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New Mexico to enact advanced Clean Car & Clean Truck rules

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The rules would require vehicle manufacturers to deliver cleaner vehicles to New Mexicans and drastically cut NO x and particulate matter emissions (PM) from conventional gas and diesel engines. The New Mexico Environment Department will share more details about the rulemaking process soon.

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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

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Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter horsepower Kawasaki FX801 V-Twin gasoline engine, converted to propane by Alliance Small Engines. Behind the autogas truck, they will be trailering a propane mower. The propane mower is a 2013 Exmark Lazer Z Ultra Cut 60. It is powered by a 25.5

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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The heat can drive steam turbines or engines to generate electricity around the clock. states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected nine new projects targeting environmental tools and technology for shale gas and coalbed methane (CBM) production. Albuquerque, N.M. Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Tex. million (DOE share: $6.9 Altela Inc.,

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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The heat can drive steam turbines or engines to generate electricity around the clock. states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.

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Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion

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The same principle is used to power jet engines today. This machine is basically a jet engine running on a hot liquid. MPa enable the system to operate with very high thermal efficiency, exceeding even those of a large coal-generated power plant and nearly twice as efficient as that of a gasoline engine (about 25%).

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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GVW) will be deployed to Albuquerque, Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus (Ohio), Jacksonville (Fla.), The Kenworth hybrids are performing well, with a more than 30 percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, compared to standard beverage delivery trucks. The Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks (rated at 33,000 lb.

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