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Plains All American to build $900M, 200K bpd pipeline from Cushing to Memphis

Green Car Congress

will construct the Diamond Pipeline, a 440-mile (708 km), 20-inch crude oil pipeline that will provide capacity of up to 200,000 barrels per day of domestic sweet crude from the Plains Cushing, Okla. terminal to the Valero Memphis Refinery, and the ability to access Valero Energy Partner’s Collierville pipeline.

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Plug Power, Charlatte America deliver fuel cell cargo tuggers for FedEx at Albany International Airport

Green Car Congress

This zero-emission vehicle also operates with a high energy efficiency of around 45%, versus about 20% for diesel. The wear and tear on the vehicles is lower, reducing maintenance demands such as oil changes, brakes and starter replacements. As a result, these vehicles reduce operational costs while increasing productivity.

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Winners of 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

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in the Small Business category for their groundbreaking work using metathesis catalysis to produce high-performing, green specialty chemicals at advantageous costs from renewable oils. The electrochemical production of alumina requires enormous amounts of energy, further compromised by scale buildup that depletes production efficiency.

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The PHEV3A mission is to educate America one town (or in this case one school) at a time on getting its own energy independence back by moving away from imported oil to using home grown electrons preferably from renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydro-power.

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