Burke notes that novel concepts such
as renewable diesel are «a very small part of our portfolio» and are unlikely to supply vast quantities of energy, but he says they demonstrate a certain mind - set.
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.
Not exact matches
As a clean,
renewable alternative to dirty kerosene lamps and
diesel generators, Matthews, now the founder of Uncharted Play based in Harlem in New York City, invented a groundbreaking rotational energy harnessing and generating soccer ball, simply called SOCCKET — all at the age of 19.
This is an accounting trick of sorts so the island generates
as much energy from
renewables as it consumes in nonrenewable
diesel and gasoline.
NExBTL naphtha is produced
as part of the NExBTL
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Renewable diesel generated via TCP is similar to other liquid fuels with respect to its physical properties and combustion performance
as demonstrated by the table below.
Can we be smart enough to capitalize on the boom of dirty
diesel fuel — recently listed
as a carcinogen — to make
renewables finally have an impact?
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.
Just
as the government requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline, they also require or promote the blending of
renewable biomass components into
diesel fuels.
If their goal of getting
renewable power to 118,000 stations is reached, they will save
as much
as 6.6 million gallons of
diesel fuel per year, and avoid
as much
as 6.3 million tons of CO2.
Similarly, the Energy Commission's Alternative and
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development ac
Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such
as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas,
renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development ac
renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.
Can we be smart enough to capitalize on the boom of dirty
diesel fuel — recently listed
as a carcinogen — to make
renewables finally have an impact?
The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of alternative and
renewable transportation fuels such
as biomethane,
renewable gasoline and
diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.
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.
Created at a time of energy dependence and domestic energy scarcity, [the
Renewable Fuel Standard] has outlived its usefulness, and could create serious fuel supply disruptions and by some estimates a rise in the cost of gasoline by
as much
as 30 percent and
diesel fuel by
as much
as 300 percent.
Replace gasoline and
diesel with cleaner fuels, such
as biofuels, electricity, and
renewable natural gas; and
Therefore, intermittent
renewables are not a suitable source of power for pumped hydro, except in a few special, extraordinary cases --(such
as El Heiro island where they have a 700 m high extinct volcano crater providing a large upper reservoir, good wind resource and are replacing high - cost
diesel generation.)
Replacing
diesel powered generators with
renewables, such
as solar PV, to power water pumps can help lower energy costs.
Industrials can install or procure
renewable energy; however, they may have requirements in terms of the quality of supply and load profile that could require connection to the grid or other technologies, such
as storage and back - up
diesel generation.
But we see
as the best long - term strategy to electrify
as many gasoline /
diesel miles
as possible then use the cleanest liquid fuel possible for the range extension, evolving that
as soon
as possible to
renewable low - carbon biofuels.
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.
Two other projects are afoot in the middle of the country, including one that is already producing
renewable diesel that can be blended into jet fuel at a ratio of one part in 10
as soon
as ASTM gives the green light.
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.
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.
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.
Well, in my opinion, it means we need to treat our liquid fuels (with high - energy density)
as very precious resources
as we have yet to prove that we can create a
renewable liquid fuel even nearly equivalent to gasoline (petrol) or
diesel.