Diesel, Production and Resource

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles using mixing controlled compression ignition (MCCI), the most common ignition and combustion strategies for heavy-duty diesel engines, contribute significantly to the emissions of GHG, oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), and particular matter (PM) and are subject to stringent emission standards. Skaggs et al.

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Waste Diesel Renewable Convert

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Clean fuels replaced more than 50% of the diesel used in the state in the first quarter of 2023, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). billion gallons of diesel. The program is designed to lower the carbon intensity in fuels by assessing each step in their production, from extraction to combustion.

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Clean Cleaning Diesel California

Bolivian government promoting jatropha cultivation for biodiesel production

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Bolivia President Luis Arce said that the national government has a strategy to promote the cultivation of jatropha, a plant from which the oil is extracted to serve as a raw material for biodiesel production. The natural resources, the geography we have, helps us to think about being large producers of biofuels (.)

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Bolivia Production Sierra Oil

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost production, use of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel

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APRIL 10, 2022

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and John Barrasso (R-WY) led their colleagues in introducing the Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Parity Act of 2022. The bill would require the Department of Energy to track foreign imports and domestic production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. Background.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Fuel Production

ICCT report finds expected surge in renewable diesel production could have damaging environmental impacts due to feedstock demand

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JANUARY 19, 2022

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report prepared by the consultancy Cerulogy that explores the potential market and environmental impacts of increased capacity for renewable diesel produced by hydrotreating oils and fats in the US. —from the report, “Animal, vegetable or mineral (oil)?”.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Production Oil

CVR Energy selects Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology for revamp of Wynnewood refinery to renewable diesel, naphtha production

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JANUARY 28, 2021

CVR Energy will base a revamp of its Wynnewood, Oklahoma, refinery on Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel and more than 6 million gallons of renewable naphtha per year. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing then sells and distributes the products.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Energy Production

Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

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AUGUST 14, 2023

The DME engine was based on an FPT Cursor 11 serial-production-engine. The experimental results showed that DME operation retains the performance on the base diesel engine (338 kW peak power) while significantly reducing the engine-out emissions. Brake thermal efficiency of the DME engine. Soltic et al. Soltic et al. 2023.129357

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Engine Emissions Diesel Fuel

Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

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JULY 6, 2023

Rolls-Royce has approved its mtu Kinetic PowerPacks, based on the mtu Series 4000 and 1600 diesel engines, for use with renewable diesel (HVO/Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) and the other synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard. The systems performed the same with HVO as with fossil diesel.

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Diesel Renewable Energy Storage Belgium

Viridos raises $25M in Series A for algae-based jet and diesel fuel

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MARCH 14, 2023

The funding will be used for R&D to further increase algae oil productivity to reach commercially deployable levels. Globally, diesel and jet fuel account for more than one-third of the liquid fossil fuel used. The Series A was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and joined by Chevron USA. and United Airlines Ventures.

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Diesel Fuel Oil Chevron

Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

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JUNE 17, 2024

A Fuel Switch for Today Continues To Evolve In the past, renewable diesel was considered a niche product that failed to attract mainstream investor interest. Today, it is a cost-neutral way for fleet owners to achieve their goals by allowing them to convert an entire diesel-powered fleet to alternative fuel overnight.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Oakland Fleet

Cummins and Tula study of Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) shows 74% reduction in NOx, 5% in CO2 on low load cycle

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APRIL 14, 2021

a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced at SAE International’s WCX the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. Cummins Inc. Earlier post.).

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Diesel CO2 Emissions Engine

SwRI CAT-DEF reduces heavy-duty diesel emissions to meet CARB 2027 NOx requirements

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MAY 6, 2022

CAT-DEF—Catalyzed Diesel Exhaust Fluid—is an SwRI-developed catalyst- and surfactant-modified diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) solution. The internally funded advancement successfully reduced heavy-duty diesel engine nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions to meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2027 standards.

Diesel

Diesel Emissions Exhaust Engine

BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. The principle of continuous improvement will remain at the heart of the strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions and increase resource efficiency. CO 2 from production and sites to be lowered by 80%. —Oliver Zipse.

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BMW Fully Electric Emissions Climate Change

CARB issues product alert for fuel additives under alternative diesel fuels regulation

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The California Air Resources Board has issued a Product Alert for Fuel Additives under the Alternative Diesel Fuels ( ADF ) Regulation. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has conducted emissions testing that showed that tested additives failed to effectively mitigate to the regulatory standard.

