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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

US production capacity for renewable diesel could more than double from current levels by the end of 2025, based on several announcements for projects that are either under construction or could start development soon, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). billion gallons per year (gal/y), at the end of 2022.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Total hydrocarbons (THC), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), and carbon monoxide (CO) showed either marginally or statistically significant reductions for E15. Although no strong differences were found for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, E15 showed lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions savings when compared to E10.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Montana State University.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Ideanomics and Global Environmental Products (GEP) announced today that it has developed a series of zero-emissions, electric vehicle street sweepers that will soon come to New York City, cities in California, Helena, Montana, and Washington D.C. and two to Helena, Montana, Ideanomics said. I’d love to hear from you!

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AUGUST 1, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $97 million in funding for 33 projects that will support high-impact technology research and development to accelerate the bioeconomy. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy. Montana State University. 4,000,000. .

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four additional projects from the Productivity Enhanced Algae and ToolKits funding opportunity ( earlier post ) to receive up to $8.8 The team will work with three key industrial partners: Triton Health and Nutrition, Algenesis Materials, and Global Algae Innovations. University of Toledo.

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JULY 30, 2009

Researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have discovered an innovative way to use bees, pollen, and helium-filled balloons to verify that no carbon dioxide leaks from carbon sequestration sites. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Because of their chemical makeup, when the rocks are exposed to carbon dioxide, they react to form common limestone and chalk in a process called mineral carbonation. Some also occur in the interior, including Montana. Worldwide, other formations are scattered across Eurasia and Australia.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It requires no cultivation, circumvents food-versus-fuel concerns and likely has a highly favorable carbon balance. Partners include: University of Idaho, University of Montana, Montana State University and the University of Wyoming, U.S. There are many benefits to using beetle-killed wood for renewable fuel production.

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MAY 23, 2009

The Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven members of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has begun collecting core samples from a new characterization well near Spectra Energy’s Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant in British Columbia, Canada.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 19, 2022

The partnership effectively marks Rivian’s first hospitality partner, matching both companies’ goals of making outdoor exploration more accessible to people and encouraging them to adventure responsibly by reducing their carbon footprint while exploring the most notable U.S. national parks and monuments.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. coal plants are planned to shutter by 2035. On 13 September, the U.S.

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APRIL 20, 2011

million matching grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to accelerate the commercial implementation of its patent-pending, enzyme based, cellulosic ethanol production technology. AE Biofuels, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (AE AE Keyes), has been awarded a $1.88

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APRIL 18, 2009

The Crow Tribe and Australian-American Energy Co. Announced in August 2008, Many Stars CTL is an energy development project led by AAEC in collaboration with the Crow Nation. LLC (AAEC) have executed the final project agreements for the Many Stars coal-to-liquids project to be constructed on the Crow Indian Reservation. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 27, 2010

Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically produced camelina-based fuels, provided the hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuel used to create the 50-50 HRJ8-JP8 blend used in an all-engine biofuel flight test in a US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II. Earlier post.). B-roll of the test flight.

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MARCH 2, 2013

Thus, the SEIS concludes, the life-cycle carbon footprint for transportation fuels produced in US refineries would increase if the Keystone XL project were approved. Studies that do not account for the reduction in refinery energy use for SCO will overestimate the GHG emissions from SCO relative to other crude sources.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, a feedstock-only pathway for the production of camelina-based fuels under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The feedstock-only CI (carbon intensity) is 7.58 Camelina is primarily grown in Montana, eastern Washington, the Dakotas, and Alberta, Canada.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Co-authors on the study are David Lobell of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University; Gregory Asner and Christopher Field of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology; and Qiaozhen Mu of the University of Montana. —Scott Loarie. —Greg Asner. Loarie, David B. Lobell, Gregory P.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

An updated life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel found that the renewable fuel reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75% compared to traditional petroleum-based jet fuel, according to a study by researchers from Michigan Tech University (MTU), Targeted Growth and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. Reducing Embodied Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) in Materials Manufacturing Institute.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

The Rentech MOU contemplates the production and purchase of approximately 250 million gallons per year of synthetic jet fuel derived principally from coal or petroleum coke, with the resultant carbon dioxide sequestered and the carbon footprint potentially further reduced by integrating biomass as a feedstock.

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MARCH 11, 2009

A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Non-food sources of biomass with great energy potential include crops such as algae, switchgrass and poplar trees, and residues from lumber and agriculture. The project “Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel” (0938033) will be led by Rakesh Agrawal, with colleagues Mahdi Abu-Omar, Nicholas C.

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APRIL 28, 2009

The study was based on camelina grown in Montana by Sustainable Oils and processed into renewable jet and diesel fuels using UOP hydroprocessing technology. which contains a large database of inventory data for material, chemical and energy inputs. Earlier post.). savings compared to petroleum jet.

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JULY 14, 2015

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 16 solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology research projects for a total of more than $19 million ($19,358,915) in funding. FuelCell Energy, Inc. Montana State University. FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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JUNE 24, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $100 million in the second round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs); research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production, storage, and use. Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI). FY 2014 EFRC Awards.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. The work will be managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. million over four years, with $27.6

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

and NuCoal Energy Corporation recently executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) wherein Sparton and NuCoal will jointly evaluate the potential of NuCoal’s lignitic coal holdings in Saskatchewan to host commercial germanium and uranium mineralization. Sparton Resources Inc.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

However, for illustrative purposes, the DOS commissioned study estimated that incremental lifecycle US greenhouse gas emissions from displacing reference crude oils with Canadian oil sands crude oils imported through the proposed Project would be between 3 and 21 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.) Evaluation of mineral trapping through carbonation will also be completed. Funded with $21.3

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With rolling mountains and boundless plains, Montana has magnificent scenery and vast horizons. On Montana’s 147,000 square miles of land, the state’s latest count of charging points was just 57, most of which were concentrated in towns and cities rather than along highways. It seems to be designed for self-driving travel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Brigham, based in Austin, Texas, has a strong position in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. In the Bakken formation, the oil is extracted from tight carbonate. In the Three Forks formation the oil is extracted from tight dolomite.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Hey, Max Baucus and Jon Tester in Montana – Do either of you US Senators have a clue on climate change? They are not afraid to be real leaders And our state is leading the way on energy efficiency, on renewables and on laws to cut emissions. We can’t afford your ignorance any longer. Time to cowboy up fellas.

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North Dakota Climate Change Global Montana 186

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

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