News : Ethanol

Environmental focus gives Scania market leadership

11/25/2011 4:00 AM EST - Scania

A major order for 121 biofuel buses from Nobina strengthens Scania’s leading position as a supplier of vehicles that can be run on the renewable fuels available today. “The fact that Scania can deliver reliable and cost effective buses that have engines with well-tried technology for running on gas, biodiesel and bioethanol. As a result, Scania is now easily the largest make in the Swedish bus market,” says Leif...

New initiative supports women’s cooperative on sustainable biofuel production

11/23/2011 4:52 AM EST - Stockholm Environment Institute

Press Release: November 23, 2011

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), in partnership with the Ethiopian Gaia Association and the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority, today launches the new project “Fuel from Waste: Demonstrating the Feasibility of Locally Produced Ethanol for Household Cooking in Addis Ababa”.
The two year initiative is supported by a grant from the Nordic Climate Facility (NCF),...

Scania launches new city and suburban buses

10/20/2011 10:57 AM EST - Scania

Today Scania presents a new family of city and suburban buses: Scania Citywide. The world premiere takes place at Europe’s leading bus trade fair, Busworld in Kortrijk, Belgium. Information about the new Scania Citywide and a lot more from Scania’s stand at Busworld is available from the pressroom on www.scania.com/media/citywide

Gold Eagle Examines the Growing Use of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline and its Impact o...

9/12/2011 10:00 AM EST - Gold Eagle Co.

Research Explains the Complexity of Gasoline Refinery and Sheds Light on What Goes in American Gas Tanks
September 12, 2011 – (Chicago, Ill.) – How is gasoline produced? What is ethanol’s impact on gasoline? What is phase separation? To better understand the complexity of gasoline refinery and use of ethanol-blended gasoline, Gold Eagle® Co (“Gold Eagle”), an industry pioneer of...

African households ready to switch from biomass to ethanol for cooking

4/14/2011 8:27 AM EST - Stockholm Environment Institute

Press release: 14 April 2011 A new research report shows that African households are ready to switch from biomass to ethanol cooking stoves. Stockholm Environment Institute presents the report “Will African Consumers Buy Cleaner Fuels and Stoves?” at the EU Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels. Globally, an estimated 2.4 billion people rely on the traditional use of biomass fuels for cooking. This heavy dependence...

Scania hosts sustainable transport conference headlined by EU Transport Commissi...

1/26/2011 3:00 AM EST - Scania

Environmental demands are creating tough challenges for the transport business, but sustainable solutions for the sector already exist. Those solutions are the focus of today’s transport conference in Brussels, organised by Scania, which brings together business decision makers, politicians, officials and researchers.
How can the transport business meet environmental challenges while maintaining its high...

Scania receives large order for biofuel buses in Sweden

1/21/2011 2:00 AM EST - Scania

Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport.
The delivery to Keolis consists of urban, suburban and intercity buses. The majority, 123 urban and suburban buses, will be used in the greater Stockholm area, where Keolis operates for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik...

Brazil invests in the environment with Scania ethanol buses

11/26/2010 3:30 AM EST - Scania

São Paulo, Brazil − with its many millions of inhabitants − is taking another step towards sustainable development. The city’s mayor, Gilberto Kassab, announced yesterday (25 November) that Scania ethanol buses will become part of the public transport system. The first 50 buses will go into service in May 2011.
“The use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel is the best example of what can be done here and now in...

World’s largest ethanol bus fleet grows by 85 new Scania buses

6/21/2010 2:15 AM EST - Scania

Scania is delivering 85 ethanol-powered buses to Nobina, which operates on behalf of the Stockholm regional public transport company, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). Ethanol buses will help SL fulfil its decision to invest only in buses that operate on renewable fuels starting in 2010.
The order includes buses for city, suburban and regional traffic to be stationed at SL’s depots in Bromma, Tyresö and...

Scania in Brazilian collaboration for further development of ethanol- and gas-po...

11/26/2009 9:00 AM EST - Scania

Scania and Vale Soluções em Energia S.A. (VSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of new technology for ethanol- and gas-powered industrial engines for the Brazilian market.
VSE is planning to develop and manufacture a series of single-speed engines for stationary operation using Scania’s basic engines as the starting point. The engines will be used for generating...

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