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Sunoco Idles Eagle Point Refinery; Will Evaluate Feasibility of Using it to Produce Alternative Fuels in the Future

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is indefinitely idling all process units at its Eagle Point refinery located in Westville, New Jersey in an effort to reduce losses in its refining business at a time when a recessionary economy, weak demand for refined products, and increased global refining capacity have created margin pressure on the entire refining industry. Sunoco, Inc.

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American Le Mans Series Introduces Green Dream Team

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ALMS believes the announcement is the first of its kind in sports addressing the concerns of the global warming, the environment and reducing dependence on foreign fuels and energy sources. It has resulted in the sports car series approving and racing five alternative fuels by all competitors in its field.

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

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John Formisano, vice president, Global Vehicles, FedEx Express. Formisano applauded the California government for continuing to provide incentive funding for hybrid truck purchases, which allowed FedEx to place its first hybrid truck into service in the state in 2004 and continue to add hybrids to its fleet during the past five years.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Wagner, Director of the Fuels Engines and Emissions Research Center, and Dr. Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. Keynote at Global Powertrain Congress 2012.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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Wide ranging sustainable aviation jet fuels, including quantification of benefits; and. Safety and transition strategies that enable “drop in” replacement for petroleum-derived aviation fuels. The TECH7000 is a turbofan technology demonstrator that is based on Honeywell’s HTF7000 propulsion engine.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Romm, 2004 "Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil", by David Goodstein, 2004 "Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage", by Kenneth S. org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Renewables account for approximately 10-15% of the global energy infrastructure investment and according to New Energy Finance renewables have been hit hard by the global recession with a 47% in Q1 2009 vs. Q1 2008 ($13.3 The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China. Billion vs. $28.3

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