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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). by subsidies that amounted to $523 billion in 2011, up almost 30% on 2010 and six times more than subsidies to renewables. — WEO-2012. Fossil fuel remain dominant.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Renault is introducing three new Energy engines ( earlier post ) in its Mégane Collection 2012: the new turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection Energy TCE 115 di; the Energy dCi 130; and the Energy dCi 110, with NEDC fuel consumption of 3.5 Versions of Mégane Collection 2012 powered by this engine consume 5.3 Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

The R&D center will focus primarily on water chemistry and biomass utilization applications. The new center is a continuum for the Center of Water Efficiency Excellence, which Kemira initially established together with VTT in Finland. The center will start operations in the end of 2010.

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JUNE 20, 2011

billion in 2011 to $98.5 The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Genomatica has been producing BDO at pilot scale in 3,000 liter fermentations since the first half of 2010, and is moving to production at demonstration scale in 2011. billion by 2020.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Shell has proposed drilling up to six wells in the Chukchi Sea during the next two summer open water seasons within the Burger Prospect, located about 70 miles off the coast in approximately 140 feet of water. BSEE is planning an additional exercise with Shell and federal, state and local representatives in spring 2012.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. Manufacturing Sustainability Water' Studies (Faverjon et al.

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The Essex Engine Plant received landfill-free status in 2012 and Windsor Engine Plant in 2013. In 2013, Oakville Assembly recycled close to 2,000 metric tonnes of wood, cardboard, paper and plastic, saving more than 5,000 cubic meters of landfill space and more than 32 million liters of water. million square feet on 487 acres.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

In August 2012, coal produced 39% of US electricity, up from a low of 32% in April 2012, when the natural gas share of generation equaled that of coal. Data for 2011 and 2012 are preliminary. However, natural gas prices have generally increased since April, the lowest point for natural gas prices during 2012.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Spider9 , a cleantech company launched in 2011 at the University of Michigan, has finalized the license agreement for patented dynamic control systems and plans to launch its first commercial integration at the historic Henry Ford Valve Plant, known as the Water Wheel Center, in Northville, Michigan. —Spider9 CEO Glynne Townsend.

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

The North American version of the 2012 Ford Focus will be powered by a 2.0-liter The engine is rated at 160 hp (119 kW) and torque at 146 lb-ft (198 N·m), up from 140 hp and 136 lb-ft in the 2011 Ford Focus. Click to enlarge. L/100km) with automatic transmission. —Jamie Hanshaw, Ford VCT technical specialist.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The team, which has been investigating HTL processing of algae to biocrude—along with techniques for dexoygenating the product for subsequent refining—for several years, presented its latest results at the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. AIChE 2012. Faeth and Phillip E.

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JULY 23, 2012

Proposed Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 229 , scheduled to take place in New Orleans on 28 November 2012, will be the first offshore sale under the Administration’s new Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017 (Five Year Program). Earlier post.) billion in high bids for more than 2.4 million acres.

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JULY 23, 2012

20 July 2012 and a premium of 66% relative to the volume-weighted average price of the Common Shares over the 20 trading days ending 20 July 2012. Nexen has major positions in three of the world’s most significant conventional basins: the UK North Sea, Offshore West Africa and the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 229, which will be held on 28 November 2012, in New Orleans, will build on two major Gulf of Mexico lease sales in the past year—a 21 million acre sale held last December and a 39 million acre sale held in June. The accepted high bids were valued at $324,971,001.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

autumn and 9% in the winter between 2003 and 2012, an. The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. But from 2010 to 2012, the. minimum in September 2012.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Daimler staged the debut of the diesel-powered all-wheel-drive 2012MY S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC at the 2011 North American International Auto Show— the return of the diesel-powered S-Class sedan to the US market. The 2012 S350 BlueTEC 4MATIC features a urea selective catalytic reduction emissions aftertreatment system. Powered by a 3.0-liter

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In October 2012, CalBattery reported that independent test results in full cell Li-ion batteries (LIBs) showed that its silicon-graphene composite anode materials, used with advanced cathode and electrolyte materials, showed an energy density of 525 Wh/kg and specific anode capacity of 1,250 mAh/g. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Prior to opening the Solar Park, the Chattanooga plant became the first auto plant in the world to receive LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council in 2012. 2012 baseline. In 2012, the factory produced more than 152,400 cars. It remains the only auto plant worldwide to earn the LEED Platinum certification.

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He served in the Obama administration as the Founding Director of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (2009–2012), as the Acting Undersecretary for Energy (2011–2012), and as the Vice Chair of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (2014–2017).

