Daily Archives: December 12, 2013

Mascoma bioengineered yeasts have produced 1B gallons plus of ethanol

Mascoma bioengineered yeasts have produced 1B gallons plus of ethanol

Mascoma, a leading provider of bioconversion technology, announced that its consolidated bioprocessing technology (CBP) has been used to produce over 1 billion gallons of renewable fuel. This achievement is a key commercial milestone for its MGT® yeast products including TransFerm® and TransFerm Yield+™.

Bosch develops on-the-move stop-start sytem can reduce fuel consumption

Bosch develops on-the-move stop-start sytem can reduce fuel consumption

With its new start-stop coasting function, Bosch enables drivers of vehicles with combustion engines to travel in zero-emission, noise-free, and low-resistance mode over large parts of their journey.

5 Chinese cities limit car sales to control smog

5 Chinese cities limit car sales to control smog

The port city of Dalian in northeast China has approved a plan to restrict sales of new cars. Dalian is the fifth city in China — along with Beijing, Shanghai, Guiyang and Guangzhou — to restrict vehicle sales, and others are expected to join them.

Hyundai to build high performance cars

Hyundai to build high performance cars

Hyundai has confirmed it will build a new range of high performance cars under its new ‘N’ brand.

for first time in decades non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d

for first time in decades non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d

The IEA Oil Market Report for December published Wednesday raised the estimate of global oil demand for 2013 by 130 000 barrels per day (130 kb/d), to 91.2 million barrels per day (mb/d), on stronger-than-expected third-quarter demand growth among OECD countries of 320 kb/d.