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13/01/2012
A refinery model simulation study carried out by Hart Consulting shows that blending TAEE (tertiary amyl ethyl ether) into European gasoline results in an larger CO2 reduction than directly blending the ethanol.
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24/11/2011
Neste Oil is building a system for recovering emissions released when loading ships at the harbor of its Porvoo refinery. The system will recover the majority of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released into the atmosphere when loading gasoline.
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18/08/2011
The study which was recently published in the Journal of Immunotoxicology demonstrates that ETBE is not toxic to the immune system. Fuel ethers have been comprehensively assessed previously in EU Risk Assessments and more recently through updates to meet the standard demanded by REACH. For further reading, please visit the Health, Safety and Environment section on this website.
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22/04/2011
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published an introductory guide to the REACH restriction regime that describes the principles, the substances in the scope, the actors and the processes involved.
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Date
28/03/2011
The use of bio-ethers ETBE and TAEE in automotive fuel offers additional CO2 benefits over direct ethanol blending, thereby reducing companies’ carbon footprint, and contributing to the improvement of air quality.
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12/03/2011
Speaking on behalf of ACFA at the European Fuels Conference in Paris, Sunanda Banerjee, EFOA Director General presented an overview of the Asian fuel market and its challenges in meeting air quality standards.
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16/02/2011
Alternative fuels have the potential to gradually replace fossil energy sources, contributing to decarbonising transport, according to a report of the stakeholder expert group on future transport fuels.
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23/09/2010
EFOA has submitted its comments to the European Commission on the draft report of the Future Transport Fuels Expert Group.
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16/09/2010
ECN, the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, has compiled the results of the published National Action Plans which include projections for ethanol/ETBE.
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16/09/2010
The German Federal Ministry of Transport recently replied to EFOA in response to the joint letter from Cefic, Europia, the European Barge Union and IAWR.
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