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DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. ICE Thermal Harvesting (Houston, TX). Transitional Energy (Aurora, CO). University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

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Alphabet Energy closes $23.5M Series C; thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power for oil & gas and automotive

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Alphabet Energy, a startup commercializing low-cost, efficient thermoelectric materials for power generation leveraging technology initially developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( earlier post , earlier post ), has closed a $23.5-million million Series C round of financing.

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Proman Stena Bulk successfully completes US Gulf Coast’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

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The JV tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous were refueled with methanol via barge while discharging petroleum products at a terminal in the Port of Houston in the first week of April. Bunkering Methanol is widely available in the Port of Houston, which is the United States’ busiest port in terms of foreign tonnage.

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bp acquiring US RNG producer Archaea in $4.1B deal

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In a move that will expand and accelerate the growth of its strategic bioenergy business, bp will acquire Archaea Energy Inc. , a leading producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US. bp is a leading marketer of natural gas in North America, with many customers looking to decarbonize. Renewable natural gas.

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UPS to expand use of renewable natural gas; liquefied renewable natural gas in Texas

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UPS has expanded its agreement with Clean Energy Fuels to use up to 500,000 gallon equivalents of renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG) annually in Texas. UPS stations in Houston and Mesquite will dispense the RLNG to a fleet of about 140 UPS tractors. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). In 2014, 5.4%

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Porous material polymerizes carbon dioxide at natural gas wellheads; less costly and energy-intensive approach

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Particles of nitrogen-containing porous carbon polymerize CO 2 from natural gas under pressure at a wellhead. Scientists in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour have developed materials that offer a lower cost, less energy-intensive way to separate carbon dioxide from natural gas at wellheads. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Management Makes Strategic Investment in Waste-to-Fuels Company Enerkem

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Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. Tim Cesarek, managing director of Organic Growth at Waste Management.

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