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ARKHAUS founders venture into electric water taxis with new Miami-based service, ‘E-Lixr’

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The innovative founders of ARKHAUS , a solar-electric floating social club, are venturing into a new segment in marine sustainability around Miami. Today, the team shared plans for a new electric water taxi service, codenamed “E-Lixr,” to help alleviate urban congestion.

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Lehr to introduce propane-fueled outboard engine at the Miami International Boat Show

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Benefits of the propane engine include: Up to 50% lower fuel cost and more cost effective to use and maintain; No gasoline polluting the water; No ethanol or fuel related issues; Zero evaporative emissions; and. Lehr, Inc., No choke, no priming, no carburetor gum-up & no winterizing. The first two engines are 2.5

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ARKHAUS founders venture into electric water taxis with new Miami-based service, ‘E-Lixr’

Baua Electric

The innovative founders of ARKHAUS , a solar-electric floating social club, are venturing into a new segment in marine sustainability around Miami. Today, the team shared plans for a new electric water taxi service, codenamed “E-Lixr,” to help alleviate urban congestion. Miami is a poppin’ place.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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Member Institutions: Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Florida Institute of Oceanography, Georgia Institute of Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Science Applications International Corporation, University of South Florida, University of West Florida, University of Miami, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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DOE to award $30M for research on onboard natural gas storage and at-home refueling; $10M for algal biofuels

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President Obama announced both new programs during a speech on Thursday at the University of Miami. DOE will also make $14 million available ( DE-FOA-0000615 ) to support research and development into biofuels from algae. Natural gas vehicles.

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BIRD Energy to invest $6.4M in Israel-US projects; biomass, fuel cells, natural gas, water-energy nexus and energy efficiency technologies

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Miami Beach, FL) will develop and demonstrate boosting EV charging through energy storage system. To date, this innovative program has commercialized seven new clean energy technologies and attracted more than $450 million in follow-on investment, creating jobs in both countries. —,US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Optimized rock-fluid models will incorporate the seismic signatures of (1) saturation scales and free versus dissolved gas in a CO 2 -water mixture, (2) pore pressure changes, and (3) CO 2 -induced chemical changes to the host rock. University of Miami Rosenstiel School , Miami, Fla. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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