EUROPEAN BIOFUELS PLANS MAY BE IN JEOPARDY
Published at 02.03.2010 in Alternatives, Environment
Fresh controversy is mounting within the European Union over biofuels and their unintended impact on tropical forests and wetlands, documents show. One leaked document from the EU's executive, the European Commission, suggests biofuel from palm oil might get a boost from new environmental criteria under development. But another contains a warning from a top official that taking full account of the carbon footprint of biofuels might "kill" an EU industry with annual revenues of around $5 billion.
CALIFORNIA HYBRID TRUCK, BUS VOUCHER PROJECT UNVEILS WEB SITE
Published at 24.02.2010 in Alternatives, Environment
A ground-breaking California project designed to spur the purchase and use of medium- and heavy-duty hybrids has officially launched with the unveiling of its informational website: www.californiahvip.org, supporting the California Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). It will provide all HVIP details and requirements, and be the electronic portal used in 2010 to request vouchers that help pay for advanced, clean hybrid trucks and buses. HVIP is managed by Calstart and sponsored by the California Air Resources Board (ARB).
SMART MOVE CAMPAIGN IS GAINING WORLDWIDE MOMENTUM
Published at 17.02.2010 in International developments, Public transport, Environment, Social aspects
Smart Move, a joint industry awareness and advocacy campaign, initiated by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and Busworld to make buses and coaches the foremost means of public transport and in so doing achieve sustainable mobility for all as well as meet ambitious environmental and road safety targets, is gaining worldwide momentum.
NAVISTAR TO INVEST IN DANISH EXHAUST GAS CLEANING TECHNOLOGY
Published at 04.01.2010 in Components, Environment
Press Release With Navistar’s choice of Advanced EGR to satisfy 2010 EPA emissions standards, the company needed a technology that could help reduce NOx emissions. It’s found that solution in the form of the Amminex solution. The American truck and bus manufacturer has reached agreement to purchase an interest in Amminex, a Danish company that provides a metal ammine-based NOx reductant delivery system.
BIOFUEL: NOT JUST ONE PERFECT SOLUTION
Published at 02.01.2010 in Alternatives, Environment
Biodiesel, bioethanol and biomethane can meanwhile be produced from a multitude of plants. Besides rapeseed, grains, oil palms and sugarcane, even flora such as the Barbados nut or camelina flowering plant may be considered. The latter two offer the advantage that they will grow on relatively infertile ground, and thus do not compete with the cultivation of food crops—for this is the main complaint about biofuels at the present time.
