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Air pollutant emission 2010 limits exceeded in twelve EU Member States; road transport NOx a main factor
Twelve European Union Member States exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, according to recent official data for 2010 reported to the European Environment Agency (EEA). In some instances the...
CoolPlanet BioFuels claims conversion yield of 4K gallons gasoline per acre biomass
CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered (earlier post), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant...
Renault introducing two new Energy range engines: Energy dCI 90 and 75
New Energy dCi 90 engine. Click to enlarge. Renault is introducing two new 1.5L diesel engines in its Energy family (earlier post)—the Energy dCi 90 and 75—and applying them first in the Kangoo range. Fuel consumption will be 4.4 liters/100...
Toyota future B-segment hybrid concept to produce 50% less CO2 than average supermini
Toyota released a few more snippets of detail about the new FT-Bh—Future Toyota B-segment hybrid—to be unveiled at the Geneva show. (Earlier post.) The new concept is as spacious as an average five-door supermini, but produces about 50% less CO2,...
Novozymes introduces its latest enzyme technology for cellulosic biofuels; performs 1.5x better than predecessor
Relative enzyme dose reduction with succeeding generations of Cellic product. Source: Novozymes. Click to enlarge. Novozymes has introduced its next-generation of enzyme technology for cellulosic biofuels, Cellic CTec3, an advanced cellulase and hemicellulase complex. The enzyme enables more cost-efficient conversion...

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