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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Gas-flaring countries and trends. A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue.

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Oberon announces commercial availability of new rDME/propane blend

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Oberon’s rDME is a straightforward and scalable way for propane distributors and their customers to become more sustainable and will lead to overall emissions reductions from the propane sector which is a critical step to meeting global climate commitments. Each year, more than 170 million tons of propane are produced globally.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Global Algae Innovations. Gas Technology Institute.

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Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

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Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and

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US Navy completes sea trial with ARA’s 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel

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ReadiDiesel was developed by Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global, as a drop-in replacement for petroleum F-76 marine diesel. The SDTS took on approximately 18,000 gallons of ReadiDiesel in San Diego, California. ReadiDiesel also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to petroleum.

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General Atomics launches bid for DOE small modular reactor program with EM2

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The current amount of used nuclear fuel waste in storage at US nuclear plants is sufficient for 3,000 EM 2 modules. In an EM 2 fuel cycle, this material can satisfy US energy demands for centuries, GA says. The amount of available DU material in storage is sufficient for 30,000 modules.

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DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

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Compact Propulsion Engine Optimized with Waste Heat Recovery (CO-POWER); $2,815,760. The proposed approach combines decades of knowledge in gas turbine engines with novel advances in additive manufacturing research and sCO 2 power generation experience to increase the overall power system efficiency and its power density.

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