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Southwest Research Institute has launched a collaborative effort to assist its clients to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and to address governmental mandates for alternativefuel production and tightened emissions standards. Many companies offer one or two aspects of alternativefuels research and development.
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Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternativefuels. DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternativefuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content.
The Toyota bZ4X Concept made its North American debut at Toyota Motor North America’s headquarters. The Toyota bZ4X Concept is the company’s vision for the first of a global series of battery-electric vehicles to be introduced under the “Toyota bZ” brand umbrella. —Lisa Materazzo, group vice president of Toyota Marketing.
AlternativeFuel Technology, LLC has been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR contract (W56HZV-10-C-0200) from the US Army to concept design and demonstrate an ultra-high pressure, intensified fuel injection system for use with jet propellant (JP-8) fuel. AlternativeFuel Technologies, Inc.
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Nevada-based Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC, (ARC) has developed a process—called ClearRefining—for the upgrading of ultra-low sulfur diesel to a lighter, cleaner burning, higher quality fuel. GDiesel still meets all the ASTM D975 specifications.
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This FY 2020 funding opportunity also supports priorities in advanced engine and fuel technologies including technologies for off-road applications, lightweight materials, new mobility technologies (energy efficient mobility systems), and alternativefuels technology demonstrations. Technology integration open topic.
FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, will exhibit a lean burn engine concept at the SAE 2011 World Congress that has been modified to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). FEV Inc., (FEV) This engine demonstrates a potential near-term solution. —Gary Rogers, FEV, Inc. president and CEO.
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Dresser Wayne, a global provider of fuel dispensers and technologies, is exhibiting a full-scale concept model of an electric vehicle (EV) charger at the 2010 Automechanika trade show. —Scott Negley.
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X72DF Under this joint development project, CMB.TECH will support WinGD in establishing its ammonia-fueled engine concept for a large bore engine. CMB.TECH has significant insight into alternativefuels and builds, designs, owns and operates large marine and industrial applications that run on hydrogen and ammonia.
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This workshop will focus on new transportation technologies such as alternativefuels and advanced powertrain vehicles that have the potential to achieve ARPA-E mission areas of reducing foreign imports and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
It has resulted in the sports car series approving and racing five alternativefuels by all competitors in its field. He is a leading voice worldwide on environmental issues as they pertain to alternativefuels and energies. All cars in the Series race on one of five alternativefuels or energy sources ( earlier post ).
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million in PIER grants for proposals demonstrating emerging energy efficiency technologies that are past the proof-of-concept stage and ready to be demonstrated in an industrial setting under real-world conditions. The Commission also approved PIER grants to develop natural gas plug-in hybrid vehicles to Transportation Power Inc.,
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based Patrick Racing to research and develop natural gas as an alternativefuel for the Series’ Prototype Challenge (PC) cars. He developed the concept that natural gas would be an ideal fuel for racing engines. Patrick Racing was founded by oil and natural gas exploration and racing pioneer U.E. Pat” Patrick.
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