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Virginia Tech team engineers optimized synthetic enzymatic pathway for high-yield production of H2 directly from biomass

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Ingram, director of the Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels at the University of Florida, who is familiar with the work but not associated with the team, commented that the work represents a revolutionary approach that offers many new advantages. —Joe Rollin. Chandrayan, Chang-Hao Wu, Michael W. 1417719112.

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Punching above its weight

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Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering.

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Your Robotic Avatar Is Almost Ready

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Global competition In the Long Beach convention center, XPrize did its best to create an atmosphere that was part rock concert, part sporting event, and part robotics research conference and expo. Many teams, including i-Botics [left], relied on commercial virtual-reality headsets as part of their interfaces.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. The charging infrastructure is an integral part of PSTA's long-term battery electric bus program. City of Fairfield. City of Tallahassee.

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CMU team finds regional temperature differences have significant impact on EV efficiency, range and emissions

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Among their findings were: The average energy consumption per mile can increase by 15% from 273 Wh/mi (170 Wh/km) along Pacific Coast or at certain parts of South Florida to 315 Wh/mi (196 Wh/km) in the Upper Midwest. For grid emission factors, they used a recent analysis by Graff Zivin et al. —Yuksel and Michalek.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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This approach is part of the European Union’s (EU) Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), which EU members use to help meet their Kyoto Protocol commitments. 192% higher in 2015) than if offsets could be used as prescribed by the bill. If allowed as part of an emissions reduction program, offsets have the potential to provide various benefits.

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Researchers find Nissan LEAF creates less CO2 than Toyota Prius hybrid in west US and Texas, but more in N. Midwest

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the “carbon footprint” of electricity production and use), according to a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The second highest state subsidies ($6000) are in Colorado, part of the WECC region where the LEAF is likely lower emitting than the Prius and the Volt may be higher or lower. Mili-Ann M. Tamayao, Jeremy J.

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