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Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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TCEP will be an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) 400 MW power/poly-gen plant that will capture 90% of the carbon dioxide, 99% of the sulfur, more than 95% of the mercury, and eliminate more than 90% of the nitrogen oxides produced by the process. The additional syngas produced will be converted to NH 3 using the Haber process.

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DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

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The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The host site for the pilot project is Cedar Lane Farms in Wooster, Ohio. DOE Share: $6,239,542).

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DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

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The 50-MWe system will include technologies to remove trace elements such as mercury and arsenic, capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), and extract more than 99.9% A novel process to convert the extracted sulfur to a pure elemental sulfur product will also be tested. of the sulfur from the syngas.

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Ford Increasing Use of Renewable and Recyclable Materials in Vehicles

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Ford Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Escape, Expedition and Econoline as well as Mercury Mariner, Lincoln MKS and Navigator also use the sustainable material. We already have bio-based foam on more than 2 million vehicles and we’re looking to convert 100 percent of our fleet to it in the future. million pounds.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and hexavalent chrome) that pose a known threat to health or the environment. The station is anticipated to supply CNG for upwards of 100 suppliers and more than two million miles of truck travel each year, cutting CO2 emissions by as much as 1,000 metric tons annually. SOCs are chemical (e.g.,

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) San Jose Mercury News ). Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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