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DOE BETO awards $10M to 7 advanced biofuels projects

Green Car Congress

'The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has selected seven projects to receive up to $10 million to support innovative technologies and solutions to help advance the development of advanced biofuels, including bugaboo and drop-in hydrocarbons. The Bioenergy Technologies Office is working to produce cost-competitive ($3/gallon of gasoline equivalent) advanced biofuels from non-food biomass resources that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% or more versus petro

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Top 5 Ways To Get Flamed, Moderated, Or Banned In Comments On Green Car Reports

Green Car Reports

'Remember when your parents sat you down to have a little chat about how you should behave? It may be time for us to have one of those chats with a small fraction of our readers, just to point out this site''s requests, customs, and no-nos. Here''s our compilation of things that will see your comments on Green Car Reports countered by respectful but.

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Government of Canada introduces legislation to strengthen rail safety and accountability; “polluter pays”

Green Car Congress

'Canada’s Minister of Transport, Lisa Raitt, introduced legislation in the House of Commons that will enhance railway safety and make the rail industry and crude oil shippers more accountable. The new Safe and Accountable Rail Act proposes amendments to the Canada Transportation Act and Railway Safety Act. Changes include a new liability and compensation regime for federally regulated railways, including minimum insurance requirements; a compensation fund financed by levies on crude oil shippers

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NPL novel reference electrode shows that cathode, not anode, is source of potential decay in PEM water electrolyzers

Green Car Congress

'Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK have developed a novel reference electrode for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) and used it to measure the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of Pt catalysts in situ for the first time. Their results showed that the decay in open-circuit potential of commercial PEMWEs is due to the platinum cathode, not to changes in the anode, as conventionally assumed.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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