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US manufacturing sector energy use and energy intensity down since 2002

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Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17% from 2002 to 2010, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. US manufacturing used more than 14 quadrillion Btu of energy as a fuel in 2010, a decrease of 13% from the 2002 level. increases in their fuel consumption from 2002 to 2010.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. But he didn’t realize until after college that his coding skills would be his entry into the film industry. “I He joined the London office of Industrial Light & Magic in 2014 as a senior production engineer.

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China’s 2005 Carbon Emissions Almost Twice As Much As 2002 Emissions

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Carbon emissions associated with increased exports from China (left), as part of a more systematic view of increased national emissions (right), 2002 to 2005. Researchers from Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, estimated in the study that China’s 2005 carbon emissions were 80.59% or more higher than 2002 emissions. “

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DOE-released report finds significant growth in fuel cell industry in 2011, forecasts continuing growth through 2012

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report showing significant growth for the fuel cell industry in 2011, and forecasting continued growth through 2012. At the same time, fuel cell durability has doubled, expensive platinum content has been reduced by a factor of five, and the cost of fuel cells has fallen 80% since 2002.

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Opposed-piston engine company Achates Power raises $35.2M in Series C Financing; new industry advisory board

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The company also announced the formation of a new Industry Advisory Board, and its selection as a semi-finalist in the Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Energy Security Prize. The company says that the Series C funding and Industry Advisory Board formation will help accelerate its product development and commercialization efforts.

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General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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General Fusion’s approach to fusion maximizes the reapplication of existing industrialized technologies, bypassing the need for expensive superconducting magnets, significant new materials, or high-power lasers. General Fusion is based in Vancouver, Canada, with locations in London, UK, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

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EIA: ethanol production drives growth in overall biomass energy use over past decade

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Biomass energy consumption in the United States grew more than 60% from 2002 to 2013, the growth due almost entirely to increased consumption of biomass to produce biofuels, primarily ethanol but also a smaller amount of biodiesel and other biomass-based diesel fuels, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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