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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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We have gathered statistical information on energy and energy demand drivers from all different resources, such as the China Environment Yearbook , the Transportation Yearbook , the Power Yearbook , the Iron and Steel Yearbook , the Cement Almanac , statistics of oil companies and power companies. It was underreported.

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VTT and Deinove Partner to Optimize Ethanol and Chemicals Production from Renewable Feedstocks Using Self-Repairing Extremophile Deinococcus

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The general objective of the work plan established by Deinove and VTT is to evaluate the different Deinococcus candidate strains screened by Deinove for the Deinol cellulosic ethanol production process. The goal is to validate and quantify the bacteria’s performance levels for bioethanol production. million (US$11.1 Radman lab.

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Researchers castigate planning bodies for ill-conceived Jatropha programs

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In 2006, China decided to meet 15% of its transportation energy needs by 2020 and, following India’s example, focused on Jatropha, with plans to raise it on more than 1 million ha of marginal lands. China is seeing very little production of biodiesel from Jatropha seeds. —Kant and Wu.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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He planned to develop products to license or sell to one or more of the many large multinationals in Singapore. These “original equipment manufacturers” made computers for Apple, Dell, and other companies who outsourced the production of their designs. Meanwhile, worldwide sales of computer equipment had started to boom.

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Study Concludes That Large-Scale Transport of Ethanol Could Negate Its Economic and Environmental Benefits Compared to Gasoline

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To reduce economic and environmental costs, the CMU team recommends regional concentration of E85 blends for future ethanol production and use. The rapid growth of ethanol production and use in the US has major infrastructure implications.

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Study Finds Environmental and Tailpipe Pollutants Benefits in Using Biodiesel in Construction Vehicles

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If biodiesel fuel production occurs in the same airsheds as tailpipe emissions, local urban HC, CO, and PM emissions would be decreased, but there may be an increase or a decrease in NO x depending on vehicle tailpipe NO x emissions. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es802916u. Christopher Frey and William J.

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Study Finds Regional Variations in Irrigation Practices Can Push Corn Ethanol Water Requirements 3x Higher Than Earlier Estimates; Need to Account for Regional Specifics in Mandates

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Top: County-level corn production and ethanol facilities in 2007. The graph illustrates the proximity of ethanol facilities to corn production. The TCW, as measured by a state’s EWe and ethanol production (seen in the background), illustrates local and regional ethanol-induced impacts. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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