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JULY 31, 2020

The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia. In parallel, Rio Tinto has also started work on the commissioning of its lithium demonstration plant in the United States, which is extracting lithium from waste rock at its Boron mine in California.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. The DOE-funded Amerigon thermoelectric project originally began in 2004 as one of several projects targeting fuel economy improvements in light-duty vehicles of 10%.

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JULY 30, 2015

That means the average passenger car on the road today was built for the 2004 model year--and that there's a long tail of cars stretching well back into the 1990s around you in daily traffic. The cars on U.S. roads are older than they've ever been. A recent survey found that the average age of U.S. vehicles is now at a record high of 11.5

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

According to a recent SAE paper—“Developing a 55% BTE Commercial Heavy-Duty Opposed-Piston Engine without a Waste Heat Recovery System,”—these gains can have a direct and multiplied impact on the heavy-duty vehicle market. It has proven industry-best fuel economy gains of up to 30 percent and significant emissions reductions.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

The slight increase prolongs a relatively stable trend in emissions observed since 2014, after a 10-year period of almost continuous reductions between 2004 and 2014. In 2017, emissions covered by the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) (including transport, buildings, agriculture and waste) increased for the third year in a row.

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MAY 17, 2010

The Blade Supercharger—as well as other Lontra applications including the Blade Expander and Lindsey Engine—is based on the Blade Compressor, a technology that Lontra been developing since 2004. Designed by Lontra’s Technical Director Steve Lindsey, the Blade Compressor is a rotary device with a wrapped toroidal chamber.

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JULY 3, 2010

Animal waste has tremendous energy potential. If this energy could be harvested, it would be equivalent to 21 billion gallons of gasoline (ThePigSite, 2004). Bio-oils can be upgraded to transportation fuels. It can be viewed as an underutilized renewable energy resource. In the case of swine manure, an estimated 5.3

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MAY 24, 2009

Among other benefits, his research has created economic incentives to reduce industrial waste. Previously he served in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President in both the Clinton and Bush administrations from 1999 to 2004, most recently as the Assistant Director for Environment.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The original biodiesel tax credit was passed in 2004 and has been extended twice. Biodiesel produced from both virgin feedstocks (such as soybean oil) and waste feedstocks such as yellow grease and animal fats qualifies for the $1.00 per gallon excise tax credit. The study was conducted by economic analyst John M.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Other highlights from the report include: Clean energy investments increased from around US$30 billion in 2004 to more than US$140 billion by 2008. billion) in 2004. Investment in clean energy has not only increased, but has also diversified geographically.

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JULY 21, 2009

An added benefit of the conversion program is that it not only reduces pollution but also extends the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production and creating a reduce-and-reuse program. The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven.

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JUNE 24, 2009

The ClearFuels technology can convert multiple cellulosic biomass feedstocks such as sugarcane bagasse and virgin wood waste into clean synthesis gas (syngas) suitable for integration with synthetic gas-to-liquids technologies. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Among the projects discussed were reducing cold starts; using waste heat for different heating applications in the car; and a new implementation of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for waste heat recovery. Heating with waste heat. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Thermoelectrics Waste Heat Recovery. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004.

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MAY 29, 2009

It reports on energy production and consumption, industrial manufacturing, agricultural production, disposal of waste materials and the burning of biomass. It also provides data on greenhouse-gas emissions for the 20 years preceding the 1990 Kyoto protocol.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Researchers at the University of Manchester (UK) have developed a graphene-based nano-rectifier (“ballistic rectifier”) that can convert waste heat to electricity. Graphene was the world’s first two-dimensional material, isolated in 2004 at The University of Manchester; since then a whole family of other 2D materials have been discovered.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), waste streams from food and beverage processing plants, crop farms and animal feed facilities, and municipal landfills are all biogas sources. Analysis of excess and/or waste hydrogen sources. Combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell systems. Report to Congress. Since that time, DOE has dedicated $1.2

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JUNE 22, 2011

Formed a multi-departmental group to focus on increasing recycling and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. The extent to which new engine and aircraft technologies may be used to retrofit or re-engine aircraft to decrease aviation’s environmental impact.