Diesel

Diesel Fuel Production California

EIA: Renewable diesel increasingly used to meet California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard; 10.1% of total diesel supplied in 2Q18

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% of the total diesel supplied to California that quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Diesel

Diesel Renewable Carbon Standards

BASF and Sulzer Chemtech sign MoU to collaborate to reduce the carbon intensity of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The companies agreed to enter a strategic partnership to reduce the carbon intensity of renewable diesel and aviation fuel. They will also drive the development of innovative, cost-effective chemical processing solutions to improve the conversion of plastic waste into new plastics.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Carbon Fuel

Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

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JUNE 28, 2022

Neste Corporation has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers’ higher climate ambitions. million ton capacity for renewable products in Rotterdam is the largest in Europe.

Renewable

Renewable Production Finland Polymer

New photocatalyst for selective conversion of fatty acids to diesel- and jet-range molecules

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MARCH 9, 2020

Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a photocatalyst for the selective decarboxylation of fatty acids to produce diesel- and jet-range molecules under mild conditions (30?°C, C, H 2 pressure ?0.2?MPa). Industrial low-value fatty acid mixtures—e.g.,

Diesel

Diesel Conversion Range Hydrogen

ExxonMobil increases purchases of renewable diesel from Global Clean Energy Holdings to up to 5M barrels per year

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APRIL 25, 2021

ExxonMobil and Global Clean Energy have expanded their five-year agreement to increase ExxonMobil’s purchase of renewable diesel to up to 5 million barrels per year. The renewable diesel leverages Global Clean Energy’s patented camelina crop, which can significantly reduce life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier post.).

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Purchase Renewable Clean Cleaning

Hino to use Cummins engines in MD and HD trucks for North America; shifting resources to Project Z BEV development

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MARCH 13, 2021

Hino plans to redirect engineering and other resources to accelerate the development of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) portion of Project Z, the company’s development path to zero emission vehicles (ZEV). Hino Trucks intends to produce medium- and heavy-duty Hino trucks with Cummins engines for sale in North America. Earlier post.).

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North America West Virginia Engine America

FuelCell Energy and Toyota complete first “Tri-gen” production system

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

FuelCell Energy has contracted with Toyota to supply the products of Tri-gen under a 20-year purchase agreement. Hydrogen production can be ramped up and down based on needs/requirements. The Tri-gen system, owned and operated by FuelCell Energy, produces renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and water from directed biogas.

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Long Beach Toyota Energy Production

Strategic Biofuels licenses Johnson Matthey-bp FT CANS technology for Louisiana plant

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Located on a 327-acre site at the Port of Columbia, the LGF plant plans to convert 1 million tons of forestry waste feedstock into cleaner-burning renewable diesel and is projected to produce 31.8 The aim is to increase production to more than 165 million gallons per year of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels over 10 to 12 years.

Louisiana

Louisiana Diesel Renewable Waste

Diamond Green Diesel seeks LCFS certification for three renewable diesel pathways

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

All of the co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero oil refinery to be separated into fuel gas, propane, and naphtha through a distillation process. For the purposes of the CI certification, displacement credit was given to the fuel gas used as fuel gas for hydrogen production at the Valero refinery.

Diesel

Diesel Renewable Green Louisiana

Ethanol producer to integrate renewable diesel production from corn distiller oil

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JULY 25, 2014

Ethanol producer East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC (EKAE) intends to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas. Renewable diesel will be made from the corn distillers oil (CDO) already produced at the plant along with other feedstocks purchased on the market. D4 RINs per gallon.

Renewable

Renewable Diesel Oil Production

Cummins & Tula demonstrate Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) cylinder deactivation; up to 66% reduction in NOx on CARB LLC #7

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APRIL 23, 2020

developer of Dynamic Skip Fire cylinder deactivation technology ( earlier post ), collaborated on a significant technical demonstration of diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) cylinder deactivation. Cummins’ X15 Efficiency Series 6-cylinder diesel engine enhanced with Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF). Cummins Inc.

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Diesel Emissions Exhaust Engine

ExxonMobil to buy 2.5M barrels of renewable diesel per year for 5 years from Global Clean Energy

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AUGUST 12, 2020

million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted California refinery starting in 2022. million barrels per day of heating oils, kerosene and diesel oils. ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 As background, globally, in 2019, ExxonMobil sold some 1.9

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Clean Cleaning Renewable Diesel

California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Air Resources Board re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( LCFS ), which requires a 10% reduction by 2020 in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ). The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ).

