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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations. The project team’s technology will consist of a novel methane oxidation catalyst (MOC) formulation capable of high conversion efficiencies at the lower exhaust temperatures in ultra-lean burn engines.

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DOE to award up to $6.7M to projects to convert captured CO2 to useful products, including fuels

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DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as part of the Department’s Carbon Storage program, which has the goal of developing and advancing technologies to improve the effectiveness of carbon storage, reduce the cost of implementation, and be ready for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025–2035 timeframe.

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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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An adult passalid burrows its one-inch body through decayed wood that has been pre-processed by fungi, speeding up wood decomposition through its feeding activity and making the wood and carbon accessible for other organisms in the ecosystem. We study them because they are a natural model biorefinery.

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Ford increases soy content in foam, adds head restraint as newest component for sustainable material

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The collaboration also generated the recent complete conversion of all Lear North American Ford seating cushion foam to Lear SoyFoam. “We The use of SoyFoam also has helped Ford reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 15 million pounds. SoyFoam is up to 24% more renewable than petroleum-based foam.

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Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

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The tenth competition under the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform’s integrated delivery program (IDP), IDP10 is targeting the building of an integrated low-carbon-vehicle innovation chain, from the science base, through collaborative R&D to fleet-level demonstration. million (US$3.12 million (US$4.37 million (US$4.54

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BAF Technologies Begins Converting 600 ATT Vehicles To CNG in 2009

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In addition to the economic benefits, CAR estimates the new vehicles will save 49 million gallons of gasoline and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year deployment period. In addition, AT&T piloted four Ford Escape hybrids, which were deployed in late 2007 in California.

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Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

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Instead of accumulating as peat, which eventually was transformed into coal, the great bulk of plant biomass decayed and was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. So the evolution of white rot is a very important event in the evolution of carbon cycle. We’re hoping this will get into the biology and geology textbooks.

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