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Velocys, Waste Management, NRG Energy and Ventech form JV for small-scale gas-to-liquids plants

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Velocys plc, a developer of smaller-scale microchannel gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, has entered a joint venture (JV) with Waste Management, NRG Energy (NRG), and Ventech Engineers International (Ventech) to develop gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants in the United States and other select geographies. Biomethane Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Natural Gas'

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News FAIL - L.A. Times Blows Global Warming Story

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The Times wrote, “Chu made clear that he sees public education as a key part of the administration’s strategy to fight global warming&# but the Times is clueless about their role in that education. By looking to Inhofe to “balance&# their story with a predicable quote, the Times spews toxic waste all over itself.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees, removing 228,000 cars off the road or recycling 374,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. Oklahoma City, Okla.; Since 2009, UPS has invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations globally.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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GE Global Research (Irvine, CA) up to $1,597,544: to develop detailed and simplified kinetic models of biomass gasification. Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) up to $4,212,845: to develop best practices and technologies necessary to ensure efficient, sustainable and profitable production of cellulosic ethanol feedstocks.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS has deployed more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. Since 2009, UPS has invested more than $750 million in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations globally.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Utility Global (Houston, Texas). Dry Surface Technologies (Guthrie, Oklahoma). Julia Computing, Inc. Lorama Group Inc.

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Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

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Javelina controls approximately sixty million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of hydrogen production through a combination of hydrogen entrained in the refineries’ waste gas that the facility processes, and hydrogen produced through a steam methane reformer process.