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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the final report from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for a technology validation project that collected data from more than 180 fuel cell electric vehicles over six years (early 2005 through September 2011). These vehicles made more than 500,000 trips and traveled 3.6

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Annual Increase in Global CO2 Emissions Halved in 2008; Decrease in Fossil Oil Consumption, Increase in Renewables Share

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In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Biofuels and other renewable energy sources start impacting CO 2 trends. and from 19.5

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Supercritical Ethanol Liquefaction of Swine Manure to Produce Bio-oils

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It can be viewed as an underutilized renewable energy resource. If this energy could be harvested, it would be equivalent to 21 billion gallons of gasoline (ThePigSite, 2004). Within the US approximately 250 million tons of dry fecal materials are produced yearly, with an energy value comparable to wood (on a dry matter basis).

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EPRI Analysis estimates costs of fully developing US smart grid could reach $476B; benefits up to $2T

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The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. as a result of electricity displacing gasoline and diesel to fuel a substantial portion of the vehicle fleet. trillion and $2 trillion. Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEVs).

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U Alberta spin-off Forge Hydrocarbons commercializing pyrolytic lipids-to-hydrocarbons process

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Further processing converts the hydrocarbon liquid into the desired fuel such as gasoline, natural gas, jet fuel, diesel, lubricating oil, solvents or diluents. Bressler made his initial discovery in 2004 with funding from an NSERC Discovery grant. He ran that company for 12 years. Maher, Kathlyn M.

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Perspective: Indirect Land Use Change Analysis Is Not Life Cycle Analysis

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Plants built since 2004 reduce ethanol’s life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50-60% compared to gasoline. thermo-compressors for heat reuse, raw starch hydrolysis, collocating with animal feeding operations) dramatically improve the GHG emissions of these plants versus those built prior to 2004.