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APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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Gasoline Plug-in Prius Plug 150

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The project “Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel” (0938033) will be led by Rakesh Agrawal, with colleagues Mahdi Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. This organism has the potential to directly produce petroleum using a cellulose fermentation process that is essentially carbon neutral. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann, and Fabio H.

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Grant Puerto Rico Conversion Montana 170

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DECEMBER 31, 2011

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O’Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene ). Earlier post.)

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California Oil Emissions Carbon 247

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

After more than a decade of research, a University of Minnesota team of researchers has devised a means for developing free-standing, highly crystalline zeolite nanosheets that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost-effective and energy-efficient. Source: Varoon et al. Click to enlarge.

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Minnesota Energy Production Fuel 199

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. Paul Metropolitan Council, Minnesota: $1,100,000. Productive Alternatives/Transit Alternatives, Minnesota: $845,000.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. Renewable Electricity-Powered Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Ethanol for Storage and Transportation (Category 1) The Opus 12, Inc.

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Carbon Energy Fuel Hydrogen 150

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JUNE 26, 2021

Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. The University of Minnesota will develop an ultra-thin separation. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Carbon Capture.

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2012 Energy Lithium Sulfur Conversion 240

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon Capture (5 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Eagle Picher, Southeast Nonwovens, and the Edison Materials Technology Center, will develop ultra high capacity battery anodes for next generation Li-ion batteries (3x the state-of-the art) based on a novel low cost silicon-coated carbon nanofiber paper.

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. The team will.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

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JULY 19, 2009

Lead author is David Tilman of the University of Minnesota. Municipal and industrial wastes. The discussions that led to the paper began in June 2008 at a workshop on biofuels and food hosted by the Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), supported by BP and Ford. Crop residues. Sustainably harvested wood and forest residues.

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2009 Minnesota Gas Environment 150

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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. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba).

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244