Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Today’s measures will provide flexibility for Maritime Provinces to make adjustments required to comply with the regulations and ensure Canadian families are not penalized for heating their homes with home heating oil. —Peter Kent.

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Environment Renewable Oil Diesel 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Neste Oil is expanding its algae research ( earlier post ) with the launch of a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). The program is part of Neste Oil’s efforts aimed at using algae oil as a raw material for producing NExBTL renewable diesel in the future.

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Environment Oil Renewable Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

Test bus for the Diesel R33 project. Neste Oil is part of a fleet demonstration program of a new blend of diesel fuel in Coburg, Germany. The aim of the program is to introduce to the market a fuel with a significantly higher proportion of renewable content than current diesel blends. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Diesel Oil Renewable Commercial 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Suez and Total are partnering to collect and recycle used cooking oil in France. As part of their 10-year partnership, Suez will supply 20,000 metric tons of used cooking oil per year to Total. Collected throughout France, the oil will be processed into biofuel at Total’s La Mède biorefinery.

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Oil Diesel France Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

Neste Oil will profile Diesel regenerative, a new diesel fuel blend produced from 100% renewable inputs together with its German partners at the International Green Week event in Berlin between 21 January and 30 January. Both blends are produced from German rapeseed oil.

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Oil Renewable Diesel Environment 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel. The investment addresses an industry shortfall in capability to convert fuel oil to products such as diesel.

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Convert Oil Diesel Production 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2012

A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. 20% mineral oils such as extender oils/ softeners. when complex.

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Environment Automobile Exhaust Oil 353

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2023

The basis for the delivery of the in-line six-cylinder engine was the further development and adaptation of the MAN D3876 to the extreme working environment of the new high-performance snow groomer from Laupheim. In addition, the specialists for off-road engines from MAN Engines optimized the oil pan and oil pump of the MAN D3876.

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Engine Future Exhaust Diesel 293

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 21, 2022

7 Maintenance Tips To Extend the Life of Your Diesel Truck. As diesel truck owners, we don’t have to tell you how wonderful these machines are. According to Globe Newswire, the sale of diesel pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUV) grew by 28% in 2020, even when auto sales for the year declined by 14%.

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Maintenance Diesel Oil Parts 82

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. Increased pressure is created as the belt passes over rollers which decrease in diameter.

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Oil Emissions Malaysia Indonesia 244

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications. —Bjørn Einar Brath.

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Energy Storage Mariner Li-ion Oil 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, has developed a new piston ring for two-stroke diesel engines that reduces oil consumption and marine pollution by allowing the quantity of lubricant used to be greatly reduced. This feed oil is not uniformly distributed on the cylinder wall.

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Mariner Oil Pollution Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2017

Airport services provider Finavia will fuel 20 Helsinki Airport buses with Neste MY Renewable Diesel. Using Neste MY Renewable Diesel as our vehicle fuel is a fixed part of our emissions solutions. In addition to reduced emissions, another reason to select Neste MY Renewable Diesel was its easy adoption.

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Renewable Diesel Finland Cleaner 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2021

Europe’s demand for biodiesel for cars and trucks has likely wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands since the introduction of the EU’s green fuels law in 2010, according to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E). Palm oil reached its highest level, capping a decade of growth that has seen palm oil consumption treble.

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Netherlands Oil South America 2010 243

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A new analysis by the NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) concludes that diesel cars emit more CO 2 than equivalent cars on a full lifecycle basis—i.e., According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 According to the T&E analysis, an average diesel car produces emits 3.65 l/100 km (37.3

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Gasoline Diesel CO2 Cars 220

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2014

Impact of GTL diesel blending (5% penetration relative to refinery crude input) on US average overall refinery efficiency. Additional processing of domestically sourced tight light oil could marginally increase refinery efficiency, but these benefits could be offset by crude rebalancing, they found. Credit: ACS, Forman et al.

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Diesel Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Oil 287

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that establishes the required renewable fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019, and biomass-based diesel for 2020. Biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020 will increase by 330 million gallons over the standard for 2019.

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EPA 2019 2020 Diesel 223

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Canada is moving forward with the requirement for an average 2% renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil. —Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment. The regulations also contained the provisions to require an average of 2% renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil.

