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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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mt CO 2 ) and Florida (107.0 For feedstock application, carbon stored in products such as plastics are not included in reported emissions for the states where they are produced. Examining 2010 energy-related CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector, the report found California was the top transportation emitter (214.0

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DOE Regional Partner Initiates Coal Seam CO2 Injection and Methane Recovery Study in Virginia

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This area has been assessed by researchers to have the capacity to store 1.3 billion tons of CO2 in the coal seams while increasing natural gas production up to 2.5 trillion cubic feet. The project is being coordinated by the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research.

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DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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The initial five BEST projects, which were provided an initial $7 million in funding in September, have been working to develop engineering strategies and approaches for managing reservoir pressure and the flow of stored CO 2 in saline reservoirs.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Blue Frontier, LLC (Parkland, Florida). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Framatome Inc.

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Four Factors That Will Impact EV Charging Infrastructure Requirements by 2030

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Rapid growth in EV adoption, bolstered by government initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions, has created an immediate need to build EV charging infrastructure to support the growin g demand for EV charging. million public EV charge points are needed to meet the EU’s proposed 55% CO2 reducti on targets for passenger cars by 2035. .

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. University of Florida, Gainesville. system to pump, heat, store, and discharge the molten glass. Florida, Tampa).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Broward County Transit, Florida: $2,000,000. Palm Tran, Florida: $320,000.

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