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"Diesel Technology Industries Are an Export Powerhouse" . . . Export-to-Value Ratio Five Times Higher Than the National Average WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The diesel industry contributes more than $480 billion annually to the U.S. economy, provides more than 1.25 million jobs, and supplies a substantial export-to-value ratio five times higher than the national average, according to a new economic report released today by the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). The...
Researchers with the U.S Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a potential new advanced biofuel that could replace today's standard fuel for diesel engines but would be clean, green, renewable and produced in the United States. Using the tools of synthetic biology, a JBEI research team engineered strains of two microbes, a bacteria and a yeast, to produce a precursor to bisabolane, a member of the terpene class of chemical compounds that are found in...
"Using clean diesel power provides the safest and most economical choice for our nation's school buses." - Allen Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As schools around the nation welcome children back to their class rooms, some 24 million students will be provided safe, reliable and energy-efficient transportation to and from school on clean diesel school buses. "The modern yellow school bus powered by today's modern diesel engines is the...
"The positive monthly diesel sales increases in the U.S. and the new higher federal fuel efficiency requirements are both positives signs for the future growth of clean diesel sales." - Allen Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 20.4 percent increase in clean diesel automobile sales in August continued the strong growth of diesel car sales in the United States during 2011, according to Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Diesel...
Diesel Power Is Ready & Able to Rebuild America's Vital Infrastructure WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The expansion of new construction programs for U.S. schools, roads, bridges and buildings in the "American Jobs Act" outlined by President Obama tonight will require the efficient power provided by American-made clean diesel engines and equipment, according to Allen Schaeffer, Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum. "All of the construction and...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Just because it's 'green' doesn't mean it's slow." That's the mantra of Brent Hajek, owner of Hajek Motorsports and record-setting driver of the 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty pickup truck that sped to an amazing new 182 mph land speed record running on a 20 percent (B20) biodiesel blend at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last month. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110901/DE61743 ) The Ford F-Series is already known for its...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Oberon Fuels, a San Diego based low-emission alternative fuels company, today announced a joint research and development agreement to design and construct the first commercial facility in the United States to produce Dimethyl Ether (DME) from natural gas for use as a transportation fuel. The facility will be located in Southern California and produce the ultra-clean fuel, which can be used as an...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced today it has awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Bucks County Transport, of Holicong; Jennings Transportation Corp., of Nazareth, Northampton County; Kuhn Transportation LLC, of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County; and Berks County Intermediate Unit, of Reading, will use the grants to implement clean diesel technology. "There are three primary benefits...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An obsolete 50-acre industrial site in a St. Paul, Minnesota suburb has been redeveloped into a large terminal facility with capabilities to provide the region with enhanced clean energy products. The only of its kind and scale in the Upper Midwest, Rosemount Clean Energies is on the forefront of clean, renewable energy with its superior ability to solidify supply and offer biofuel injection blending, providing local marketers and end-users...
STAFFORD, Texas, Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerTeck Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCK) (the "Company") EnerTeck announced today that EnerGreen Technologies (Australia) has won a major piece of business with a very large marine customer in Australia. Sean Routledge, EnerGreen's Managing Director, stated, "This new customer resulted from a successful evaluation program conducted in conjunction with the customer at their busiest Port of operation. The initial order is for a...
