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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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JUNE 3, 2011

GE and Harbin Electric Co., HE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in which HE agreed to purchase GE’s newest gas turbine featuring FlexEfficiency technology. As part of the MOU, HE plans to purchase four 9FB gas turbines from GE before the end of 2013, including two that will incorporate FlexEfficiency technology.

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APRIL 28, 2015

BMW Manufacturing earned a 2003 Green Power Leadership Award for using landfill gas to generate a portion of the power needed to operate its Spartanburg, South Carolina manufacturing facility. For the 2013 calendar year reporting period, BMW Spartanburg’s annual green power usage was 69,383,477 kWh—37% of its power usage.

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MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. The plant used to employ a traditional zinc phosphating pretreatment process to handle 300,000 units of passenger vehicles annually.

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MARCH 27, 2014

It adds an assessment of electrically chargeable vehicle configurations, such as plug-in hybrid, range extended, battery and fuel-cell electric vehicles. It also introduces an update of natural gas pathways, taking into account the addition of a European shale gas pathway. ICE-based vehicles and fuels. Dimethyl ether.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Components of the hydraulic hybrid system include a 117 cc engine pump, a 45 cc drive electric motor and a two-speed automatic transmission. The gas engine will remain off if the accumulator charge is sufficient to drive the motor. This vehicle was announced and displayed to the public in 2004 SAE World Congress.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Coal could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists from Hebei University of Engineering in China published in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. Oil, Gas and Coal Technology , Vol. and Zhang, Y. 215-229 doi: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2015.067490. 2015.067490.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

The US experienced 679 major weather-related power outages between 2003 – 2012, including 7 of the 10 costliest storms in American history. Utilities have increased revenues faster than electricity usage in part by creating “demand charges” for businesses that have increased their share of the utilities’ cost burden.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

per year since 2003, excluding the credit crunch years). in 2012 was primarily due to a decline in electricity and fuel demand from the basic materials industry, and aided by an increase in renewable energy and by energy efficiency improvements. The much lower emissions increase in China of 4.2% in 2013 and 3.4%

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MARCH 20, 2015

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is replacing 48 trucks model year 1991-2003 with trucks powered by 2013 or newer model year engines. is providing incentives to voluntarily replace 19 drayage trucks operating 1995-2003 engines. Delaware and Virginia. Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The 2011-2012 plan allocates $100 million to encourage this menu of transportation investments: $8 million to increase charging infrastructure and support for full electric and plug-in electric vehicles, which are expected to surpass 20,000 sales in California by 2012.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Produced water from shale gas fields in Texas is rich in lithium. Using their new process, Freeman and his team conservatively estimate that from just one week’s worth of produced water, enough lithium can be recovered to power 200 electric cars or 1.6 —Benny Freeman, UT Austin. million smartphones.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Toyota said that this milestone demonstrates the staying power of a technology that is now emerging as a mainstream solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota Motor Corporation hybrids reached 10.05 million units as of 31 January, scooting past the 10-million unit mark. thousand.).

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MARCH 3, 2015

The deployment will result in a 100,000-metric-ton reduction in CO 2 emissions, equivalent to taking 21,000 passenger cars off the road for a year, according to the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. The ORION algorithm was initially developed in a lab and tested at various UPS sites from 2003 to 2009.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. Foster has served as the Self Defense Test Ship for Naval Surface Warfare Center since 2003. (US The ex- Paul F. The ex- Paul F.

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APRIL 15, 2009

will show its Solid Selective Catalyst Reduction (SSCR) System—based on the use of solid ammonium carbamate (NH 4 NH 2 CO 2 ) as the reductant—installed in a Dodge Ram pickup truck at the 2009 SAE World Congress, 20-23 April in Detroit. Sublimation is also reversible as the cooling gas reforms back to ammonia carbamate. Resources.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

million kilowatt hours per year of electricity consumption at the plant that would have been used to charge a battery-powered fleet. BMW’s Landfill Gas to Energy initiative, started in early 2003, approximately 50% of the plant’s total energy requirements using methane from a local landfill, a previously wasted resource.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7% The EU’s decline in gas production was the highest on record (-11.4%).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

With a vehicle lifecycle of around 15 years, the global electric car population might by then reach about the same total as cumulative production, some of the later EVs sold having replaced older EVs that had been scrapped, the report, “Electric Vehicles: Energy, infrastructure and the mobility market in the real world” , notes.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Electric vehicle (EV) production remains at barely perceptible levels, according to the report. China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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JULY 13, 2009

The first phase, now on-stream, involves nine producing wells and one gas injector well. Among the new technologies applied in the BC-10 project are: Parque das Conchas is the first full-field development using subsea oil and gas separation and subsea pumping. The second phase will focus on the Argonauta O-North field.

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JULY 22, 2016

While some of these vehicles will be higher performing in terms of electric range than the vehicles originally assumed in 2012, the net result is that the total number of ZEVs is likely to fall short of the original 2025 goals. million electric-drive vehicles across the ten ZEV states compared to the original 3.3 million goal.

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APRIL 23, 2009

The state is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, decrease petroleum fuel use to 15% below 2003 levels by 2020, and increase alternative fuel use to 20% by 2020. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution. Vice Chair James Boyd. 2 million for propane vehicles.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

The NETL developed refractory was jointly researched with Harbison-Walker Refractories Company of Pittsburgh, PA; patented in 2003; and transferred via license to Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. The NETL refractory (right) has approximately 50% more material remaining after the test. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

To achieve this, the Volkswagen brand—the highest volume brand of the Group—is counting on electric mobility (zero-emission and plug-in hybrid models); on continually more fuel-efficient combustion engines and gearboxes; progressive lightweight design; aerodynamics; and efficiency “ in every conceivable area ”. 10-speed DSG.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year.

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MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Intermediate age.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Vehicle and electrical appliance suppliers, manufacturers and retailers must prepare for significant energy consumption increases in the developing world, and adjust product design and development strategies accordingly. Global food prices are predicted to rise 70 to 90 percent by 2030. billion in 2005.

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MARCH 8, 2009

integrating biological and thermochemical processing to produce biofuels and/or power could offer similar, if not lower, efficiencies and costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuel, according to a comparative analysis of 14 mature technology biomass refining scenarios.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. Named flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), these automobiles run on gasoline, ethanol, or any blend of the two.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

A new study by the UK-based Zemo Partnership recommends that UK Government policy should increase its focus on the well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and overall energy efficiency performance of new fuels for transport. Trends in WTW GHG emissions and energy consumption for different vehicles. Source: Zemo.

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MAY 9, 2013

The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.

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JULY 18, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the final report from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a technology validation project that collected data from more than 180 fuel cell electric vehicles over six years (early 2005 through September 2011). These vehicles made more than 500,000 trips and traveled 3.6

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MAY 10, 2012

million for charging options for full-electric and plug-in electric vehicles. Due in part to Commission investments in 4,375 residential and public charger installations, California now has the largest network of charging infrastructure in the country for electric vehicles. $3 million for natural gas. $25

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It is the first European system with highly efficient gas engine technology for use in single-family homes. The mCHP system simultaneously produces heat and electricity and will be available in Germany by mid-year under the product name Vaillant ecoPOWER 1.0. The compact module produces 1 kW electrical and 2.5 kW thermal output.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. from 2017 to 2018 due to a strong growth in real GDP. lower and 8.3%

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