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GE to supply electric propulsion systems totaling 1,105 MW for 23 new LNG ships

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GE’s Power Conversion business recently received a series of new orders from South Korean companies Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Hyundai Heavy Industries. GE’s global electric propulsion systems provide customers with high efficiency, availability and layout flexibility. English and French navies.

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BP invests $5M in mobile electric vehicle charging company FreeWire; intro at some retail sites this year

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EV charging will undoubtedly become an important part of our business, but customer demand and the technologies available are still evolving. Since 2006, BP Ventures has invested more than $400 million in corporate venturing and has 42 active investments in its current portfolio. —David Gilmour, vice president of BP Ventures.

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DOT proposes requiring event data recorders on all light-duty vehicles beginning in 2014

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EDRs do not collect any personal identifying information or record conversations and do not run continuously. The new safety regulation proposed would require EDRs as mandatory equipment in passenger vehicles that weigh less than 8,500 pounds.

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Chevron Lummus Global joins ARA ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative to develop 100% drop-in diesel, and jet kero biofuels

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The cost-efficient CH PROCESS uses water to reduce hydrogen consumption, catalyst consumption, and carbon footprint compared to other alternative fuel conversion processes. ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel effort began in 2006 in response to a US military requirement for technologies that could convert renewable oils to jet fuel.

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Cobalt Technologies Produces Renewable Biobutanol Fuel From Beetle-Killed Pine

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The fuel testing will be performed at Colorado State University’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory under the auspices of the University’s Sustainable Bioenergy Development Center. Availability at the intensive margin arises from more fully utilizing fibre on a given area of land, i.e., increased utilization.

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BAL scientists engineer yeast to produce ethanol from brown seaweed; brown seaweed biorefinery

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The cultivation of this biomass does not require arable land, fresh water or fertiliser, circumventing adverse impacts on food supplies and resource availability. Large-scale cultivation of brown macroalgae is already being practiced in several countries, yielding over 70 million metric tons per year in 2006.

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US Department of the Interior Offering Second Round of Oil Shale Research and Development Leases; Cuts Potential Commercialization Acreage 87.5%

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reduction from the potential commercialization are available through the terms of the first round of shale leasing in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 and 2007, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued six RD&D oil shale leases on lands in Colorado and Utah for the purpose of developing new oil shale recovery technologies.

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