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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9 million megawatt-hours.

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High-density renewable jet fuel from eucalyptus

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Researchers at Washington State University and the University of Nevada developed a novel process for synthesizing dense jet fuel from mint, pine, gumweed, eucalyptus or other plants. Cyclic hydrocarbons are molecular compounds with structures that can store high levels of energy. Cyclic hydrocarbons (i.e. Ounkham, Stephen M.

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DOE awards $5.5M to apply machine learning to geothermal exploration

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The projects selected by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office focus in two areas: machine learning for geothermal exploration and advanced analytics for efficiency and automation in geothermal operations.

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Gevo enters on-road automobile gasoline market in Houston with 12.5% isobutanol blend

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Buc-ee’s, a 37-store regional chain of rest stops in Texas, is the first company to sell the blend, marketed as a high-performance ethanol-free gasoline. Under the partnership, the initial target markets were Musket’s marine and off-road customers in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Gevo produces isobutanol through efficient fermentations.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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University of Nevada, Reno. The University of Nevada, Reno, will develop and test an accelerated reactive carbonation process to enable improved mineral liberation, energy-efficient comminution (grinding), and enhanced separation of rare earth elements from low-grade bastnaesite-bearing ores. An estimated 2.2 2,200,000).

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DuPont opening 30M gpy cellulosic ethanol facility in Iowa; largest in world

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DuPont will officially open its cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa, on 30 October; the plant will be the largest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world. DOE has supported DuPont by funding key bioenergy conversion technologies and collaborating on research and development projects.

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Tesla highlights key battery power milestone in Texas

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It was also a record-breaking day overall for demand, solar generation, and net load, leading to the record day in battery discharge and indicating the changing energy landscape as the renewable energy storage industry grows. “Batteries sent more power to the grid in ERCOT than ever before,” wrote ERCOT in the original thread.

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