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JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County).

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain.

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MAY 23, 2019

RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025. UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.;

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MARCH 9, 2016

They found that many alternative fuels consume larger quantities of water on a per km basis than traditional petroleum and natural gas pathways. Life cycle water consumption was computed for each fuel pathway using the 2014 version of GREET.net. Lampert et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Volvo trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and dimethyl ether (DME) will be on display this week at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, North America’s largest alternative fuel and clean vehicle technology conference. Earlier post.).

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MAY 10, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a 2012-2013 Investment Plan Update to increase the use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. These include projects that use a wide variety of materials, including waste, algae and crops that can be grown on agriculturally marginal land. $11 million for natural gas. $25

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The program’s 2012-2014 plan calls for investing $330 million between 2014 and 2015 in innovative technologies that provide benefits to electric ratepayers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Alternative Fuel and Vehicles. Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

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APRIL 24, 2014

In other words, they proposed making the current premium fuel the new standard grade. The analysis by Eric Chow, John Heywood and Raymond Speth, presented as a paper at the recent SAE 2014 World Congress, seeks to quantify the reductions in consumption and GHG if new vehicles designed to use the higher-octane fuel were deployed.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

It can be used as CNG or LNG and is derived from many abundant and renewable sources, including decomposing organic waste in landfills, wastewater treatment and agriculture. The deal is part of an initiative announced last year by UPS to expand significantly its use of RNG natural gas in UPS’s alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

It is focusing its efforts on five areas aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions: vehicle energy use (weight, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance); engines; transmissions; axles and drivelines; and hybrid propulsion and alternative fuel technologies. Hybrid propulsion and alternative fuel vehicles.

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JULY 29, 2015

Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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JUNE 20, 2015

In 2014, Boeing proposed the possibility of using green diesel at a low blending ratio to produce aviation drop-in fuel. Green diesel is produced from vegetable oils and animal fats via the same base method as HEFA biojet fuel: the catalytic hydro-deoxygenation of fatty acid esters and free fatty acids (e.g. bio-oils and fats).

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JUNE 30, 2015

the developer of a process for converting municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation biofuel. The investment is so far the largest single investment by a US airline in alternative fuels. Fulcrum expects its first alternative fuels plant to begin commercial operation in 2017. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

As part of the agreement, emissions (or offtake gas) from various HeidelbergCement factories could provide Joule with the waste CO 2 required to feed its advanced Helioculture platform that effectively recycles CO 2 back into fuel. This initial relationship fits well with Joule’s strategy of turning waste CO 2 into liquid fuel.

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JUNE 20, 2011

The project will divert approximately 550,000 metric tons of waste that otherwise would go to a landfill while producing jet fuel with lower emissions of greenhouse gases and local pollutants than petroleum-based fuels. Earlier post.). —Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO Nicholas E.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

By transitioning exclusively to Redeem by 2025 and by achieving zero carbon-intensity, Clean Energy would outdistance other alternative fuels, including electricity for EVs, which are not excepted to hit that mark until 2045.

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MAY 4, 2018

Increased cetane aids self-ignition of fuel and allows for easier starting, smoother running engines and reliable operation. REG utilizes Bio-Synfining technology developed and patented by its Synthetic Fuels Division in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Currently, San Francisco uses renewable diesel for its entire municipal fleet.

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APRIL 23, 2014

has come to an agreement with Lufthansa under which the carrier will evaluate Gevo’s renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving the alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use. Freerks (2014) “Certification of Alternative Aviation Fuels and Blend Components,” Energy & Fuels 27 (2), 962-966 doi: 10.1021/ef301888b.

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JUNE 7, 2013

For now, noted Ed Saxman, Volvo Trucks’ Product Marketing Manager, Alternative Fuels, the engines in the customer fleet test trucks in the US are the same as those currently under test in Europe. Volvo Truck’s DME announcement comes in the context of many years of alternative fuel and driveline development. Selecting DME.

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JULY 21, 2015

Red Rock Biofuels LLC will produce approximately three million gallons of low-carbon, renewable jet fuel per year for FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. The agreement runs through 2024, with first delivery expected in 2017. Earlier post.). —Terry Kulesa, co-founder and CEO of Red Rock.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Apart from LNG as an alternative fuel, we are also working on other projects which will continuously make our logistics processes more environmentally compatible. Apart from chemicals and waste disposal, the assessment criteria also include emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate emissions and sulfur oxides.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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MAY 14, 2020

ASTM International has approved and published a seventh annex to D7566 , the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) specification, with support from the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Blending: Required to be blended with petroleum-based jet fuel, up to a 50% maximum level. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The approval of the quality specifications opens the way for public sale of the fuel. The regulation was proposed on 25 July 2014; it was approved and filed with the Secretary of State, with an effective date of 1 January 2015. Each certification increases their confidence that the fuel is good for trucks and the environment.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The Request supports activities and projects based on the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) May 2014 strategic plan, including design support for a reconfigured international Long Baseline Neutrino Facility hosted at Fermilab. Bioenergy Technologies. per gallon gasoline equivalent (gge).

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JULY 29, 2016

Improve collection, storage, densification, pretreatment, and transportation of municipal solid waste to the conversion facility. Fuel Conversion and Scale-Up. CAAFI participated in the survey and review process and provided input to the strategy during the initial stakeholder discussions held in January 2014. —FAJFS.

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MARCH 13, 2016

Alternative fuel combustion. Waste heat recovery. President Obama and President Xi Jinping announced a renewal and expansion of the CERC in November 2014. Advanced air management system (exhaust gas recirculation, turbocharger, supercharging). High conversion efficiency NO x after-treatment and particulate filters.

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MAY 13, 2010

designates an existing national laboratory as a nuclear waste reprocessing Center of Excellence. Allows 50% of the cost to be expensed for a facility placed in service after 31 December 2014 and before 1 January 2020. Reducing Transportation Emissions. Emissions from the transportation sector will remain under the carbon pollution cap.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The US continues to throw its financial weight behind its efforts to play catch up in the green car race, with the US house passing a vote of 312-114 for a bill that authorises additional funding of $2.85billion from 2010-2014 for the US Department of Energy to support a range of research activities for advanced technology vehicles.

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JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix.

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MAY 14, 2014

The California Energy Commission has published the “2014?2015 2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program”. carbon alternative fuels, fueling infrastructure, and advanced vehicle technologies. The 2014-2015 plan. Background.

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MARCH 19, 2015

The order has operational directives for building and fleet management, electricity generation, water use, waste management and purchasing. Through more efficient Federal operations, agency direct greenhouse gas emissions can be cut by at least 40% over the next decade, the order suggests.

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