Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

The world’s first fast rechargeable hybrid bus is now being tested in Umeå City, Sweden in a collaboration between the companies Hybricon AB, Opbrid SL, e-Traction BV, Umeå Energi AB and the Umeå City Corporation. This will extend the all-electric range of the e-Traction (Apeldoorn, Holland) hybrid bus from 2 hours to 18 hours.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2022

The Coradia iLint trains were developed by Alstom as an alternative to conventional diesel trains. The Coradia iLint has also been successfully tested in Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden. The first zero-emissions passenger trains in the 14-train fleet arrived in mid-summer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Volvo has received its first order for buses that operate on both biogas (biomethane) and diesel, for 11 buses from Vårgårdabuss in Sweden, for putting in service in July 2011. Using diesel technology increases environmental efficiency compared with current gas-operated buses, Volvo notes. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and SunPine, producing biochemicals and feedstock for second-generation renewable fuels, have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform EPCM services to construct a Tall Oil Rosin production facility in Piteå, Sweden. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2020

Conversely, in Europe, diesel accounted for 40% of the petroleum refined versus about 30% for the Americas and Asia Oceania. In the Americas, gasoline accounted for just above 40% of the products refined from petroleum in 2019, while in Europe and Asia Oceania, gasoline was less than 20%. OECD Americas: Canada; Chile; Mexico; United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Swedish oil and distribution company Preem AB in April will begin sales of diesel blends containing 15% renewable diesel produced from tall oil as well as 5% biodiesel. The renewable diesel blend, Preem Evolution Diesel, will provide 16% lower carbon dioxide emissions, according to the company. Earlier post.)

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Oil Renewable Diesel Sweden 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

Powercell Sweden power generation unit. The parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200 million in Powercell Sweden AB in Gothenburg. Powercell Sweden is currently owned by Volvo Technology Transfer but following the investment, Volvo will be a minority owner. Fuel Cells in Sweden. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

From May 2023 onwards, two tankers transporting Neste’s renewable diesel from Finland to Sweden will be fueled with a lower-emission marine fuel: Neste Marine 0.1 Co-processed. Earlier post.) Neste Marine 0.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is beginning the final phase of testing of a renewable gasoline for drop-in commercial use in the existing fleet. The EU recently increased its target for the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Volvo Trucks will begin field testing in Sweden and the UK in 2010 of heavy-duty diesel trucks fuelled by a combination of methane gas and diesel. Following further analysis, the company is now focusing on two renewable fuels: DME and methane gas + diesel (biomethane plus biodiesel). Earlier post.) The optimum—i.e.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Scandinavian transport operator Nobina has ordered 60 Volvo high-capacity electric buses which will enter service in Malmö, Sweden next year. In a short space of time we have taken orders for 220 electric buses from two of Sweden’s largest cities. —Henrik Dagnäs, MD at Nobina Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Preem has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel hydrotreating technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. Preem wants to continue the transformation towards a sustainable society and increase the production of renewable fuels in Sweden.

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Renewable Diesel Fuel Production 221

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Forest products company SCA and St1 have entered a joint venture in Sweden to produce and sell renewable HVO diesel and biojet fuel. SCA will supply tall oil to the joint venture for feedstock and will invest approximately SEK 0.6 billion (US$71.7 million) in the company.

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Renewable Diesel Fuel Sweden 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% in 2018), while diesel accounted for 30.5% From October to December 2019, the number of diesel cars registered across the European Union fell by 3.7% Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2013

PowerCell, a Swedish energy technology company with roots in the Volvo Group, unveiled a functioning full-scale prototype of its PowerPac fuel cell system, which combines an autothermal reformer and a PEM fuel cell stack to convert diesel fuel into electricity. Earlier post.) The unit produces about 3kW of electric energy.

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Convert Diesel Fuel Hydrogen 268

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

Soot particulates generated from the combustion of renewable diesel fuels produced from hydrotreated vegetable oils have similar oxidation properties and surface structures to those generated from fossil diesel, according to a new study by researchers from Finland and Sweden. Messing, Teemu Sarjovaara, Martti Larmi, L.

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Diesel Renewable Fuel Finland 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2010

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass-to-methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel-grade methanol from forest-residue biomass. Investment for the plant will be about SEK 3 billion (US$416 million).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017. A key driver of the recent developments of the average fuel consumption include the rapid decline of diesel sales in several major vehicle markets, most notably in Europe.

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Global Diesel Fuel Economy SUV 308

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

Toyota’s toughest, body-on-frame models in Europe are to be made compatible with HVO100 diesel, a non-fossil fuel made from 100% renewable sources such as waste cooking oil. Both the Land Cruiser and Hilux will join the Proace family of light commercial vehicles in being compatible with HVO100 diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2012

Scania is putting 8 ethanol-fueled trucks in operation for its own goods transport services at its production facilities in Södertälje, Sweden. The switch from diesel will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its internal goods transport by about 70%, the company said. Earlier post.).

