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* USA - Rose Twp. brownfield goes green for energy - DaimlerChrysler is involved in a pilot project to grow biodeisel crops on contaminated landAuburn Hills,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Sofia Kosmetatos-20 Oct 2006: -- DaimlerChrysler AG is working to turn a brownfield green... A project involving two acres of a 110-acre Superfund site in Oakland County's Rose Township is part of an effort to determine if contaminated lands might be good places to grow crops for biodiesel... Jim Croce, CEO of NextEnergy said, there's tests yet to be done with the Rose Township crops produced, including finding what pollutants are extracted from the soil by the crops, and where these pollutants go once the crops are turned to fuel and burned... (Photo by Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News - Jim Croce of NextEnergy, left, MSU's Kurt Thelen and Deb Morrissett of DaimlerChrysler check crops of soybeans, corn, sunflowers, canola and switch grass grown at a former dumping ground)
* UK - Vauxhall Vans Clean up in Green Fleet Awards
London,UK -Transport News Network -19 Oct 2006: --Yet another award has been added to Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles' bulging trophy cabinet, after the Luton-based manufacturer cleaned up at the recent GreenFleet awards... The prize, which recognises vehicle manufacturers' efforts at offering both alternative fuels and clean, efficient conventional powerplants, was awarded by GreenFleet magazine in association with Global Live Fleet Monitoring Solutions and Transport for London... Vauxhall was praised for its long-term commitment to DualFuel LPG models, while the British-built Vauxhall Vivaro was also recognised for its new range of Euro IV-compliant diesel engines...
* USA - Cut idling by trucks, group asks regulators
Harrisburg,PA,USA -The Patriot-News, by CHARLES THOMPSON -Oct 19, 2006: -- Living in the midstate means co-existing with a lot of trucks. But a Carlisle-based group is aiming to curb the pollutants coming from tractor-trailers... The Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania yesterday came to the state Capitol seeking a new statewide regulation to limit the time tractor-trailers can spend idling at rest stops. The group submitted a petition for rules on idling to the state Department of Environmental Protection... The group's proposed regulations, inspired by rules in 12 other states, would restrict truck idling to five minutes per hour -- deemed a sufficient time to heat or cool an occupied truck cabin... For the first few years, trucks would be permitted to idle for prolonged periods when the outside temperature was below 40 degrees or above 80 degrees and no idle-.reduction technology was available...
* UK - Hybrid trucks are picking up commercial speed... ...not least at Paccar
London,UK -Transport News Network -19 Oct 2006: -- Earlier this year Paccar announced that it was creating "an ambitious goal of 30% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency for selected medium-duty applications over the next seven years utilizing hybrid technology as a key contributor to achieving this objective."... Meanwhile, critics of the US for not taking fuel economy seriously might like to consider Paccar's Kenworth Clean Power and Peterbilt Comfort Class systems which are scheduled for release in 2007 and maintain the vehicle's cabin temperatures at comfortable levels and provide power to operate other cabelectrical systems without running the engine... "Every little helps..."
* USA - O2Diesel to Begin Testing New Ethanol - Biodiesel Blend
USA -Autobloggreen, by Sam Abuelsamid - Oct 20, 2006: -- O2Diesel is a Delaware-based company that's trying a new approach with diesel fuel. One of the drawbacks of diesel fuel is that it tends to solidify at a considerably higher temperature than gasoline. In most northern regions they blend No. 1 and No. 2 diesel during winter months to make the fuel flow better at cold temperatures. Biodiesel gels up at an even higher temperature than petroleum diesel... O2Diesel is a trying a different approach by blending ethanol with B20 biodiesel... The problem is that ethanol doesn't naturally mix with diesel fuel. O2Diesel claims a proprietary process, which combines the ethanol, diesel and a patented co-solvent chemistry, creates a homogeneous, stable fuel to run in modern biodiesel compatible engines without further modifications...
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