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General Electric Company Wants to Refuel Your Natural Gas Ford F-150 at Home

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The first compressed natural gas, or CNG, capable half-ton pickup truck rolled off of an assembly line in Kansas City last November. It sported a 3.7-liter V6 engine, hardened pistons and valves, a factory-installed gaseous fuel-prep system, and greatly reduced costs. While a conversion kit for a gasoline-powered truck costs between $6,000 and $9,500, the new natural gas fuel-capable engine only sets you back an extra $315 plus engine costs.

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3 Factors That Will Drive Natural Gas Vehicle Adoption in the U.S.

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Americans have lived in a world dominated by gasoline-powered vehicles for nearly 100 years. There are robust biofuels programs in place that attempt to lower gasoline consumption, but the nation’s overwhelming dependency on gasoline fuel creates some scary risks, some of which showed their ugly heads in the summer of 2008. Luckily, there is increased investment and attention being paid to the development of alternative vehicles that run on electricity or natural gas fuels.

 

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USDA Shows Support for 11,000 More Energy-from-Waste Plants

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The United States Department of Agriculture has released a road map detailing the benefits installing 11,000 new anaerobic digestion plants across the U.S. that could be used to produce energy or transport fuels. The biogas-using plants would have major positive effects in the fight to reduce carbon emissions. The agency also believes implementation of these plants is an important step toward America’s energy independence.

 

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What They’re Saying About Clean, Job-Creating American Natural Gas

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The safe development of job-creating American natural gas continues to deliver broad-based economic, environmental and national security benefits. From more jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector and for labor building trades, to expanded natural gas production and increased, locally-source power generation for consumers and small businesses, shale continues to benefit us all.

 

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ABS chosen to class the world’s first CNG ship

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ABS, a leading provider of global marine classification services, has been chosen to class the world’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) carrier ordered by Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN). The award for the precedent-setting ship is the latest example of ABS’ leadership in the gas ship sector, where the largest share of LNG ships is presently being built to its classification standards.

 

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Answers for your Questions about the Bioeconomy, biofuels, renewable chemicals and bioproducts

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With great sessions at conferences, delegates are usually keen to get a hold of the powerpoint decks. But how do you get a hold of the great Q&A that follows the presentations — or the pertinent questions that get left unanswered when sessions run out of time? We’ve been saving classic questions this year — and here are the answers, too. We’ve divided these up into six areas: R&D, Policy, Feedstocks, Production & Commercialization, and Downstream Markets and Infrastructure, and Finance.

 

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Fuel Fight: Corn Waste Wades Into Renewables Fracas

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There may be no romance in its seven-syllable name, yet for corn growers and environmental advocates, corn-based cellulosic ethanol holds the promise of an elixir. Cellulosic ethanol is a fuel made not from corn kernels, but instead the husk, stalk, cob and other waste parts of corn. And after being broken down by yeast and enzymes, proponents say it burns more cleanly than regular ethanol made from the parts of corn we’d otherwise eat.