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Carbon California Fuel Diesel

SoCalGas introduces STARS solar hydrogen generation system at California Air Resources Board Symposium

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MAY 18, 2018

SoCalGas) introduced an innovative new solar-powered hydrogen generation system during the California Air Resources Board Technology Expo and Symposium at the University of California, Riverside. This is the equivalent of 25 gallons of gasoline or diesel fuel. Southern California Gas Co. Earlier post.).

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Solar Hydrogen California San Diego

Study finds diesel derived by pyrolysis of plastic grocery bags suitable for blending with petroleum diesel

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) grocery bags can be successfully pyrolyzed to alternative diesel fuel, according to a new study by a team from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service ARS. Brajendra K.

Diesel

Diesel Illinois Waste Oil

Toyota Motor to consolidate development and production of diesel engines under TICO; manual transmissions under Aisin Seiki; brake systems under Advics

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NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will consolidate their joint diesel engine development and production under the control of TICO. Further, Toyota is consolidating development and Japanese production of manual transmissions under Aisin Seiki subsidiary Aisin AI Co., Combustion chamber.

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Diesel Toyota Engine Motor

NREL, Co-Optima research yields potential bioblendstock molecule for diesel fuel: 4-butoxyheptane

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

A novel oxygenate molecule that can be produced from biomass shows promise for use as a blend for diesel fuel, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Conversion pathways and products from the catalytic upgrading of acetic and butyric acid. —Derek Vardon.

Diesel

Diesel Fuel Conversion Fuel Economy

Ryze Renewables partners with Phillips 66 to build two renewable diesel plants in Nevada; 11,000 BPD combined

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Ryze Renewables announced that construction is underway for two renewable diesel production facilities in Nevada. When completed, the two Ryze Renewables facilities are expected to produce a combined 11,000 barrels per day (BPD) of renewable diesel fuel for Western US and Canadian markets.

Renewable

Renewable Las Vegas Nevada Diesel

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. Chemist Marie Swita analyzed the biofuel product to ensure it met standards that would make it vehicle-ready.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington

Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

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JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. Oberon Fuels’ pilot DME production plant in Brawley, California.

Renewable

Renewable Commercial Fuel Production

Navistar launches new medium-duty electric International eMV Series; in production and available to order

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The International eMV is designed to tackle everyday use, built to the same standards as the diesel International MV Series truck. Navistar has launched the new fully-electric medium-duty International eMV Series trucks. The DC Fast Charge station option provides up to 125 kW of power.

International

International Available DC Production

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

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JULY 20, 2020

For this reason, lignin waste is typically used by paper mills as a low-grade boiler fuel, rather than as a high-grade fuel or as a raw material for chemical products. In this study, lignin pyrolysis oil was prepared from Kraft lignin using bench-scale fixed-bed batch pyrolysis and then hydrocracked to produce less-viscous liquid products.

Fuel

Fuel Production Oil Waste

EIA: biofuels are displacing petroleum-based distillate fuel oil consumption on the West Coast

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JUNE 15, 2023

Consumption of distillate fuel oil in the US West Coast, as measured by product supplied, decreased to its lowest level since 2002 last year and continues its decline this year, according to the latest “This Week in Petroleum” report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Oil Fuel 2002 Diesel

Argonne helps optimize piston bowl design for Caterpillar heavy-duty engines using high-performance computing

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MAY 4, 2021

Argonne National Laboratory is helping Caterpillar improve efficiency and reduce emissions in their heavy-duty diesel engines. Heavy-duty diesel engines still power most large vehicles used in the construction, mining and transportation industries in the United States.

Design

Design Engine Diesel Fuel

FCA receives EPA, California ARB approval for production and sale of MY 2017 3.0L diesels

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JULY 28, 2017

FCA US has received a certificate of conformity from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a conditional executive order from the California Air Resources Board (ARB), permitting the production and sale of FCA US 2017 model-year light-duty Ram 1500 and Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with 3.0-liter liter diesel engines.

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EPA 2017 Diesel California

Ford’s new Dagenham Diesel EcoBlue engine production line reduces energy and water use by more than 50%

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Dagenham Engine Plant is Ford’s largest diesel engine production facility globally, and produced the first EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) in April this year. The all-new 2.0-liter

Water

Water Diesel Engine Energy

China Lake team devises new class of bio-based high-cetane renewable diesel fuels: dioxolanes

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake have synthesized a new class of renewable diesel fuels from a methyl ketone and diols including 2,3-butanediol, 1,2-propanediol, and ethylene glycol. These values are 20–30 units higher than conventional biodiesel and 40–50 units higher than petroleum-derived diesel fuel.