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Canada Renewable Oil Diesel 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

Europe’s growing use of animal fats to power its cars and planes is becoming increasingly unsustainable, according to a new study by Cerulogy funded by European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). Airlines such as Ryanair and Wizz Air have recently struck large deals with oil suppliers for what are termed ‘sustainable aviation fuels’ (SAF).

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Fuel Oil Waste Transportation 397

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy 150

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon Almost two-thirds of urban residents support banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in Europe after 2030, according to a new YouGov online poll in 15 European cities.

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Petrol Diesel Sale Europe 145

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2015

Lee announced that the city will phase out the use of petroleum diesel in the municipal fleet and replace it with renewable diesel by the end of this year. Using renewable diesel also reduces the emissions of soot and other air quality pollutants. Renewable diesel is not the same as biodiesel.

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San Francisco Diesel Renewable Cleaner 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Audi of America introduced four new TDI clean diesel models for the US market this year—the Audi A8, A7, A6, Q5—along with an updated Q7 TDI, all equipped with a second-generation 3.0L V6 TDI diesel engine. ” One of our primary goals and objectives is to level the playing field for clean diesel vehicles.

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Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy 366

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

SG Preston (SGP) announced the planned development of a 120-million gallon per year renewable diesel facility in Lawrence County, Ohio. The process delivers a lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel from petroleum. billion gallons per year, or 20% of the federal RFS2 biomass-based mandate for biofuels.

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Ohio Renewable Diesel Singapore 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union.

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Environment Transportation Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2012

GE Oil & Gas announced the development of a Micro LNG integrated plant that meets the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) requirements of powering remote industrial and residential locations and fueling motor vehicles. The product introduction was among the opening day highlights of the 2012 GE Oil & Gas Annual Meeting in Florence.

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Oil Gas Diesel Financing 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Neste Oil, the Port of Rotterdam, and the Rotterdam Climate Initiative have launched a trial in which a Port Authority patrol boat will run for an extended period on Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel. This will be the first time that NExBTL renewable diesel has been used in a marine environment.

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Mariner Renewable Diesel Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2015

Boeing announced the next phase in ecoDemonstrator 757 testing today, including its first flight with US-made “green diesel” ( earlier post ) and two new environment-related technologies. In 2014, Boeing proposed the possibility of using green diesel at a low blending ratio to produce aviation drop-in fuel. bio-oils and fats).

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Diesel Green Energy 2014 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2011

Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) have developed a new high-yield process for recycling waste crankcase oil into gasoline-like fuel based on microwave pyrolysis—i.e., The researchers attributed the high yield of pyrolysis oil to the unique heating mode and chemical environment present during microwave-heated pyrolysis.

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Waste Oil Fuel Engine 210

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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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Credit: ACS, Bergerson et al.

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Oil-Sands Oil Gas-Electric Emissions 287

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2011

The performance of Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel is to be tested under race conditions for the first time’this summer in Germany. Two teams competing in the ADAC 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring circuit between 23 and 26 June will run their cars on 100% renewable Diesel Regenerativ. Volkswagen AG.

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Renewable Diesel Oil Germany 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Less refined fuels—such as heavy gas oil—would be less expensive; however, the higher levels of sulfur in the fuels could prove problematic for catalysts. One approach to overcoming such limitations is the use of direct reforming of gas oil (heavy hydrocarbons) over a heteroatom-resistant catalyst. Now, researchers in S.

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Oil Hydrogen Gas Saudi Arabia 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Profound shifts in the regional distribution of oil demand and supply growth will redefine the refining industry and transform global oil trade over the next five years, according to the annual Medium-Term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The oil market is at a crossroads.

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Oil Oil-Sands Global Oil Prices 255

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

A recently completed year-long field trial by Neste Oil and its German partners using a 100% renewable diesel fuel blend showed reductions in tailpipe and greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional diesel. Fifteen different cars took part in the trial, running on Diesel regenerativ, a new type of renewable diesel blend.

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Renewable Germany Diesel Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Neste Oil’s and Stora Enso’s joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy ( earlier post ), will begin environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biomass-to-liquids (BTL)biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland. Tags: Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) Diesel. Schema for the F-T BTL plant. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Commercial Diesel Finland 186