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.
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 biofuels.
If it were to operate on 85 percent cellulosic ethanol or a similar proportion of biodiesel or
renewable diesel fuel, it would be achieving hundreds of miles per gallon of petroleum - derived fuel.
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.
Another prospective supplier, poultry giant Tyson Foods, is already partnering with refiner ConocoPhillips to make
renewable diesel fuel to supplement conventional diesel at the pump.
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.
Not exact matches
The province requires 5 %
renewable -
fuel content in gasoline and 2 % in
diesel, which amounts to 400 million litres a year.
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.
We now
fuel all of our
diesel trucks (and
diesel generators) with «
renewable diesel».
The application of hybrid powertrains and
renewable fuels on
diesel platforms will further reduce the vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions and could breathe still more life into what was a very hazy U.S. industry not long ago.
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.
Perhaps there should be more
diesel -
fueled racing cars and racing cars
fueled by
renewable and «green»
fuels.»
U.S. refiners need to accumulate credits, or
Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), to prove they have blended their share of renewable fuels into gasoline an
Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), to prove they have blended their share of
renewable fuels into gasoline an
renewable fuels into gasoline and
diesel.
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.
Data quality, surface, Andrews, SAT, adjustments, GISS, homogeneity, credibility, NOAA, endangerment finding, wind, parasitic, grid, where s the quid, Russia, developing countries, Paris, exports, sea levels,
renewable fuel, fad,
diesel, ocean carbonization, Hansen, 89 - 535 trillion USD, Eemian
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 pl
Fuel Standard (LCFS)
fuel pathway applications is a used cooking oil (gutter oil) to renewable diesel (NExBTL) pathway from Neste Oil at its Singapore pl
fuel pathway applications is a used cooking oil (gutter oil) to
renewable diesel (NExBTL) pathway from Neste Oil at its Singapore plant.
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.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) Low Carbon
Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff has released for public comment four new Tier 2
renewable diesel (RD) pathways using soy oil, used cooking oil, tallow, and corn oil at the Diamond Green facility in St. Charles, Louisiana.
Solazyme, Inc., a
renewable oil production company and leading algal synthetic biology company, will feature a Jeep Liverty
fueled by the world's first algal - based
renewable diesel, SoladieselRD ™, at CALSTART Target 2030...
He did his postdoctoral work in the lab of Jay Keasling, a pioneer of engineering microbes that consume
renewable feedstock and spit out useful chemicals like
diesel fuel or fragrance molecules for the cosmetics industry.
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 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.
REG Ultra Clean
Diesel, among the lowest emission
diesel fuels on the market today, is a patent - pending
fuel made of a proprietary blend of
renewable diesel and biodiesel.
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.
Liquid
fuel providers — producing and selling
diesel fuel, gasoline, or biofuels — and electricity providers — «
fuelling» plug - in hybrid vehicles with electricity generated with
renewable energy — can now compete for the transportation dollar.
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 activit
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 activit
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.
The regulation has been softened since but still operates to push
renewable projects to more remote areas where they can compete with high - cost
fuel like
diesel, and makes them uncompetitive in areas like Java where they compete with low - cost, abundant coal.
Historically,
diesel and
fuel oil have been the dominant sources of electricity but recent
renewable energy tenders have helped to decrease this dependence.
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.
Biomass - to - liquids company ClearFuels Technology Inc. and Hughes Hardwood International, Inc. have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of
renewable jet or
diesel fuel.
replacing — where possible —
diesel -
fuelled generators with solar panels and other
renewable energy sources;
The realistic opportunities for increasing supply of transportation
fuel soon suggest that government policies should encourage the commercialization of alternative
fuels that can be used in the existing infrastructure: cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel /
renewable diesel.
(Sec. 128) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include: (1) American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands within the definition of «state» for the purposes of the
diesel emissions reduction program; and (2) the construction of pipelines for
renewable fuels within the loan guarantee program.
This regulatory action establishes the 2013 annual percentage standards for the
Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program for cellulosic biofuel, biomass - based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewa
Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program for cellulosic biofuel, biomass - based
diesel, advanced biofuel, and total
renewablerenewable fuel.
In November 2012, EPA received two petitions for a reconsideration of the September 27, 2012 rulemaking entitled «Regulation of
Fuels and
Fuel Additives: 2013 Biomass - Based
Diesel Renewable Fuel Volume» which established a volume requirement of 1.28 billion gallons for biomass - based
diesel in 2013 under the
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
The
renewable synthetic
diesel and jet
fuels will meet all applicable
fuels standards, be compatible with existing engines and pipelines, and burn cleanly, with emissions of particulates and other regulated pollutants significantly lower than emissions of traditional
fuels.
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 perc
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 perc
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 perc
fuel by as much as 300 percent.
EPA established the volume requirements and associated percentage standards that apply under the RFS2 program in calendar year 2013 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass - based
diesel, advanced biofuel, and total
renewable fuel.
It says it is looking to increase its
renewable capacity to defray the volatile
diesel fuel prices and the environmental impacts.
Replace gasoline and
diesel with cleaner
fuels, such as biofuels, electricity, and
renewable natural gas; and
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.
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.
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.
If you look at this part of the tax code, many of the energy - related tax incentives will expire at the end of 2011, including the section 1603 program; the credit for energy - efficient residential retrofits; the credit for construction of new energy - efficient homes; the credit for energy efficient appliances; and the incentives for alcohol
fuels (mostly ethanol), biodiesel, and
renewable diesel.
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.
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.