Diesel

Diesel Renewable Fuel China

Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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APRIL 18, 2023

In February 2022, a team from Argonne National Lab published a report “Carbon Intensities of Refining Products in Petroleum Refineries with Co-Processed Biofeedstocks”. The company produces and markets biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas, and is currently building hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California.

Chevron

Chevron Gasoline Renewable Toyota

Emissions Analytics: mass adoption of hybrids, rather than low-volume BEVs most effective for cutting CO2 now, meeting 2030 targets; best use of limited resource

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JUNE 18, 2019

With automotive battery capacity currently scarce, expensive and suffering supply problems, the deployment of this limited resource is critical to maximizing CO 2 reduction, Emissions Analytics says. One is a switch from gasoline to diesel, reducing CO 2 by 11%, coupled with a mild hybrid system, providing a further 6% reduction.

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Canada launches $1.5B Clean Fuels Fund with call for proposals

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JUNE 22, 2021

Minister of Natural Resources, made the announcement during the World Hydrogen Technologies Convention hosted by the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association and supported by the International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Canada has launched the $1.5-billion Seamus O’Regan Jr.,

Canada

Canada Clean Cleaning Fuel

DOE researchers investigate economic and environmental impacts of converting wet waste to renewable diesel

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

Bolivian government promoting jatropha cultivation for biodiesel production

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost production, use of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel

ICCT report finds expected surge in renewable diesel production could have damaging environmental impacts due to feedstock demand

CVR Energy selects Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology for revamp of Wynnewood refinery to renewable diesel, naphtha production

Optimized heavy-duty CI engine fueled with DME delivers diesel performance, significantly reduces engine-out emissions

Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

Viridos raises $25M in Series A for algae-based jet and diesel fuel

Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

Cummins and Tula study of Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) shows 74% reduction in NOx, 5% in CO2 on low load cycle

SwRI CAT-DEF reduces heavy-duty diesel emissions to meet CARB 2027 NOx requirements

BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

CARB issues product alert for fuel additives under alternative diesel fuels regulation

EIA: Renewable diesel increasingly used to meet California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard; 10.1% of total diesel supplied in 2Q18

BASF and Sulzer Chemtech sign MoU to collaborate to reduce the carbon intensity of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel production

Neste investing €1.9B to expand renewable products refinery in Rotterdam; 1.2 Mtpa of SAF

New photocatalyst for selective conversion of fatty acids to diesel- and jet-range molecules

ExxonMobil increases purchases of renewable diesel from Global Clean Energy Holdings to up to 5M barrels per year

Hino to use Cummins engines in MD and HD trucks for North America; shifting resources to Project Z BEV development

FuelCell Energy and Toyota complete first “Tri-gen” production system

Strategic Biofuels licenses Johnson Matthey-bp FT CANS technology for Louisiana plant

Diamond Green Diesel seeks LCFS certification for three renewable diesel pathways

Ethanol producer to integrate renewable diesel production from corn distiller oil

Cummins & Tula demonstrate Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) cylinder deactivation; up to 66% reduction in NOx on CARB LLC #7

ExxonMobil to buy 2.5M barrels of renewable diesel per year for 5 years from Global Clean Energy

California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

SoCalGas introduces STARS solar hydrogen generation system at California Air Resources Board Symposium

Study finds diesel derived by pyrolysis of plastic grocery bags suitable for blending with petroleum diesel

Toyota Motor to consolidate development and production of diesel engines under TICO; manual transmissions under Aisin Seiki; brake systems under Advics

NREL, Co-Optima research yields potential bioblendstock molecule for diesel fuel: 4-butoxyheptane

Ryze Renewables partners with Phillips 66 to build two renewable diesel plants in Nevada; 11,000 BPD combined

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

Oberon Fuels starts commercial production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME)

Navistar launches new medium-duty electric International eMV Series; in production and available to order

KIST team develops technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels

EIA: biofuels are displacing petroleum-based distillate fuel oil consumption on the West Coast

Argonne helps optimize piston bowl design for Caterpillar heavy-duty engines using high-performance computing

FCA receives EPA, California ARB approval for production and sale of MY 2017 3.0L diesels

Ford’s new Dagenham Diesel EcoBlue engine production line reduces energy and water use by more than 50%

China Lake team devises new class of bio-based high-cetane renewable diesel fuels: dioxolanes

Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

Emissions Analytics: mass adoption of hybrids, rather than low-volume BEVs most effective for cutting CO2 now, meeting 2030 targets; best use of limited resource

Canada launches $1.5B Clean Fuels Fund with call for proposals

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