To construct the estimates, the researchers used data on locomotive
diesel consumption, pipeline pumping station electricity consumption, locomotive and power plant emission factors and the AP2 integrated assessment model, which maps county level emissions to costs for counties affected by the emissions.
They use the solar power and the excess capacity of the diesel plant to charge this battery bank, which cuts
their diesel consumption in less than half, to 10 - 12 gallons per day.
It indicated that solar could reduce
diesel consumption and lower costs during construction of Carrapateena.
The government's announcements for ramping up expenditure on infrastructure, especially road - building, are also expected to lead to increased
diesel consumption.
My Institute concluded that a 25 cents / litre reduction in the price of diesel for heavy vehicles would lead to an increase in
diesel consumption of around 7 % amongst those vehicles.
Vale says the deal will save $ 150 million in fuel costs starting in 2014, with palm oil biodiesel replacing up to 20 percent of
diesel consumption in the company's northern operations.
A key market opportunity for the company is replacing diesel with clean energy for off - grid cell phone towers (a concept I wrote about here) as well as replacing
diesel consumption in mini grid applications.
Not exact matches
As truckers move raw materials, goods - in - process and finished goods across the U.S., their real - time movement and
diesel fuel
consumption is tracked.
The House of Commons Library has said that since 2008,
consumption of petrol and
diesel has fallen every year.
Even the oil sands ultimate
consumption in a gasoline,
diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.
The caveat here are the new hybrid gasoline engines which dramatically improve petrol fuel
consumption, which coupled with the lower carbon density of the fuel make them lower emitters than an equivelant engine size
diesel.
However, on average a
diesel engine tends to be between 30 % to 40 % more eficient in fuel
consumption than its equivelant engine size petrol counterpart, therefore, per km the
diesel engine will emit less.
The 2.3 - litre single turbo
diesel engine is also very light on fuel with around 10 or 11.0 - litres per 100 - kilometre
consumption easily achievable, depending on load, topography and headwinds.
Muscular, high - tech turbo -
diesels are popular in Europe for their very low fuel
consumption.
News report (here and here and lots more can be found that two guys drove Ford Mondeo Econetic with 1,6 liters
diesel engine and got fuel
consumption of about 3 liters per 100 kilometers.
Both are available in both short - and long - wheelbase forms, while the
diesel makes its case with a 49.6 mpg combined fuel
consumption figure.
However, I'm searching for a relatively simple (though quite accurate) formula that would take into account fuel type (
diesel, petrol, gas), vehicle occupancy factor, travel distance and average fuel
consumption per 100 km.
Below our trio sit the big - engined
diesel variants of the same cars, so smug in their claims that «in the real world» they're just as quick, while offering lower CO2 and fuel
consumption.
Following on with Porsche's recent distancing of itself from
diesel, the new Cayenne E-Hybrid promises reduced fuel
consumption and emissions, although how much attention has been lavished on driving pleasure, we're not so sure.
Fuel
consumption of potentially 70mpg or more also embarrasses any of VW's coupe range, including the
diesel.
That Ecomotive model might be the economy star but all the
diesels offer seriously impressive
consumption and emissions figures, with even the 181bhp 2.0 TDI able to muster an official 65.7 mpg in manual form, or 60.1 mpg as a DSG auto.
Honda still produces a 2.2 - liter
diesel for European
consumption and is looking at developing an even smaller
diesel for sale in some emerging markets as well as Europe.
All engines deliver both fuel
consumption improvements and CO2 reduction benefits over their predecessors — and, since
diesel cleanliness has been in the headlines a lot this year, it should be noted that all A4s, both petrol and
diesel, meet stringent Euro 6 emissions regulations.
The impressive fuel
consumption is due to a powertrain that comprises a 208bhp V6 HDi
diesel engine powering the front wheels and two electric motors — worth 295 lb ft of torque each but only 20bhp — powering the rears.
If, on the other hand, you're a business driver or tend to go on lots of long trips, the 108bhp 1.6 - litre TDI
diesel can work out the cheapest to run, with a 70.6 mpg fuel
consumption figure.
This model uses a 1.6 - litre
diesel engine producing 110 PS, has a six - speed manual gearbox, and is expected to achieve a combined fuel
consumption of just 85.6 mpg (equivalent to 87 g / km of CO2).
Its 3.0 - litre V6 turbo
diesel engine achieves a fuel
consumption figure of just 6.9 litres / 100 km as per the European driving cycle.
Since the 1.3 - litre
diesel engine has to work reasonably hard, it's no great surprise that the 1.6 - litre
diesel engine is close when fuel
consumption is concerned.
Combined fuel
consumption for the
diesel is an impressive 64.2 mpg and CO2 emissions are 117g / km.
