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According to a recent report from Pike Research, the current trend toward cleaner transit buses will continue over the next several years, with alternativefuel vehicles representing more than 50% of the 64,000 total transit buses that will be delivered worldwide during 2015, up from 28% of total bus deliveries in 2010.
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Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternativefuels. DNV GL has released a position paper on the futurealternativefuel mix for global shipping. Shipping must change, and we must contribute technical measures, operational measures and alternativefuels to meet the challenges we are tackling.
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million ( DE-FOA-0000951 ) to create and implement high impact and highly innovative approaches to increase the acceptance and deployment of AlternativeFuel Vehicles (AFVs). The alternativefuel types to be addressed under this FOA are specified by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and are: Methanol, ethanol, and other alcohols.
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