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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees, removing 228,000 cars off the road or recycling 374,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Commerce City, Colo.; El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Orleans, La.;

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New recycling solution introduced to treat Marcellus Shale flowback frac water

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A new joint partnership between Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Albuquerque, NM, is seeking to provide a solution to the environmental issues surrounding the treatment of mineral?laden Altela announced that this is the first of many facilities planned throughout the Northeast to combine the synergies of landfill waste energy with Altela’s.

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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

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Another trick that can be done with a heat pump (in cabin heating mode, anyway) is to capture the waste heat from the traction inverter, motor, etc, extending the temperature range over which it can operate without resorting to a backup source such as a resistance heater.

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

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Albuquerque, N.M. This project will evaluate the potential for combining and treating two waste streams (flowback water and acid mine drainage) for reuse as a frac fluid, and will also develop novel viscosity modifiers for water high in total dissolved solids. DOE share: $725,647; recipient share: $314,316; duration 36 months).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Emera Technologies, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico). CSolPower, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Invizyne Technologies (Monrovia, California).