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International Transportation Diesel Sweden 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

MAN Diesel & Turbo is introducing its Liquid ME-GI (Liquid Gas Injection) engines for marine applications. All MAN Diesel & Turbo electronically controlled ‘ME’-engine types are available in dual-fuel versions with the LPG-fuelled version designated ME-LGI. DME can act as a clean fuel when burned in suitably optimized engines.

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Mariner Diesel Engine Sweden 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

Clean Air Power, the developer of Dual-Fuel combustion technology enabling heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, will supply Volvo Bus Corporation with 11 Dual-Fuel systems. Using diesel technology increases environmental efficiency by up to 30-40% compared with current gas-operated buses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

tonnes) registered in the European Union were fueled by diesel; the market share of gasoline in this segment was close to zero. In 2019, EU demand for diesel buses decreased by 3.1% France was the only market to post modest growth (+2.4%) in registrations of new diesel buses. Last year, 85.0% Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

PowerCell Sweden AB will participate in an EU project that will develop and operate a refuse truck with fuel cells for Renova AB, western Sweden’s leading environmental enterprise within recycling and waste management. Renova’s end customer, the City of Gothenburg, wants to increase testing of fuel-cell-powered refuse trucks.

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Fuel Hydrogen Sweden Europe 398

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Polestar, the motorsport and performance collaboration with Volvo Cars, has introduced a modest Performance optimization of the Volvo V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid. The Polestar optimization increases the power output to a total of 298 hp (222 kW) and 670 N·m (494 lb-ft), making it the strongest ever diesel model from Volvo.

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Plug-in Volvo Plug Diesel 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Gross indicated efficiency (%) of Scania heavy-duty diesel running on gasoline using PPC. PPC is a mix of the classic diesel combustion process and HCCI using a fully pre-mixed charge. If you consider standard diesel combustion as “black” and HCCI as “white”, Johansson said, PPC is some varying shade of gray.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Fuel 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

ABB has won an order from Ystad Hamn, the port authority of the city of Ystad in southern Sweden, to build the complete electrical onshore infrastructure to simultaneously power multiple vessels while berthed. The use of shore-side power allows ships to shut off their diesel engines while docked in port.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Sweden, the largest auto market of the Nordic region, saw plugin electric vehicles take 54.3% Diesels remained in the doldrums, seeing their fourth consecutive month under 15% share. share in November, up from 38.7% share year-on-year.

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Plugin Sweden Auto Diesel 145

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland, Alstom, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) and Rolls-Royce plan to implement jointly a new hybrid drive solution on Abellio’s fleet of Coradia Lint diesel trains. The Coradia Lint is a fuel-efficient diesel multiple unit (DMU) that can reach operating speeds of up to 140 kph.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One battery-electric truck, a clean natural-gas hybrid-electric truck and a diesel-hybrid truck are now driving on a one-mile catenary system on the north- and south-bound lanes of South Alameda Street from East Lomita Boulevard to the Dominguez Channel in Carson. million project is funded by $2.5 SCAQMD is providing an additional $2.1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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SUV Diesel Market Finland 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2017

Neste began production of renewable diesel 10 years ago at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. The figure is almost equal to the total annual GHG emissions from road transport in Finland and Sweden. The figure is almost equal to the total annual GHG emissions from road transport in Finland and Sweden. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2017

Scania has launched a large-scale renewable diesel (HVO) pilot for employees based in Södertälje, Sweden, enabling them to fuel their cars with renewable diesel. In Sweden, HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) is mainly produced by rape seed oil and waste from the food industry. HVO can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 90%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

Traditionally, mining machines are diesel-powered, though more and more mining companies are adding battery-electric machines to their fleets. The ordered battery-electric equipment is manufactured in Örebro, Sweden. The nickel and copper mine is located below the existing Craig mine and is being developed to start production in 2024.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

How do you make a diesel engine more efficient? That''s what researchers at Sweden''s Lund University are doing, and they believe this combination could cut both fuel use and emissions in heavy-duty trucks. One answer may surprise you: Run it on gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, has opened a new office in Hoofddorp, in greater Amsterdam which will serve as the global hub for the growing Renewable Aviation business. Neste is now also launching Neste MY Renewable Diesel to climate-conscious fleet customers in the Netherlands. EG Retail (Netherlands) B.V

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

We have optimized the technology from our successful city sewer solution to meet the special requirements for working in urban zones, where regulations regarding CO 2 and diesel emissions have been tightened. The largest markets for Volvo’s electric trucks in Europe currently are Norway, Sweden and Germany.

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