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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. The converted Bit Viking.

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APRIL 27, 2012

The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

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APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass).

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Conversion Jordan Ozone Coal 281

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JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

The goals of the test well program were to demonstrate that CO 2 , the main greenhouse gas that will be generated during the fuel production process, can be safely and securely stored deep underground and that the storage reservoir has sufficient capacity to store all the gas produced over the plant’s lifetime.

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Renewable Carbon Diesel Louisiana 353

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JULY 20, 2014

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). turbines, fuel cells, hybrids, novel power generation cycles); coal conversion (e.g.,

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JUNE 23, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

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Congress Fuel Tax Tax Fuel 259

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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APRIL 13, 2014

an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oil sands project. the conversion of carbon dioxyde to bicarbonate and protons. Canada-based CO 2 Solutions Inc., Huttenhuis, Sylvie Fradette, Jonathan A. Carley, Geert F.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon CO2 240

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Gulf Oil LP, a national branded supplier of motor fuels throughout the United States and its territories, has deployed 34 transport trucks that run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Gulf’s new vehicles are Peterbilt 386 liquefied natural gas trucks incorporating Westport Heavy Duty 15 liter high-pressure direct injection (HPDI) systems.

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Fleet Transportation Oil Peterbilt 225

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JULY 16, 2013

The conventional way to make gasoline from gas is to convert the gas to a synthesis gas, then into methanol, followed by conversion to straight-chain hydrocarbons and finally via reforming into a high-octane hydrocarbon blend. This method of conversion is much more effective and cheaper than the traditional method.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance), the 4-½ year competition will include two tracks, with the new technologies tested at either a coal power plant or a natural gas facility. According to the International Energy Agency, 82% of the world’s energy supply is derived from fossil fuels.

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MARCH 26, 2020

The research will help the company to prepare for the use of ammonia as a fuel that can contribute to reducing both the shipping’s and energy sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions. Based on initial results, the tests will be continued on both dual-fuel and spark-ignited gas engines. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Mariner Gas-Electric Engine Gas 286

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Conversion to work via. internal combustion engine.

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. In short, bio-oil needs to be upgraded to produce a fungible liquid transportation fuel.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

FPSOs are commonly used in the offshore oil and gas industry process and store crude oil and liquefied gas from offshore wells until it can be transported via pipelines to shore or via ship-to-ship transfer.

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Grant Design CO2 Gas 210

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APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. A new concentrating solar power system developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can reduce the fuel consumption of a modified natural-gas combined-cycle (NGCC) power plant by about 20%. Photo: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Gas Fuel Power 265

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Omnitek Engineering Corporation has been selected by India-based Tata Motors to supply original equipment high-pressure natural gas filters for 2012 passenger vehicles, expanding a supplier agreement for commercial vehicle filter applications that commenced in 2009. —Werner Funk, president and CEO.

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2012 Gas Supplies Motors 210

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. Source: Cleveland and O’Connor.

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Oil Cleveland Carbon Boston 199

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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. The process technology for converting isobutanol to hydrocarbons is low-energy input and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 85%. Gevo, Inc.,

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Renewable Conversion Engine Fuel 278

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. Southeast Asia.

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Oil Carbon Emissions Europe 239

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APRIL 14, 2017

ICF International estimates that such a system could save California 3.2 The technology has already seen some market traction in the oil and gas and automotive industries. million megawatt-hours per year in energy while also increasing electrical reliability.

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Low Cost Energy Waste Gas-Electric 150

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% between 2008 and 2035 with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations, especially China and India, according to the reference case in the newly released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Vattenfall and Aalborg University are partnering with Danish startup SCF Technologies in a two-year project to design a demonstration plant based on SCF’s CatLiq process—an application of the firm’s supercritical fluid technology in the catalytic production of bio-oil from organic waste. The oxygen content of the CatLiq bio-oil is 2-12%.

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Oil Universal 2008 Waste 218

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2 218

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JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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MAY 14, 2020

ASTM International has approved and published a seventh annex to D7566 , the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specification, with support from the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Earlier post.). IHI also began work with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. s petroleum-based jet.

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Fuel Oil Convert Hydrogen 186

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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. Fuel/energy options include petroleum fuels, natural gas-based fuels, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. CO 2 -derived ethanol. Delivery of high-purity CO 2 for algae growth.

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2020 Gas-Electric Lithium Ion Mariner 324

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JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. VTT will provide the fuel synthesis unit and technology and Neste carries out upgrading of the synthetic crude oil into fuel products fulfilling the specifications.

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Building Power Powered Fuel 186

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Among the major expansions and updates in the 2018 model set are: GREET 2018 continues to expand the GREET bioproduct module to assess environmental impacts of bio-derived chemicals produced from biochemical, biological, and thermochemical conversion technologies.

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2018 Hydrogen Conversion Lithium Ion 207

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JUNE 11, 2018

At a February 2018 meeting, an IMO-subcommittee announced a proposal to ban the carriage of non-compliant bunker fuel (fuel that exceeds the 0.50% sulfur limit) aboard ships that have not installed on-board ship scrubbers (exhaust gas cleaning systems), Barrow said. —Kurt Barrow.

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Fuel Mariner Oil 2020 170

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AUGUST 28, 2017

On 27 October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that beginning on 1 January 2020, the maximum sulfur content allowed in marine bunker fuel will be reduced from 3.50% mass by mass (m/m) to 0.50% m/m (35,000 ppm to 5,000 ppm)—five years earlier than many expected. Earlier post.)

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Mariner 2020 Fuel Oil 150

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MAY 26, 2022

High pressure injectors for hydrogen are challenging because the small molecule size of the gas lends itself to leakage, but direct injection enables high compression ratios for improved efficiency and increased power and torque. Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Aramco Americas.

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Hydrogen Engine Saudi Arabia Universal 353

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition accelerating the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, welcomed Canadian LNG provider FortisBC to the growing coalition. FortisBC brings to the coalition nearly 50 years’ experience in LNG production in Western Canada.

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Mariner Fuel Alternative Fuels Canada 150

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OCTOBER 28, 2012

and produces multiple distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional fuel components. In February, the company claimed it achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop. earlier post ).

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Carbon Production Gasoline-Electric Google 356

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) and Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) have signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a joint venture for the mass production of the Axial Vector axial-type, multi-fuel engines ( earlier post ). Rahul Kirloskar, Director, Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited. Source: AVEC. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. It's not a ban on cars or internal-combustion engine cars. If you are a politician, automaker, Big Oil lobbyist, or regular person who thinks the rule is bad for the auto industry and/or consumers, argue on the merits.

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