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USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling

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For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation. continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Gas-flaring countries and trends. A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue.

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ARPA-E to award $28M to develop ultrahigh-temperature materials for gas turbine applications

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The ULTIMATE program will develop and demonstrate ultrahigh-temperature materials that can operate in high temperature and high stress environments of a gas turbine blade. Projects will specifically target gas turbine applications in the power generation and aviation industries. for high-temperature components in gas turbines.

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ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group report progress in cellulosic biodiesel research

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The research also confirmed REG Life Sciences technology is capable of achieving substantial reductions of full-lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional diesel fuel. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has spent about $8 billion to develop and deploy lower-emission energy solutions across its operations.

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California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

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California has already cut anthropogenic black carbon emissions by more than 90% since the 1960s, and existing measures are projected to cut mobile source emissions by 75% and total anthropogenic emissions by nearly 60% between 2000 and 2020. CO 2 remains in the atmosphere for up to a century.

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Smith School lifecycle study highlights importance for algae-derived biodiesel of co-product utilization and optimizing and decarbonizing every step of the supply chain

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However, biodiesel from advanced biomass has an inherent environmental advantage of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction that can be realized once every step of the production chain is fully optimized and decarbonized, the researchers said. Case 1 is based on algal fuel production, with oilcake and glycerol as waste material.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50%, from 172 to 264. FedEx Corp. The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C.

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