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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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million to complete engineering integration with VVC’s 30 US suppliers. million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana. VVC has said that its V Car’s fuel economy would be among the best of all four-passenger gasoline-powered vehicles sold in the US today.

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is awarding $10.8 Louisiana State University. Louisiana State University. This information will improve modeling capability of wellbore integrity and guide designs that can be used to reduce leakage.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster returns to port on upgraded drone ship

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In a pleasant coincidence, the brand new drone ship was greeted by an even newer member of SpaceX’s rocket recovery fleet , which had arrived just hours before after bidding farewell to the Louisiana port it was upgraded at the week prior. Richard Angle).

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

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The Brazilian experience shows that the presence of small (<10%) amounts of water in the fuel does not in itself cause a greater tendency to misfire in spark ignition engines than a proportionate leaning of the fuel/air mixture would do, provided that the vapor pressure of the hydrated ethanol at the ambient temperature is high enough.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Donovan is an engineer and attorney with more than thirty-four years of international business experience. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. with honors, in Marine/Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Renergie”).

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.