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• Soot warming maybe bigger than greenhouse gases – NASA

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Forget Copenhagen CO2 cuts, tune your diesel properly Researchers from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Centre, also the home of famous carbopocalypse doom-prophet James Hansen, have repeated earlier assertions that atmospheric soot may be as important as greenhouse gases in driving global warming. This could be good news ...
  3 days ago

• VOLVO TRUCKS FIRST TO RUN DIESEL ENGINES ON GAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH EURO 5

  
  European Motor News — Authority: 151
  Volvo Trucks will be the first manufacturer with an efficient diesel engine fuelled by a mixture of methane gas and diesel to meet the strict Euro-5 exhaust emission standards introduced in 2009. Field testing will start in Sweden and the UK in 2010.
  4 days ago

• Volvo to Run Begin Field Testing Heavy-Duty Trucks Using Methane-Diesel Combination

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 622
  Volvo Trucks will begin field testing in Sweden and the UK in 2010 of heavy-duty diesel trucks fuelled by a combination of methane gas and diesel. The field tests will start with a mixture containing up to 70% methane gas. The remainder will consist of bio-mix diesel—fossil diesel mixed with diesel produced from ...
  4 days ago

• Mercedes-Benz Moving to Downsize Gas and Diesel Engines for Fuel Economy

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Luxury Automaker Also Plans Diesel-Electric E-Class Hybrid Like most automakers, Mercedes-Benz likes to dribble its news out rather than release it all in a flood – more headlines that way. Thus after showing off its new fuel-cell electric F-Cell hatchback (limited production for ongoing road tests) and ...
  4 days ago

• Tune Your Diesel Engine For Better Performance by Pete Stubbings

  
  e-Guru.org — Authority: 144
  Today’s diesel engines are far more smooth and refined than those of even a decade ago. Car manufacturers have responded to the need to create better, more economical engines as the price of fuel seems to rise inexorably.        Most diesel engines use turbo technology to help achieve more power with lower ...
  4 days ago

• Guest Commentary – Regulation’s Unheralded Effects

  
  Stand Up For America — Authority: 123
  Friday night again and this week I have a submission for guest commentary! I have to say, as I always do, that I love when other folks become passionate enough to write about a topic and share their thoughts and research with all of us here at Stand Up For America. Over the last couple of weeks, I have read a lot of ...
  1 week ago

• Wärtsilä developing future combustion engine technology

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  Wärtsilä one of leading companies in research programme for developing future combustion engine technology Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 23 November 2009, at 9.15 am (EET) Wärtsilä is one of the leading companies driving a major national three-year combustion engine technology research programme. The ...
  1 week ago

• Volkswagen Amarok Pickup Truck

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 134
  Volkswagon is showing off the vehicle it will be using as part of it’s sponsorship of the Dakar Rally in South America and it’s a truck. I like the look of the Amarok (which translates into Wolf in Inuit), it kind of looks like a smoothed out Honda Ridgeline. Wikipedia has the specs . The Amarok range will ...
  1 week ago

• New Technology Answers More Questions about Vehicle Emissions

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 139
  As electric vehicles begin to become more practical by operating for longer and farther, it is apparent that battery technology has had a large hand in this. However, oil-powered automotive industries are keeping up as well. Engineers at the Technische Universitaet Munchen have shown that emissions can be reduced to ...
  1 week ago

• Tognum Expands Gen-Set Business

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  Tognum Expands Gen-Set Business Tognum has announced the introduction of a new family of generator sets under its MTU Onsite Energy brand. The generator sets cover a power range from 270 to 3250 kW and are based on MTU Series 1600, Series 2000 and Series 4000 diesel engines. “Tognum intends to use the strategic ...
  1 week ago

• Caterpillar has unveiled its latest development in the 3500 engine series

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  Caterpillar Launches Marine Diesel Electric Propulsion Engines C aterpillar has unveiled its latest development in the 3500 engine series with the launch of the Cat 3512C and 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) engines, which meet EPA Tier 2 and IMO Tier I regulations. Manufactured at the Lafayette Engine ...
  1 week ago

• Servicing A Marine Diesel Engine

  
  Review It Now — Authority: 127
  In a traditional marine diesel engine its power is produced by hot compressed air igniting fuel which has been sprayed into the cylinder head under very high pressure. A marine diesel engine does not have a carburetor to mix fuel or air spark plugs to ignite the mixture. Instead, the pistons are used to compress the ...
  1 week ago

• Engine manufacturer Dresser Waukesha Introduces New 12-Cylinder Engine

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  E ngine manufacturer Dresser Waukesha, has introduced the 12-cylinder 12V275GL engine for gas compression applications. The new 12V275GL engine is rated at 3375 bhp at 1000 r/min, which is an 8% increase over its predecessor, the 12-cylinder ATGL. Dresser Waukesha indicated that the new model incorporates design and ...
  1 week ago

• MAN Diesel was awarded a contract for the 48 MW Wilson City thermo project by Bahamas Electricity Corporation

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  M AN Diesel was awarded a contract for the 48 MW Wilson City thermo project by Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC). Construction on the power plant has already started and will include four 12 MW heavy fuel oil (HFO) MAN Diesel engines. The island is experiencing strong economic growth due to various development ...
  1 week ago

• Tognum recently received an order for 20 gensets destined for Yemen

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  T ognum recently received an order for 20 gensets destined for Yemen. The MTU Onsite Energy diesel gensets will be in continuous operation for the energy provider Public Electricity Corporation (PEC) and supply additional electricity for the local power grid around the harbor town Hodeidah in the western part ...
  1 week ago

• MTU Onsite Energy will introduce a new family of gen-sets to cover a power range from 270 to 3250 kW

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  M TU Onsite Energy will introduce a new family of gen-sets to cover a power range from 270 to 3250 kW, based on MTU Series 1600, Series 2000 and Series 4000 diesel engines. The company explained that the new product family consists of engine, generator, cooling plant, plant control system and frame. Christof von ...
  1 week ago

• Audi’s Diesel Strategy: Patience and Resilience

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Audi says it hopes the A3 diesel, which is far more fuel efficient than its gas-engine counterpart, will be popular in the United States and lead to the introduction of diesel engines in more high volume models, like the A4. Read more from the original source: Audi’s Diesel Strategy: Patience and Resilience
  2 weeks ago

• Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen presented its 8-cylinder version of the Series 4000 workboat engine

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  T ognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen presented its 8-cylinder version of the Series 4000 workboat engine at the Europort ship exhibition in Rotterdam, Netherlands, November 3rd through 6th. The long-stroke engine has been optimized to meet the needs of workboats. Specific consumption has been reduced to 195 grams ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Fiat 1.3 Multijet II (Euro5) Engine Making First Appearance on the Fiat 500 and 500C

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 622
  The new 1.3 Multijet II (Euro5) diesel engine, with Start&Stop; fitted as standard, is making its first appearance on the Fiat 500 and 500C models. It has a maximum power output of 95 hp (71 kW) at 4000 rpm and delivers a torque of 200 N·m (148 lb-ft) at 1,500 rpm. Available on all trim levels, with an ...
  3 weeks ago

• GE Jenbacher Cogeneration Systems Providing Olympic Power

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 137
  G E Jenbacher Cogeneration Systems Providing Olympic Power: GE Energy has been awarded the contract to supply its Jenbacher cogeneration technology to power two natural gas and biomass-fueled energy centers being built in London’s Olympic Park and Stratford City development. The centers will provide power and ...
  3 weeks ago

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