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JUNE 6, 2011

TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. Earlier post.) The tar sands are estimated (e.g.,

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. Project Title: Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG).

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APRIL 14, 2011

Joe Project) had initially been developed by Biomass Energy Holdings (BEH), a subsidiary jointly held by Bianchi Energy Services, LLC and Biomass Gas and Electric, LLC. Joe Project is expected to begin in August 2011, with the facility anticipated to be in service in 2013. Construction of the Port St. The Port St. The Port St.

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JULY 6, 2012

However, concerned that some manufacturers of heavy-duty engines might be forced out of the marketplace if they are unable to meet these standards, Congress required EPA to grant such manufacturers a certificate of conformity if they pay a non-conformance penalty (NCP). Source: William de Ojeda , DEER 2011. Navistar and Supertruck.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Seeo is targeting the production of a total of 1,000 cells with optimized power and energy by December 2011, with final pack design by June 2012. The remaining projects are from PIER’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program. These grants are capped at $95,000. Membrane Technology and Research Inc.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation provided an update on its Horizontal Niobrara and Codell drilling program in the Wattenberg field (Wattenberg HZ) of northeastern Colorado. million cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMcf/d), resulting in an estimated EUR of better than 600,000 BOE. The Dolph well also paid out in less than four months.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Biomass pyrolysis comprises thousands of solid, liquid, gas and catalytic reactions. In May 2011, Dauenhauer was awarded a five-year, $800,000 Early Career Award in Basic Energy Sciences from the DOE. In February 2011, he was awarded a one-year, $80,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct basic research on pyrolysis.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Unlike surface mined oil sands, in-situ recovery involves much less land disturbance, but still requires the use of water and natural gas in the steam production process. Burning natural gas produces CO 2 emissions. The project is expected to pass several key milestones by late 2011. and Sojitz Corporation.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Envia Systems was selected for a $4-million grant from ARPA-E in the Agency’s first round of solicitation in 2009 ( earlier post ) and received another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC). (GM 12/938,638; Publication number: US 2011/0104551 A1; Filing date: 03 Nov 2010. 13/100,579, filed on 04 May 2011.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

DOE Grant Amount. The pilot plant will have the capacity to produce up to 890,000 gallons of ethanol and 690,000 gallons of potassium acetate per year starting in 2011. Gas Technology Institute. DOE Grant Amount. Enerkem Corporation. DOE Grant Amount. Description. Non-Fed Amount. Algenol Biofuels Inc.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company will now partner with Azure Dynamics Corporation to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011. Ford and Azure. Oak Park, Mich.-based Next-generation hybrid vehicle in 2012.

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MAY 19, 2009

US President Barack Obama today announced a new harmonized national policy intended to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all new cars and trucks sold in the US. These vehicle categories are responsible for almost 60% of all US transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.

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Using the energy infrastructure of today some fossil fuel is used for growing, production and distribution of biofuel, so use of biofuel today does produce a moderate increase in CO 2 greenhouse gas pollution. 8 ] Leaf, Volt tests show electric cars cost less per mile to operate - ConsumerReports 08 Dec 2011. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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MARCH 11, 2010

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) presented the preproduction plug-in all-electric walk-in van (WIV) chassis at the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show. FCCC initiated our all-electric project well before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-power transportation projects.

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MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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MARCH 4, 2011

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) will provide 507 units of the i-MiEV electric vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors (MMC)—the largest single provision since sales of the EV started—to the Estonian Government. The 507 units will be shipped to Estonia by end of fiscal 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

An initial van will be delivered in late 2010 with the remaining 12 vans scheduled for delivery in 2011. Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. All vehicles will be delivered by year-end 2011.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Morgan Olson LLC launched the next generation vehicle with new exterior and interior body styling for the all-electric walk-in van (WIV). The all-electric chassis also was initiated before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-fuel transportation projects.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. Starting in 2011, the U.S. Here’s an example from The Washington Post.

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. —Al-Sabawi and Chen (2012).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier post.).

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