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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (467)	8/19/2006 8:34:12 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Respond to of 1740

China to build its largest DME project as an alternative to oil english.people.com.cn China is to start construction of its largest dimethyl ether (DME) project with an annual output of three million tons to reduce rising oil consumption. Coal-based DME is a clean-burning alternative to liquefied petroleum gas, liquid natural gas, diesel and gasoline. Located in Ordos city of north China's energy-rich Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the project will cost 21 billion yuan (2.6 billion U.S. dollars), the Shanghai Securities News reports. Compared with the current annual output of 120,000 tons of DME each year, the project will make a huge difference to China's alternative energy sector, said a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). A pipeline will be built to transfer the DME from Ordos to the port city of Tangshan in north China's Hebei Province. This would then enable it to be shipped to provinces in east and south China which are crying out for energy sources. The participants in the project include power giants China National Coal Group Corporation, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation and the Shanghai-based Shenergy Group. Facing oil shortages, China is speeding up efforts to develop an oil substitution program to reduce its reliance on oil imports and offset the effects of rising oil prices. But as a sustained coal supply has remained a challenge for China, NDRC has banned any coal-based DME project with a design capacity lower than one million tons. Source: Xinhua

To: Dennis Roth who wrote (467)	4/14/2008 7:54:12 AM
From: Dennis Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1740

Volvo wins £1m DME testing pot 14 April 2008 roadtransport.com Volvo has been granted SEK 12.8m (£1.1m) by the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) to support field testing of third-generation dimethyl ether (DME) technology for heavy vehicles. The 14-truck field tests in Sweden are part of a project comprising demonstration of the entire technology chain, from biomass to fuel in the trucks and also includes distribution and filling stations for DME. The first trucks are scheduled to be ready by the end of next year. The SEA grant supplements the support being sought from the EU's Seventh Framework Program, for which contract negotiations are in the final phase. DME has ultra-low exhaust emissions (including very low NOx), is highly efficient and has excellent cold-starting properties. It is handled at low pressure in liquid form, similar to LPG. DME is produced through the gasification of biomass or fossil raw materials. The gas that is formed, synthesis gas, is then catalysed to produce DME. Justin Stanton