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Licella signs MoUs with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand on renewable aviation fuels

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Australia-based Licella , a wholly owned subsidiary of Ignite Energy , has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand to examine the development and commercialization of a process to convert woody biomass into sustainable aviation biofuel. Licella has been supported with an A$2.3 Earlier post.).

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Neste Oil seeking California LCFS approval for gutter oil to renewable diesel pathway

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Among four new California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications is a used cooking oil (gutter oil) to renewable diesel (NExBTL) pathway from Neste Oil at its Singapore plant. Boeing and COMAC are opening a demonstration facility in China to convert gutter oil to renewable aviation fuel.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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One of the planned pilot projects, funded cooperatively by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy with industry cost share, combines the resources of the oil and gas industry with PNNL’s technology. Oil and gas extraction across the US and Canada pumps subsurface water to the surface as part of the extraction process.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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A report from the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling for a more strategic approach to biofuels. Furthermore, New Zealand still imports virtually all its liquid fuels; while domestic crude oil production has expanded, it is not nearly enough to meet local fuel demand. “.

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ARB staff posts five more LCFS fuel pathways: biodiesel, RD, ethanol

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California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted five new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: two for biodiesel, one for renewable diesel, and two for ethanol. The corn oil that Methes obtains is from a dry mill ethanol plant that dries all of its DGS. g CO 2 e/MJ.

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Neste Oil’s NEXBTL renewable diesel to be sold at Propel Fuel stations in California

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Diesel HPR is designated as ASTM D-975, the standard for all ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel in the US, and is recognized as “CARB diesel” by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). gCO 2 e/MJ (gutter oil) to 49.69 Diesel HPR provides significant reduction in harmful tailpipe emissions, NO x emissions and particulates (PM).

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

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With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Throughout 2022, we will be releasing more EV myth-busting resources. MORE EV MYTHS EXPLAINED.