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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Excellence Awards have recognized 43 truck carriers and one barge carrier as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency. billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes. Modern Transportation Services, LLC.

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OSU team demonstrates concept of potassium-air battery as alternative to lithium-air systems

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Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have demonstrated the concept of a potassium-air (K?O V), which renders the system with a low round-trip energy efficiency around 60%. Recently, researchers have also found out the instability of electrolyte and carbon electrode under the high charging potential (>3.5 O 2 battery (0.5

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EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

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In May, EPA released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). The change detection analysis performed on the two MODIS data sets from 2001 and 2004. Earlier post.)

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