Sentences with phrase «fuel use efficiency»
Today, LATAM Airlines Group's fleet averages seven years old, one of the most modern in the industry, resulting in greater fuel use efficiencies and less greenhouse gas emissions.
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The report said Qantas recorded poor fuel efficiency because it used older, fuel - intensive aircraft, carried a low amount of freight (therefore making it less efficient) and also had relatively low numbers of passengers on each plane.
During my visit, I'm not allowed inside the two buildings where Bombardier is developing its Learjet 85 and Global 7000 and 8000 business jets, product lines that will use new composite - construction technology to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency.
This conflict between fuel efficiency, road use and tax revenue will only grow as Ottawa commits to tough new fuel standards.
«We are working closely with the CleanTech Alliance Fund team to build U.S. infrastructure that will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, expand the use of renewable energy and recycled materials, and improve the efficiency of our economy,» said Scott Brown, Managing Partner of the Fund.
Beijing is using sales quotas and fuel efficiency standards to press global automakers to help local suppliers develop battery technology.
The Transportation Department regulates the nation's vehicles, airplanes, railroads, pipelines, ports and highways - including whether to allow the use of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, over people and whether U.S. fuel efficiency standards should be revised.
Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.
Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through increased efficiencies in mill energy systems, increased use of low - impact fossil fuels, and increased recovery for recycling.
The Government needs to act urgently and we are calling on Gordon Brown, who only recently pledged to ensure that he will do everything to eradicate fuel poverty, to use the additional VAT receipts he will receive from the price increases and direct them into energy efficiency schemes for the fuel poor.»
WASHINGTON (CNN)- Help may soon be on the way to the struggling U.S. auto industry after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed off her opposition to using funds from a fuel - efficiency research program for a bailout, two congressional officials said Friday.
The draft North Country Regional Sustainability Plan's major goals include generating and exporting renewable energy from the northern tier, energy efficiency improvements, development of alternative heating fuels from within the region, sustainable use of natural resources to enhance jobs and business development and environmental stewardship.
NYSERDA, a public benefit corporation, offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Ethanol and biodiesel can both be used in bio-jet fuel, but the technologies to convert plant - derived oil to jet fuel are at an advanced stage of development, yield high energy efficiency and are ready for large - scale deployment.
They use a surface air - gap firing technology, which can help improve engine performance and fuel efficiency by providing multiple spark paths.
WMG is analysing the suitability for micro / mild hybridisation (MMH)-- a feasible solution that represents a simple, low - cost implementation to create high fuel efficiency with less energy use and fewer emissions.
It is well known that giving drivers feedback on fuel efficiency, for example, leads them to use less fuel.
For example, I have voted to improve fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, to provide communities with funding to expand public transportation, to provide tax credits to expand the use of wind and solar technologies, as well as expanding access to grants and tax credits for homeowners to weatherize their homes and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.
In situations where consumers must average ratio information, such as comparing the fuel efficiency of two cars using the ratio miles per gallon, they often flub the numbers by incorrectly assuming the mathematic equation to find miles per gallon would be to average the sum of the mileage of both cars and then divide by two, instead of using a more complex equation needed to accurately compare ratios.
These safe GMOs will improve efficiency of such engineered organisms, which are now being used in closed systems, such as the production of pharmaceuticals, fuels, and new chemicals.
Turning down Keystone makes the statement that it is time to stop investing in technologies that lock us into continued fossil fuel use, and to make a bigger play on efficiency and carbon - neutral energy (including nuclear).
By dramatically improving the speed and efficiency of conversion over conventional approaches, these enzymes could stimulate efforts to grow crops for fuel, with implications for biodiversity in the form of increased land use for this purpose, potential shifts away from fossil fuel use and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Using advanced lightweight materials on even the most basic car parts can improve overall fuel efficiency, too.
«We can dramatically improve fuel efficiency by making our cars lighter, including the greater use [of] carbon fiber, which is also stronger than metal.
Ekmark says we are now entering an era in which vehicles will also gather real - time information about the weather and highway hazards, using this to improve fuel efficiency and make life less stressful for the driver and safer for all road users.