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

megatonnes of CO 2 eq in 2004, 35.8 Full development of the oil sands area would result in the loss of 438,659 ha of peatlands and a potential release from these peatland areas of 657 megatonnes of CO 2. Canada’s total emissions for 2007 were 747 megatonnes CO 2 eq from all sources and Canada’s Kyoto target is 558.4 megatonnes.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value). Click to enlarge. GM has consistently produced only a negative Sustainable Value, and reveals a downside trend over the entire review period.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

By producing high energy, low-emission GTL on site from existing gas sources that are often wasted, countries can reduce their dependence on foreign hydrocarbons and eliminate the carbon footprint associated with the transport of those products. —Juzer Jangbarwala, CEO of Energix Research, Inc. another spin-off from Catalyx, Inc.,

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AUGUST 25, 2009

This project was terminated in 2004 due to cost overruns and opposition on environmental grounds. The ATP retort has lower water requirements than previous surface retort designs, and can also utilize fine particles, thus reducing shale waste. Schematic of mass and energy flows in the ATP retort. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Landfill emissions are also emerging as a policy challenge, having risen every single year since 2004 in California, and shooting up 7.4% With a growing economy, Californians are consuming more, and waste is increasing remarkably. million tons of waste, up 7.4% Landfill emissions rise; recycling rates decline. from 2016 to 2017.

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MARCH 2, 2009

The all-new hybrid transaxle adopts improvements first used in previous post-2004 Toyota/Lexus hybrids such as the Camry hybrid, Highlander hybrid, and Lexus RX 400h, as well as refinements not previously employed. Click to enlarge. The result is 20% lighter in weight compared to the previous model. (The

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero. Cervero, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Washington, D.C.:

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JUNE 14, 2012

This will divert 100 tons per day of food waste from landfills and use that to produce enough renewable natural gas to replace 566,000 gallons of diesel fuel and generate 3.17 The biodiesel, to be blended with conventional diesel, is derived from waste oils, including used cooking oil. Aemetis, Inc. Kent BioEnergy Corp.

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JUNE 23, 2016

The new cycle combines both Diesel and Ericsson Cycles into an integrated process to recover waste heat within a single thermodynamic cycle. Using isothermal compression enhances the recovery of exhaust gas waste heat and significantly improves cycle efficiency. Based on a modified MTU Series 396. Gurr (2016). Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2009

Dubbed the North Patch, Carbon Explorers tracked this bloom throughout the Antarctic summer, measuring carbon particles, including waste from grazing zooplankton and other aggregates, sinking beneath the bloom and carrying 10 to 20% of the fixed carbon out of the surface layer—at least to below 100 meters.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Wind, solar, biomass and waste-to-power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1% billion, a 10-year low; biomass and waste-to-energy dropping 10% to $8.4 Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4 billion) and South Africa ($5.5 of world electricity generation in 2014, compared to 8.5%

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JULY 22, 2009

As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Annual investment in the global renewables industry had grown from $16.5

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APRIL 21, 2009

A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. CalCars produced the worlds first plug-in Prius (the PRIUS+) in 2004. The GREET 1.6 Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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MARCH 9, 2015

If realized, an efficient, low-temperature TIC could provide a supplementary or an alternative approach to thermoelectric devices for waste heat recovery using low grade waste heat—i.e, Graphene Thermoelectrics Waste Heat Recovery' from engine exhaust or industrial processes. Thermionic emission and TICs.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

An Atmospheric River originating over the central Pacific on 16 February 2004. These atmospheric rivers, the meteorological conditions that produce them, and the resulting precipitation and winds that affect California, can be simulated by using computer models. Source: USGS. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Are the batteries recyclable?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. The first technology demonstrator was the compact A2H2 in 2004, which was already equipped with a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM).

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