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Gevo enters on-road automobile gasoline market in Houston with 12.5% isobutanol blend

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blend of its bio-isobutanol with gasoline marketed for use in automobiles has begun to be sold in the Houston area. Musket Corporation is Gevo’s distribution partner serving the Houston market and is blending the specially formulated gasoline containing Gevo’s isobutanol to distribute into the on-road automobile market.

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U. Houston-led project looking for new exhaust treatment catalysts for low-temperature lean-burn combustion engines

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A chemical engineer from the University of Houston is leading a $2.1-million Engineers from Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles Inc. Catalytic converters clean vehicle exhaust into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide. and Johnson Matthey Inc. also will be involved in the project.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. University of Houston. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. for climate control in automobiles. automobile market. heating and water purification. . $3,734,939. Chromatin, Inc. battery for EVs.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. Posts | Profile Senior Contributors Felicity Barringer , San Francisco; Clifford Krauss , Houston; Micheline Maynard , Detroit; Jad Mouawad , New York; Matthew L.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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