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GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

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In 2007, GE and BP formed a global alliance to jointly develop and deploy technology for at least five IGCC power plants that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation. The plant, to be located near Bakersfield, in Kern County, Calif., Earlier post.).

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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Genome Alberta Announces Funding for Genomics Project to Reduce Environmental Impact of Oil Sands Production

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Gerrit Voordouw at the University of Calgary, will sample and explore the biological processes at work in oil wells, oils sands, tailings ponds, and coal beds. The project hopes to decrease water use and lower the emission of greenhouse gases of oil sand production, and enhance the extraction of clean burning natural gas from coal beds.

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CleanFUEL USA partners with Freightliner on new 8.0L propane LPI medium-duty engine

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PERC identifies more than 13 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 as propane-fueled.) Researchers at MIT had earlier demonstrated the ability to make biopropane (LPG from corn or sugarcane) using a supercritical water process, and created a startup (C3 BioEnergy) in 2007 that attempted to commercialize the technology.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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Algae could well play a valuable subsidiary role, especially if its use as a biofuel feedstock can provide the added benefit of improving water quality. The decrease in congestion on Auckland’s motorways when the price of a liter of petrol rose above two dollars in 2007 is testament to this flexibility, he said. Commissioner Wright.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report (2007). 100% for some agricultural processes.

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Alberta to Host Underground Coal Gasification Demo; Update on Linc Chinchilla UCG In Australia

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million) toward a $30-million underground coal gasification (UCG) project with Swan Hills Synfuels of Calgary. Swan Hills Synfuels expects the project to demonstrate the ability to manufacture synthetic gas from Alberta’s coal resources, with the future potential of utilizing the coal seams for carbon capture and storage.

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