. Aemetis, Inc. per gallon.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

In 2005, Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) and amended it in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). As of 2010, biofuel production was contingent on subsidies, tax credits, the import tariff, loan guarantees, RFS2, and similar policies.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

The conversion process takes a few days to cycle in a heterotrophic environment—i.e., Some of these funds have been committed through the states barrel tax allocations, which target energy and food security initiatives. no sunlight is needed—to create oil for biofuel and high-protein feed.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The Roush conversion system includes stainless steel fuel lines; fuel rail assembly; fuel injectors; fuel tank; and a re-calibrated PCM (Powertrain Control Module). The propane-powered Ford E-350 can qualify for Federal tax credits up to 80% of the incremental cost to convert. million gallons of gasoline each year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Survey results show that 65% of American drivers would be in support of lawmakers’ efforts to make diesel more accessible to the American public; 66% of drivers think the government should offer a tax incentive on clean diesel vehicles.

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MARCH 29, 2019

This was largely because February marked a month of uncertainty for many of the bigger European markets, such as Spain, where registrations fell by 10% amongst political turmoil, and the Netherlands, where a change in tax on pure electric vehicles contributed to the 15% drop in overall registrations.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

CNG conversions can provide stability against fluctuating fuel prices as well as lower vehicle operating costs for fleet administrators. Nearly 20 states—including Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsylvania and Florida—offer or soon will provide tax incentives or rebates for CNG-converted vehicles. CNG sells for an average of $2.10

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JULY 12, 2009

US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) last week introduced new legislation, co-sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that extends and increases tax credits for natural gas vehicle purchasing, refueling and manufacturing. Includes conversions and repowers.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Conversely, just 25% described all-wheel drive vehicles as “expensive” to purchase or run, with most associating the technology instead with off-road capability (73%), safety (37%) and higher performance (36%). Around 81% say they are wary of hybrids, with 62.8% citing “poor value for money” as the main reason.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Proposed modifications to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and recent revisions to existing federal tax credits create a substantial near-term opportunity to permanently sequester biogenic CO 2.

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