Mercedes - Benz plans to roll out a wide range of
diesel - and hybrid - powertrain models over the next three years to cut fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions, and plans to put a B - class wagon powered by a...
The 122 - horsepower Cooper Countryman takes nearly 10 seconds for the 0 - 60 mph sprint and has gas
consumption of 41 mpg overall, while the
diesel variant returns an impressive 56 mpg.
As for propulsion, all engines both gasoline and
diesel on offer now use BMW's TwinPower turbo technology for upping power without upping fuel
consumption and XDrive intelligent all - wheel drive is now standard or an option on 12 different models.
The BMW 116d powered by a 2 - litre four - cylinder 85 kW / 115 bhp
diesel engine is available both in a 5 - door and a 3 - door version and, with a fuel
consumption of 4.5 litres / 100 km in the EU test cycle, it offers better fuel economy than any other model of this series.
The BMW TwinPower
diesel engine is also the most upgraded engine in attendance, pushing out 190 hp / 400 Nm over the previous 320d's 180 hp / 380 Nm of torque, bettering fuel
consumption by 0.5 litres / 100 km to 4.0 litres / 100 km, and is speedier over a 100 km / h dash by 0.2 seconds for a claimed 7.2 seconds.
With the higher torque of a
diesel and efficiency the fuel
consumption would be less than gas
The powertrain range later swelled to encompass more powerful petrols and
diesels, front - wheel - drive - only versions for reduced fuel
consumption and the addition of the DSG transmission, while sporty R Line and high value Match bolstered the choice of specification.
Ingenium
diesel6: Low fuel
consumption, high torque Available later in 2016, the clean, responsive, Ingenium
diesel uses state - of - the - art technologies including selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and low - pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to cut NOx and CO2 emissions.
The most powerful
diesel engine in the portfolio featured in the BMW 535d xDrive Gran Turismo delivers an acceleration of 6.0 seconds and an average fuel
consumption of 7.1 litres / 100 km.
For some that won't matter as they will be lured by the
diesel's ability to return average fuel
consumption of 4.5 L / 100 km, but we think the revised petrol Octavia offers more thrills for the keen driver.
With 0 - 60mph possible in just 6.9 seconds, the 237bhp
diesel engine makes for a very fast SUV, but you pay quite a penalty in increased fuel
consumption.
Turbo -
diesel models develop 147kW / 441Nm with an ADR Combined fuel
consumption figure of 7.2 L / 100 km (190g / km).
The
diesels — part of Jaguar's all - new Ingenium engine family — provide exemplary fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions from 75mpg and 99g / km.
The downsized engine yields some economy benefits, dropping average
consumption to 9.2 l / 100 km during a week of testing, but a
diesel model — perhaps the D5 AWD — boasts vastly superior economy, with comparable torque.
New base
diesel models include the A 160 CDI and B 160 CDI producing 66 kW (90 hp), which consume just 3.8 and 4.1 litres of
diesel respectively (combined
consumption).
For
diesel customers, the latest TD4 turbodiesel engine has been comprehensively updated to achieve reduced fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions, with 60 per cent * of components either all - new or significantly modified.
In the case of the B 180 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Edition (available from September), it has been possible to reduce
consumption even further by seven percent to 3.8 litres of
diesel per 100 km or 98 g CO2 / km.
On
diesel cars with a manual transmission, the Evoque becomes the first Range Rover to offer a stop - start function, which reduces fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions by a further eight per cent *.
The claimed fuel
consumption for the Hyundai Elantra is 16.3 km / l for the petrol variant and 22.7 km / l for the
diesel variant.
Market launch of the new MINI 5 door with four model variants (combined fuel
consumption: 5.9 — 3.6 l / 100 km, combined CO2 emissions: 136 — 95 g / km); two petrol and two
diesel engines of the new generation available with MINI TwinPower Turbo Technology; MINI Cooper 5 door with 100 kW / 136 hp 3 - cylinder petrol engine, MINI Cooper S 5 door with 141 kW / 192 hp 4 - cylinder petrol engine, MINI Cooper D 5 door with 3 - cylinder
diesel engine (85 kW / 116 hp) and MINI Cooper SD 5 door featuring new 4 - cylinder
diesel engine presented for the first time with an output of 125 kW / 170 hp; 6 - speed manual transmission as standard, 6 - speed Steptronic transmission or Steptronic sports transmission as an optional extra; extensive MINIMALISM technology including auto start / stop function and optional GREEN mode.
It doesn't sound like a big deal, but a common perk with
diesel engines is their abundance of torque; the 2.0 in the Cruze puts out an impressive 264 lb - ft of grunt, for example, while still managing a fuel
consumption of just 7.5 L / 100 km city and 4.2 L / 100 km highway, making the
diesel the most efficient Cruze in the entire lineup.