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MAY 8, 2014

from 2,213 kWh in 2012 and down 12.5% The Volkswagen Group’s Sustainability Report has been published annually since 2011. Since late 2011, “Think Blue. The Volkswagen Group published its first Scope 3 Inventory for CO 2 emissions as part of the 2012 Group Sustainability Report. below the figure for the base year of 2010.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is a process in which large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected at high pressures to extract oil and natural gas from underground rock formations. The SAB plans to review the draft plan 7-8 March 2011. Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan.

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MARCH 31, 2013

Approximately 4,500 barrels of oil and water (189,000 gallons US) have been recovered. Wabasca Heavy is a heavy oil from the Athabasca region obtained by polymer injection and water flooding and typically has a 19-20 API gravity and 4.15 All of the required actions of PHMSA’s order were completed by August 2012. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

The collaborative testing will take place under the auspices of a Statement of Intent for Cooperation in Methane Hydrates signed in 2008 and extended in 2011 by DOE and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. Methane hydrate consists of molecules of natural gas trapped in an open rigid framework of water molecules.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Assembly Bill (AB) 236 established the goal of reducing or displacing the consumption of petroleum products by the State fleet when compared to the 2003 consumption levels by 10% by 1 January 2012 and by 20% by 1 January 2020. As of March 2012, all 24 electric charging stations have been installed and are in service. Fleet cuts.

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JANUARY 21, 2012

The Board will proceed with issuing Exploration Licences effective 1 March 2012 to Shell Canada Limited for these parcels, pending final Ministerial approval by both the Federal and Provincial governments, said Stuart Pinks, CNSOPB CEO. The parcels are found in water depths ranging from ca. Parcel 2: $303,078,225. —Stuart Pinks.

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MAY 9, 2012

Water use is estimated to be 2.06 An estimated 7,571 acre-feet of fresh water will be required to drill and complete 3,675 wells or approximately 757 acre-feet each year for the projected 10-year. Recycling efforts will be implemented to reduce water use. acre-feet per well. drilling period. of the area.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

share) represents a 55% premium to Global Industries’ share closing price on 9 September 2011, the last day prior to announcement of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close early in 2012. Global Industries is a provider of subsea construction and pipelay, engineering, project management and support services.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

At the Geneva Motor Show in 2012, we stated specific, ambitious targets for our products, production and the group. At the Geneva show in 2012, Prof. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. Mobilization took place in July 2012, and power started to be generated in November 2012. billion (US$83.4

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JUNE 25, 2014

Besides the CHN station in Copenhagen, another station has been operated since 2011 in the City of Holstebro by the energy company Vestforsyning. The hydrogen supply is entirely based on domestic and foreign independent renewable electricity that produce hydrogen via electrolysis form water. miles) from a station.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The permits will allow Shell to operate the Discoverer drillship and a support fleet of icebreakers, oil spill response vessels, and supply ships for up to 120 days each year in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf starting in 2012. Public comment on the draft permit closed 6 Sept.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

The field development plan consists of a wellhead platform in 50 meters of water depth that will be tied in to the Total-operated onshore Rio Cullen and Cañadon Alfa treatment plants by a 77-kilometer-pipeline. The Group’s equity share of production averaged 83,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2012.

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MARCH 3, 2012

Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger. It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

to drill up to four shallow water exploration wells in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea beginning in July 2012. BOEMRE received Shell’s proposed exploration plan on May 4, 2011, and deemed it submitted on July 5, 2011.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012

This award follows the agreement of July 2011 between Songa Rig AS and Statoil for the first two cat D rigs. The specially-designed category D rig is able to operate at water depths up to 1300 meters (4,265 feet) and drill wells down to. The contract period is for eight years with an aggregated value of US$2.66 Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

US-based Devon Energy Corporation has received regulatory approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Environment and Water to move forward with the company’s third oil sands project in Canada. The company expects to reach full production capacity at Jackfish 2 of 35,000 barrels of oil per day in late 2012.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

For example, transport energy consumption actually rose slightly in 2011 compared with 2010 (0.1 %), while overall transport GHG emissions (including aviation but excluding international maritime) in 2010 only reduced by 0.4 % compared to 2009. In spite of the increase in sales of electric vehicles in 2010 and 2011, alternatively?fueled

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Yet governments have pledged to keep warming below two degrees to avoid the most dangerous aspects of climate change such as widespread water stress and sea level rise, and increases in extreme climatic events. Raupach (2011) Rapid growth in CO 2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis. Canadell and Michael R.

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