Latest Fuels Stories
ORRVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Smith Dairy Products, a family owned business in Orrville, Ohio began researching the benefits of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel two years ago. "Smith Dairy started to look at how volatile the diesel market really is, and how it's something that they would like to have more control over," explained Smith Dairy's Project Manager, Rebekah Shipper. On August 29, 2012, Smith Dairy opened their privately funded CNG...
ESPOO, Finland, September 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neste Oil, Finland's largest oil retailer, today announced that it has launched the FuelOmat Gold automated vehicle identification solution at its selected Truck stations throughout Finland. The solution is provided by Orpak Systems, the global leader in automated fueling solutions based on RFID vehicle identification. This new technology is being offered to Neste Oil's commercial fleet customers under the Truck+ name....
SINGAPORE, HOUSTON and LONDON, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting service Argus today launched a dedicated coking coal service. The new daily report, Argus Coking Coal International, covers Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas and offers prices for key export and consuming markets, and freight rates for the main trading routes. Coking coal demand and international trade are growing rapidly, fuelled by industrial expansion in China and India in...
DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The North American Coal Corporation announced today that it acquired, through a wholly owned subsidiary, four related companies - Reed Minerals, Inc., Reed Hauling Inc., C&H Mining Company, Inc. and Reed Management, L.L.C. - from members of and entities controlled by the Reed family. These companies, which will be known as Reed Minerals, are based in Jasper, Alabama and are involved in the mining of bituminous coal. The acquisition, which...
PERTH, Australia, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sourcing sustainable aviation biofuels at-scale is a major theme at this year's ILA Berlin Airshow and its dedicated Alternative Aviation Fuels Pavilion, designed to showcase the latest biofuels innovations. (11-16 September 2012) Algae.Tec, which is working with German aviation giant Lufthansa, will present its algae to aviation biofuels technology at the specialist Pavilion. Also at the ILA Berlin Airshow, Algae.Tec...
TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. (TSXV: PAK) has filed its unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, together with its management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") for the corresponding period. All financial figures contained herein are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. These documents will be posted on the Company's website at www.pacificcoal.ca and under the...
"Because clean diesel autos are 20 to 40 percent more efficient than gasoline vehicles, diesel will be a major player in the nation's effort to achieve the new mileage standards."- Allen Schaeffer, DTF Executive Director WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new fuel economy standards for automobile and light trucks announced today by Obama Administration officials will expand the opportunity for more clean diesel cars, light trucks and SUVs in the U.S., according...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The Renewable Fuels Standard, (RFS) is critical to maintaining biofuels as a pillar of U.S. energy policy now, and moving into the future. Radical changes to, or the elimination of the RFS all together, will endanger our country's energy security. "The opponents of the RFS are exploiting the drought in the Midwest to roll back a policy they never supported in the first place. This disingenuous attack should be seen for what it...
Growth Energy Board Co-Chair and CEO outline flexibility of RFS, correct misinformation WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the recent petitions to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by the Governors of Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia and New Mexico, Co-Chairman of Growth Energy's Board of Directors, General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) and Growth Energy CEO, Tom Buis sent a letter to the governors explaining why a waiver is unnecessary. The...
HANCOCK, Mich., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Energy Pathways, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CPWY), an alternative and renewable energy solutions company adopts a direct sales channel for their BioClean brand of environmentally friendly fuel treatment products. To reach a much larger market share for our BioClean Diesel, Coal and Marine environmental fuel treatments, Clean Energy Pathways has implemented a direct to customer marketing strategy. According to the "new" Chairman of the...
Latest Fuels Reference Libraries
A gas stove is a cooking device which uses natural gas, propane, butane, Liquefied petroleum gas or other flammable gas as a fuel source. Since the gas pipe network was slow to develop, the success of the gas stove on a commercial level took some time to happen. Gas stoves were invented as early as the 1820's as isolated experiments but it was not until the 1880's that manufactured stoves were sold commercially. The first stoves were large and bulky, but over time they were reduced to fit...
