Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of
renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil's Singapore plant.
Not exact matches
The Conservatives have proposed that at least 5 % of gasoline should be made
from renewable sources by 2010, while the level for
diesel and heating will be 2 % by 2012.
The poll also found strong support for other policies that would help accelerate Canada's transition to clean energy, including federal support to help provinces use more
renewable electricity, switching buildings and vehicles to clean power, and measures to cut the carbon emissions
from gasoline and
diesel fuel.
New York City has invested in some 900,000 gallons of
renewable diesel — made mostly
from animal fat and vegetable oil instead of petroleum.
At tests at a giant seawater tank in New Jersey called Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Research &
Renewable Energy Test Facility, the Oleo Sponge successfully collected
diesel and crude oil
from both below and on the water surface.
In August that hole was plugged: The fuel Appel makes, known officially as
renewable diesel, received a subsidy of $ 1 per gallon
from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which took effect in January.
This is an accounting trick of sorts so the island generates as much energy
from renewables as it consumes in nonrenewable
diesel and gasoline.
The project, which will co-produce full replacement
renewable jet fuel, gasoline,
diesel and Bioplus nanocellulose
from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO's site in Thomaston, Georgia, has received a...
Neste, currently largest producer of
renewable drop - in fuels (primarily
diesel) with its NEXBTL platform (earlier post), has filed a patent (US20150144087) on a gasoline composition (and the method for making it) comprising up to 20 vol % (preferably
from about 10 - 15 vol.
Among four new California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications is a used cooking oil (gutter oil) to
renewable diesel (NExBTL) pathway
from Neste Oil at its Singapore plant.
The tests compared operational, vibration, and air emission differences between regular ultralow sulfur
diesel (ULSD) fuel and a 76/33 blend of ULSD and Amyris
Renewable Diesel (ARD) fuel, which is derived
from sugar.
And in Los Angeles, the ground service equipment for eight airlines will now be fueled with
renewable diesel — made
from grass clippings and other organic waste — because of the FAA's Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative.
The Scots have a target of generating all their electricity
from renewables inside the next five years, and at which point each Tesla there will effectively be running clean, whereas any petrol or
diesel equivalent will always be as dirty as the day it rolled out the showroom.
Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake have synthesized a new class of
renewable diesel fuels
from a methyl ketone and diols including 2,3 - butanediol, 1,2 - propanediol, and ethylene glycol.
Biomass - based
diesel fuel: Biodiesel and other
renewable diesel fuel or
diesel fuel blending components derived
from biomass, but excluding
renewable diesel fuel coprocessed with petroleum feedstocks.
According to a landmark plan, India aims to install 275 GW of
renewable energy by 2027 — as a point of reference, total installed electrical capacity in 2016 hovered around the 300 GW mark, 70 percent being derived
from coal gas and
diesel.
They use backup generation capacity
from factories (often
diesel generators) to match supply to demand in periods of low
renewable power generation.
If it were constructed
from carbon composites that mileage could double, and, if it were a
diesel and powered by biodiesel or
renewable diesel derived
from waste, it would be using no oil products at all.
The Commission notes, however, that biodiesel is generally «compatible with existing distribution infrastructure» and outlines the potential of a newer process («thermal depolymerization») that produces
renewable diesel without the above disadvantages,
from «animal offal, agricultural residues, municipal solid waste, sewage, and old tires».
The new Directive is meant to amend Directive 98 / 70 / EC relating to the quality of petrol and
diesel fuels and amend Directive 2009 / 28 / EC on the promotion of the use of energy
from renewable sources.
The proposed changes included revising registration, recordkeeping and reporting provisions for compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas; a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions analysis for
renewable electricity,
renewable diesel and naphtha produced
from landfill biogas; changes to deal with issues related to crop residue and corn kernel fiber when determining volumes of cellulosic feedstocks; a lifecycle analysis of advanced butanol; and changes to the E15 misfueling mitigation regulations.
Geothermal and Wind Energy Projects 9 St. Lucia Energy Week n December 6th to 10 th, 2004 — Theme: A Vision for St. Lucias Energy Future u Minister of Energy's address on Television and Radio u Energy Supplement Placed In the Local Newspapers u Energy Exhibition and School Project Competition — 50 participants, 10 projects u Seminar On National And Regional Energy Initiatives n Energy / n
Renewables supply 25 % of all energy needs and cost less than
diesel u Geothermal —
from the volcano u Small hydropower /
Professor Neville Jackson, Ricardo's chief technology and innovation officer, presented the results of a research project carried out by the Automotive Council UK to establish a long - term (to 2050) transition
from current gasoline and
diesel fuels to a majority
renewable energy portfolio.
As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation
from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in
diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro
renewables, mostly wind.
The partners have already started a joint development of the engineering design for a 1,400 barrel per day BTL plant to produce
renewable diesel and jet fuels
from woody biomass.
Because most
renewable diesel and bio-jet produced today are made
from the same oils and fats as biodiesel, the same limitations on the scale of these resources apply.
Drop - in
renewable diesel or bio-jet are essentially indistinguishable
from conventional
diesel and jet fuel and can be blended at almost any level, making it an attractive option for military or airline use.
Renewable diesel fuel (other): Diesel fuel and diesel fuel blending components produced from renewable sources that are coprocessed with petroleum feedstocks and meet requirements of advanced
Renewable diesel fuel (other):
Diesel fuel and
diesel fuel blending components produced
from renewable sources that are coprocessed with petroleum feedstocks and meet requirements of advanced
renewable sources that are coprocessed with petroleum feedstocks and meet requirements of advanced biofuels.
A team of researchers
from Colorado State University's Energy Institute has received a $ 1.2 - million grant
from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy to look at making natural gas engines as efficient as
diesel engines in the same class.
However, the mix of fuel types is projected to change significantly as the state transitions
from gasoline and
diesel to alternative and
renewable fuels.
Already sourcing over 80 % of its global electricity consumption
from renewable sources, the company aims to reach 100 % by investing in solar and wind energy and converting
diesel generators into lithium storage batteries for maximising its use of
renewable power.
«According to the EPA's
Renewable Fuel Standards Program Regulatory Impact Analysis, released in February 2010, biodiesel
from soy oil results, on average, in a 57 % reduction in greenhouse gases compared to fossil
diesel, and biodiesel produced
from waste grease results in an 86 % reduction»
We've written about the progress of biofuels company LS9 and their quest to produce a
renewable diesel fuel
from engineered E.coli for the past three years.
Biodiesel is «a domestic,
renewable fuel for
diesel engines derived
from natural oils like soybean oil, and which meets the specifications of ASTM D 6751.»
We're talking about a world where California gets more than 50 percent of its electricity
from renewables in 2030 (up
from 25 percent today), where zero - emissions vehicles are 25 percent of the fleet by 2035 (up
from about 1 percent today), where high - speed rail is displacing car travel, where biofuels have replaced a significant chunk of
diesel in heavy - duty trucks, where pastures are getting converted to forests, where electricity replaces natural gas in heating, and on and on.
They are going
from near 100 %
diesel - generated power to 50 %
renewables in a matter of a few months!
While natural gas has a slight environmental benefit relative to the use of conventional liquid fuels, such as gasoline and
diesel, the environmental performance of natural gas can be greatly improved by procurement
from renewable sources.