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Neste, NuStar expand renewable fuel hub in Northern California

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announced that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at the NuStar-operated Selby Terminal near San Francisco, California. Neste has supplied approximately 220 million gallons of Neste MY Renewable Diesel into California through the NuStar Selby Terminal over the last decade. Neste and NuStar Energy L.P.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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For instance, four proposed high-voltage lines totaling 600 kilometers along the seam of regional networks in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar. Proposed new transmission lines in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar to regional networks.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. Earlier post.). Each of the 10 2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners will receive $25,000 in prize money.

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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. Source: Hurlbut et al.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Refrigerant Leak Detection, $375,000 Parker and Hannifin, Washington, Mo.

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Study finds airplane traffic a major contributor to particle pollution in Los Angeles

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Inset shows wind direction. The maximum PN concentrations were aligned to eastern, downwind jet trajectories during prevailing westerly winds and to 8 km downwind concentrations exceeded 75,000 particles/cm 3 —more than the average freeway PN concentration in Los Angeles. Spatial pattern of PN concentration. Click to enlarge.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Washington, D.C.: by Bill Cooke. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Thornes, B.

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