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Lux: China, India lead Asian alternative fuels; targets likely will not be met

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Indonesia, China and Malaysia are the three dominant nations in biodiesel, each driven by challenging mandates. Indonesia is targeting 20% adoption by 2025 while Malaysia positions itself to be a dominant exporter with 143 MGY in 2015. Cost, pollution are catalysts for NGVs. Japan and Korea rely heavily on advanced fuel imports.

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IHS: continued legislative focus on pollutants to drive sensor market for internal combustion engines

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Added to that, emission legislation in some major markets of the world, like China, is beginning to catch up with that of mature markets like the US, Europe and Japan, at least in the larger cities. The increased use of turbochargers is the main factor enabling engines to be made smaller and less polluting. —Richard Dixon, Ph.D.,

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Other main findings include: In 2016, China, US, EU28, India, Russia and Japan, the world’s largest emitters in decreasing order of CO 2 emissions, accounted for 51% of the population, 65% of global Gross Domestic Product, 67% of the total primary energy supply and emitted 68% of total global CO 2 and circa 65% of total global GHGs.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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The SPEG process extracts all carbon from the waste feedstock, removes all particulates and acid gases, and produces no toxins or pollution. It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important. This is game-changing technology.

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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However, sales remain limited elsewhere, even in countries with developed car markets such as Japan and India. In Malaysia , electric car registrations more than tripled to 10,000, supported by tax breaks and import duty exemptions, as well as an acceleration in charging infrastructure roll-out.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Recent research cited by the EPI suggests that around five million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, accounting for approximately one in every ten deaths annually. The EPI uses three indicators to measure air quality: household solid fuel use; PM 2.5 average exposure, and PM 2.5 exceedance of WHO thresholds.

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