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Beta Renewables’ 75M liter cellulosic ethanol plant opens in Italy

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Beta Renewables, part of the Mossi Ghisolfi Group, and Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of a 75-million-liter (20-million-gallon) cellulosic ethanol plant. More than $200 million has been invested in research and development of the technology used to produce cellulosic ethanol at the Crescentino facility since 2011.

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Team characterizes different spray behaviors of first- and second-generation biofuels in a diesel engine

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A team from Instituto Motori in Italy has analyzed the spray behaviors of first-generation (soybean- and rapeseed-biodiesel) and second-generation (gas-to-liquids) biofuels in a diesel engine, both neat (100%) and in a 50% blend with commercial diesel. The reference fuel was commercial diesel. —Mancaruso et al.

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EIA: More than 1 billion gallons of renewable drop-in diesel/jet produced worldwide in 2014

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HEFA fuels are hydrocarbons rather than alcohols or esters and are the most common drop-in biofuels; they can be used in diesel engines without the need for blending with petroleum diesel fuel. Currently, HEFA fuels are also approved by ASTM International for use in jet engines at up to a 50% blend rate with petroleum jet fuel.

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Codexis introduces next-generation Codexyme cellulase enzymes with improved performance for reduced costs

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a developer of engineered enzymes for pharmaceutical, biofuel and chemical production, launched CodeXyme 4 and CodeXyme 4X cellulase enzyme packages for use in producing cellulosic sugar for production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals. 2011) Comparative Performance of Precommercial Cellulases Hydrolyzing Pretreated Corn Stover.

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Fiat to provide Opel with Combo successor based on Doblo

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The Automobile Sector of the Fiat Group and Adam Opel GmbH signed a contract agreement whereby Fiat will supply vehicles comprising of several variants to Opel commencing December 2011. The model will replace the Opel Combo light commercial vehicle, which reaches the end of its lifecycle in the fourth quarter 2011.

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Scania receives order for 158 biofuel buses in Sweden; ethanol and biodiesel

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Scania has previously delivered ethanol- and biogas-fuelled vehicles to Keolis, and the new buses will be equipped with engines for the renewable fuels ethanol and rapeseed methyl ester (RME). Deliveries of the buses will take place from April until July, and the buses will start operating between June and August.

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. In 2012, one of every two new diesel vehicles in the world (passenger cars and commercial vehicles) was registered in Europe.

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