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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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NASA has selected four university-led teams for potential awards in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will have them spend up to five years exploring novel ideas for improving aviation, including eliminating emissions and autonomy research in support of Advanced Air Mobility. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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ExxonMobil, Georgia Tech and Imperial College London publish joint research on potential breakthrough in membrane technology for oil refining

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Scientists from ExxonMobil, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Imperial College of London have published in the journal Science joint research on potential breakthroughs in a new membrane technology that could reduce emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. —Ryan Lively, the John H. —M.G.

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Go-Station hosts electric drayage truck pull and EV demo event at Georgia port – Charged EVs

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Charging company Go-Station will host an electric drayage truck pull at the Port Fuel Center (PFC), located at the twin container ports Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal, near Savannah, Georgia. Garden City Terminal is the fourth busiest container handling facility in the US.

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DOE VTO awarding $3.6M to 6 projects to commercialize lab-developed clean transportation technologies

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million, to six projects selected from the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). DOE’s OTT coordinates the TCF and plays a vital role in strengthening DOE’s commercialization partnerships. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) is awarding $3.6

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ExxonMobil & Georgia Tech CMS membrane brings advantages of reverse osmosis separations to hydrocarbon mixtures; potential significant cuts in chemical manufacturing energy use & emissions

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Scientists from ExxonMobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed new free-standing carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics. Results of the research were published in Science.

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Blue Bird Debuts Electric Step Van at 2024 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo

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Company Teams Up With Xos and Morgan Olson to Build Commercial Vehicle Prototype on Class 5-6 Stripped Chassis MACON, Georgia — Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, will debut its electric-powered step van at the upcoming 2024 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, North America’s.

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British Airways invests in LanzaJet; SAF offtake agreement

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British Airways will invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial-scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia and acquire cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuel from the plant. In addition, the partnership will involve LanzaJet implementing early stage planning and design for a potential commercial facility for British Airways in the UK.

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