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Boeing, South African Airways and Mango celebrate Africa’s 1st commercial flights with sustainable aviation biofuel from tobacco

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Airlines around the world have conducted more than 2,500 passenger flights using various forms of aviation biofuel since it was approved for commercial use in 2011. Italy-based Sunchem Holding is an industrial research and develop company operating in the sector of genetic and recombinant DNA applied to plant for energy purposes.

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

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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. There are currently 10 plants worldwide that produce renewable diesel, one of which is ENI’s former petroleum refinery in Venice, Italy. This use of a common fuel simplifies logistics.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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IEEE Life Fellow Sergio Benedetto Vice President, Publication Services and Products Sergio Bregni Benedetto is a professor emeritus at Politecnico di Torino, in Turin, Italy. He has received numerous international awards throughout his career, including the 2008 IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award.

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

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In 2012, one of every two new diesel vehicles in the world (passenger cars and commercial vehicles) was registered in Europe. The European countries with the highest sales of diesel vehicles are Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. In 2012, 45% of all light commercial vehicles in the world were registered in North America.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Ram Truck to offer factory-built CNG pickup

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The truck is designed for fleet and commercial customers. Fiat sales of compressed natural gas vehicles in Europe have exceeded 480,000 passenger cars and light duty vehicles (1997-2011). Italy has more widely adopted CNG vehicles than the US and offers 800 public CNG stations. The Ram’s 5.7-liter

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ZAP Acquires 51% Stake in China’s Jonway Auto in Focus On China EV Market; Plans Acquisition of Other 49% in Second Phase

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According to the terms of the definitive agreements, ZAP has the right to acquire the remaining 49% of Jonway Auto at the same valuation by 30 March 2011 or at a then current valuation after that date. Jonway’s volume manufacturing capacity gives ZAP a strong manufacturing base with the means of commercializing its innovative EV technologies.

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