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DOE to award up to $20M for further studies on methane hydrates; projects worth up to $80M

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement for up to $20 million ( DE-FOA-0001023 ) for applications for selection and award in FY 2014 that focus on the (1) methane hydrate reservoir-response field experiments in Alaska; and (2) field programs for marine gas hydrate characterization.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. Since 2020 Toyota and mining giant BHP have been testing a LandCruiser 70-Series converted to electricity by Tembo e-LV locally. But by 2025 he intends to have three more vehicles on-sale including the Alaska ute.

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Boeing, UOP, Masdar Institute and Industry Team Launch Study on Sustainability Of Renewable Jet Fuel Made from Halophytes

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Halophytes thrive in arid land and can be irrigated with sea water, making them suitable for biofuel development; Abu Dhabi is thus a viable location for conducting a lifecycle-analysis study on the plants. Halophytes can be productive sources of biomass energy; for example, salicornia seed is 32% oil by mass.

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Swiss company outlines methanol-to-gasoline option for Alaska North Slope gas to state legislature

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The resulting methanol would be blended with crude and transported via the trans-Alaska oil pipeline to Valdez, where it would be extracted from the oil and processed via Methanol-to-Gasoline technology into gasoline. billion cubic feet, bcf) were converted to gasoline, it would produce 450,000 barrels per day, he suggested.

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