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GE and Sargas AS partner on gas-fired plants with carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery

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The technology provided by Sargas captures carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) at pressure, which requires lower capital investment costs and can be built quickly with existing or slightly modified subsystems and equipment. Traditionally, carbon capture for gas-fired turbine plants relied on government subsidies and advanced technology research.

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National Research Council report finds it unlikely the US will meet cellulosic biofuel mandates absent major innovation or a change in policies

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A key barrier to achieving RFS2 is the high cost of producing biofuels compared to petroleum-based fuels and the large capital investments required to put billions of gallons of production capacity in place. Such land conversion may disrupt any future potential for storing carbon in biomass and soil.

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Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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In the near-term pre-CCS era, with a low cost of carbon, the economical solution for power providers is to vent the CO 2 and pay the fees, passing on the costs to customers. Over time, however, as the CO 2 price increases, it eventually becomes more economical to either retrofit plants to capture and store most of.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.

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Michigan Energy and Advanced Automotive Research Lined Up for $99.5M in Funding from FY2010 Defense Appropriations Bill

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Advanced battery technology offers tremendous potential to significantly improve the near-term operational performance and capability for military vehicles to generate, distribute and store electrical power. This project seeks to develop technologies necessary to lower the cost of roof top solar electric systems to reach grid parity.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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Per-well oil production at Kern River is low—the average is 8 barrels of oil per well per day—but there are more than 9,000 production wells in operation in the field. Using thermal recovery processes in heavy oil reservoirs depends largely on. The key to a producer is operational efficiency. being recorded daily.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Pre-paid 600 kilometer cards are one approach that is suggested. SZ (1) 6753.T

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