But so is the cost of any method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a similar difference — whether it's doubling the fuel efficiency of every single car and truck on the road (which would cost a few trillion dollars and take at least 15 years) or building scores of new wind turbines for each turbine already turning today or erecting hundreds of new solar cell arrays for every array in use today.
«Every airline is looking for ways to improve fuel efficiency and working with the university team on this evidence - based study was an opportunity for us to use our data differently and engage with our captains in a way we hadn't before,» said Claire Lambert, fuel efficiency manager for Virgin.
«This inexpensive and scalable strategy represents a feasible and cost - effective way to help airline captains use standard fuel efficiency information in a more effective way.»
Factors that nobody used to care about (hormones in milk, fuel efficiency in cars) have become important marketing points.
If this level of efficiency is possible to achieve in a fuel cell, the amount of required platinum would be comparable to what is used in an ordinary car catalytic converter.
(The decoy effect works on humans, too: When buying a used car, for example, consumers who value a lower price over fuel efficiency may choose car B over car A, which costs more but has superior efficiency.
Cars will still be needed in the future for intercity travel, but if cities are to address their escalating emissions, they need to put policies in place that curb vehicle use and improve vehicle fuel efficiency, he added.
Air New Zealand said yesterday that using a 50 percent blend of biofuel with traditional jet A-1 fuel can improve fuel efficiency by more than 1 percent, according to data collected during the December 2008 test flight.
A plant uses just 1 percent of the energy it receives from the sun to make glucose, whereas the artificial system achieved roughly 10 percent efficiency in converting carbon dioxide to fuel, the equivalent of pulling 180 grams of carbon dioxide from the air per kilowatt - hour of electricity generated.
(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or use of transportation fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil fuel - based alternatives;
The Obama administration made a concerted effort to transform the U.S. transportation system with battery startups, regulations that ramp up the use of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels, and a near doubling of fuel efficiency requirements for light - duty cars and trucks.
UPS has also been blazing new trails in operational efficiency via intermodal shifting, e.g., using the most fuel - efficient transport mode (airplane, train, truck or ship) or combination of modes to meet customer needs.
Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are working on improving the efficiency of microbial fuel cells (MFC) by using modified graphite felt.
The team is analyzing the performance of even more efficient catalysts used to convert biomass to high value fuels to understand their disruption mechanism and how the catalyst synthesis affects its efficiency and selectivity for the conversion reaction.
Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average fuel consumption of its new vehicles using a combination of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →
Researchers at the EBI are searching for more efficient ways to use non-food biomass like cellulose as the starting material for fuel production as well as for ways to boost the concentration of fuel produced and improve on the efficiency of the process.
Concurrently, metabolic conditioning is conditioning the MUSCLES to better use the fuel delivered to them by improving the efficiency for the different metabolic pathways.
In the course of their projects, students use computers to locate identified online resources such as fuel - efficiency charts or rosters of local industries.
So as you can see, although it raises its octane level, it decreases its efficiency to only 66 % that of good old fashioned gasoline (another point to the theory that todays gasoline doesn't go as far as it used to as it contains about 10 % ethonal everywhere in the U.S.) also this is the reasoning for the moniker «flex fuel» equipped vehicles.
Such advanced assembly methods as the extensive use of hydroformed extrusion panels, injected aluminum foam used to reinforce pillars and sills, and more sophisticated bonding techniques also will help improve fuel efficiency.
A supplier source told Reuters that GM is planning a special high - efficiency model that will use aluminum extensively for a weight savings of at least 250 lb, and an improvement of as much as 20 percent in fuel economy.
To increase efficiency 25 percent over the V - 10, which was rated at a mere 11/17 mpg, the 2012 model will use an automatic start - stop function in combination with a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission to help save fuel.
V - 8 performance with four - cylinder fuel efficiency The RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD throws out the conventional driveshaft of the TL SH - AWD and instead uses two electric motors that torque - vector the rear wheels and provide gas - free power up to 50 mph.
A wonderful road car with good fuel efficiency for an AWD heavy vehicle... On road trips, we have actually averaged close to 28mpg using cruise at... Read full review
You'll want to get used to six - four or even five - three downshifts, which add to the fun even if they detract from fuel efficiency.