Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

liter Power Stroke V8 offered in Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks, the fuel system has been tailored and calibrated for combustion efficiency. liter turbo diesel features piezoelectric fuel injectors fed through a common rail fuel system with maximum fuel pressure of 1,800 bar (26,100 psi). Like the larger 6.7-liter

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), crude oil producers may generate credits for oil that has been produced using innovative methods and delivered to California refineries for processing. Seneca Resource Corporation (Seneca) has applied for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar generated electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

Seaboard Energy has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex hydroprocessing fuel technology to produce renewable diesel from tallow and soybean oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit is currently under construction at Seaboard Energy’s site in Hugoton, Kansas, and is scheduled for operation at the end of 2021.

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Renewable Diesel Energy Kansas 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

The states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opposing enforcement of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). This regulation directly threatens $1.3 —Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 28 projects for awards totaling $38 million to support early-stage research and development of innovative hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Selections span three topic areas: Topic 1: Platinum-Free Catalysts to Lower Fuel Cell Costs. Topic 3: Innovative Fuel Cell Concepts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Click to enlarge. Fortier, Belinda S.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

As reported in a paper in Plant Biotechnology Journal , this successful metabolic engineering and subsequent field production of the modified camelina crop marked the highest accumulation of the unusual oil achieved so far in transgenic plants. hydroxyl, epoxy, etc.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Minimal revving reduces engine wear, oil usage and maintenance, while increasing durability and efficiency. liter engine is an economic, low-speed solution that boasts diesel-like performance, high durability, reduced noise and overall wear with all the benefits of alternative fuels. —Gary Winemaster, chairman and CEO, PSI.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

Total March deliveries of all products, including gasoline, distillate, kerosine-jet fuel, and residual fuel, rose 3.5% Sharply higher crude oil prices are driving that, and they continue to put upward pressure on the price at the pump. Domestic crude oil production in March 2010 hit 5.5 from a year ago.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

The following projects have been selected for awards: Kansas State University, $5,078,932. Once harvested and processed, camelina oil and meal will be chemically converted to a variety of adhesives, coatings and composites. The goal of this project is to make the oilseed crop camelina a cost-effective biofuel and bioproduct feedstock.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

The new Transit will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy compared to similar E-Series vans, due in part to weight savings that will trim at least 300 pounds from Transit compared to a similar E-Series van. Turbocharging to create a denser mix of air and fuel in each cylinder.

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North America F-150 Ford America 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

EIA said that two factors behind growing US renewable diesel capacity are rising targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs and biomass-based diesel tax credits. Renewable diesel is a fuel that is chemically equivalent to petroleum diesel and nearly identical in its performance characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

The advanced biofuels produced through these projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared to fossil fuels. This three-year project will work to build a demonstration plant using two technologies to convert low-value byproducts and wastes from paper mills into higher-value sugar, oil, and lignin products.

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Grant Production Conversion Hawaii 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

HollyFrontier Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products, plans to construct a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at its Artesia, New Mexico refinery (Navajo Refinery).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

for this reason, the capture and storage of CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel power plants must be aggressively pursued.The scale of CCS needed to make a significant dent in worldwide carbon emissions is staggering. Roughly 6 billion metric tons of coal are used each year, producing 18 billion tons of CO 2. DOE Share: $3,014,666). C6 Resources.

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Carbon Industry Industrial Coal 210

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APRIL 28, 2011

Comparison with fossil fuels. Water is required for crude oil recovery by water flooding, enhanced oil recovery via steam injection, and steam extraction of bitumen from oil sands and during refining of crude oil to produce gasoline. —Mishra and Yeh. and from 0.29 L/VKT, respectively. and from 0.29

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Water Davis Oil-Sands Nebraska 199

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JUNE 13, 2012

This Arkansas BCAP project area is sponsored by MFA Oil Biomass LLC, in Columbia, Mo. MFA Oil Biomass and partner Aloterra Energy LLC, operating in Ohio, will continue to coordinate the crop propagations, planting and mitigation and monitoring plan.

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Arkansas North Carolina Energy New York 218

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. The E10 test fuels’ octane ratings were much higher than normal (between 90.6

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JUNE 15, 2011

The sponsor for this project is MFA Oil Biomass LLC and the project area surrounds the co-op’s biomass conversion facility in Paragould, Ark. The sponsor for this project is MFA Oil Biomass LLC and the project area surrounds the co-op’s biomass conversion facility in Columbia, Mo.

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APRIL 3, 2015

In an open access paper published in the journal Algae , the researchers reported that they easily grew high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90% of nitrates and more than 50% of phosphorous from municipal wastewater. Algae Algal Fuels' Various formulations of algae were tested in each tank.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

SEV US has commenced production of the Smith Newton electric truck platform at its assembly facility in Kansas City, Missouri, and currently has an order book of 255 trucks. From an industry standpoint, we are seeing delivery fleet and utility vehicle operators move to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles.

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Transit Connect Ford Connected Connect 220

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Harmonizing fuel programs between state, federal, and foreign jurisdictions is useful to ensure the optimum reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. For LCA analysis, the model used for calculation (CA-GREET, GHGenius, etc.) Earlier post.).

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Carbon Standards Fuel Oregon 244

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JANUARY 13, 2014

liter EcoBoost’s fuel efficiency is the debut of standard Auto Start-Stop technology in the F-150. Variable displacement oil pump reduces internal engine friction to improve fuel economy. Cooling jets beneath the pistons that spray oil on the pistons to help lower operating temperatures. Click to enlarge. The all-new 3.5-liter

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F-150 Ford Engine Fuel Economy 329

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass.

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Power plants would face an overall cap on emissions that would become more stringent over time; motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax whose proceeds could help electrify the U.S.

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Plug in America

JULY 21, 2023

EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. EVs Cost Less to Maintain A recent study by Consumer Reports on repair and maintenance data from thousands of drivers shows that EV drivers pay about half of what drivers of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles pay for maintenance and repairs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If every megawatt of renewable needs a fossil fuel-fired generator in stand-by, then you increase the cost substantially of free resources," he said. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. He states this as a positive of his program.

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