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GE progressing on next generation engine for Boeing 777X Aircraft; 10% fuel improvement

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The GE9X engine is focused on improvements in fuel burn, noise and emission over the current GE90-115B engine while maintaining comparable reliability and maintenance cost, said Bill Millhaem, general manager of the GE90 program at GE Aviation. The GE9X engine will offer 10% percent fuel improvement over today’s GE90 engines.

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

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More than one billion gallons of hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) fuels—renewable, drop-in diesel and jet fuels such as Neste’s NEXBTL—were produced worldwide in 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). This use of a common fuel simplifies logistics.

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New enhanced quasi-dimensional combustion model for HSDI diesel engines

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A team at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy) has developed and validated a quasi-dimensional combustion model applicable to any type of high-speed direct-injection (HSDI) diesel engine. International Journal of Engine Research 12: 311-335 doi: 10.1177/1468087411401285. —Perini and Mattarelli. Resources.

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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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The SAA and Mango flights carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Boeing 737-800s using a blend of 30% aviation biofuel produced from Sunchem’s nicotine-free tobacco plant Solaris , refined by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG. The oil can be used for biodiesel, electric generation, bio-jet fuel and marine diesel.

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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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Ford commissioned the survey, conducted by the consultancy The Futures Company, to better understand the opinions and attitudes of Europeans across a range of mobility issues—from car sharing to green driving to the future of the internal combustion engine. In 2011, Ford Motor Company spent €4.1 billion (US$5.2

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VM Motori Awards CGI Block and Bedplate Contracts for New 3.0L Diesel to Tupy

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Independent engine manufacturer VM Motori SpA of Italy has awarded. Following pre-machining of the cylinder blocks and bedplates at Tupy, final machining and engine assembly is performed in a purpose-built manufacturing facility at VM Motori in Cento, Italy. liter V6 diesel engine.

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EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

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The amended Eurovignette Directive (2011/76/EU) relating to the charging of HGVs for use of major European motorways prescribes that from 2013, Member States may include air pollution costs in any charging structure for roads under the Trans? Diesel, used by most HGVs, causes more air pollution per kilometer than other fuels such as petrol.

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