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DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

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The Coalition will facilitate basic and applied energy research and promote multidisciplinary collaboration among the member universities and NETL. The coordination structure is flexible, allowing for new university members to provide additional research capabilities and collaborations as needed throughout the research lifespan.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Zheng Zhao, Reda Bababrik, Wenhua Xue, Yaping Li, Nicholas M. Briggs, Dieu-Thy Nguyen, Umi Nguyen, Steven P.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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NETL’s goals for these projects are to improve management of water resources, water usage, and water disposal, and to support science that will aid the regulatory and permitting processes required for shale gas development. Awards include: ALL Consulting, Tulsa, Okla. The total proposed value for all selected projects is $10.2

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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program; and create the DriveElectricMN.org website as an online resource. INCOG Tulsa Area. Vehicle Workgroup and create a strategic plan for statewide natural gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. for electric vehicle (EV) users (and potential EV users) in Minnesota. Bay Area Air Quality.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $8.5M to bring natural gas- and propane-powered vehicles to California

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The on-road vehicles meet all the emission requirements of the Air Resources Board and are fully warranted by the original equipment manufacturer. The Energy Commission already has awarded nearly $20.5 million to help buyers afford new, alternative-fueled passenger vehicles and medium- and heavy-duty buses and trucks.

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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions

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In the study, the authors used collected on-road emission measurements from sites in three western United States cities—Denver, Los Angeles and Tulsa—to highlight some of the changes in the on-road fleet’s age distribution and to estimate the implications on the fleet’s emissions. —Bishop and Stedman (2014). Technol. ,

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Real Time-Optimal Power Flow based Distributed Energy Resources Management System (DERMS), $299,329. BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).