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Petrobras has a technology patented since 2006 for the co-processing of vegetable oils using the process called HBIO ( Earlier post.) Despite its early start, Petrobras put the commercialization of H-BIO on hold in 2014 due to the high price of soy oil at that time.).

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The BMW Group has reduced resource consumption and CO 2 emissions in vehicle production by 50% since 2006. In addition to using renewable energies, water, solvent, gas and electricity consumption will be further reduced in parallel. In parallel, the company is also increasing production capacity for e-drive housings at Plant Steyr.

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The investment consists of an initial investment and additional purchases of CRI equity over a 3-year period. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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APRIL 6, 2012

Microalgae production is one of Petrobras’ priority research projects, not just because of the yield potential, but also because the microalgae are active both in CO 2 capture and cleaning up water. The project has identified approximately 10 species of microalgae capable of growing in oil production water and cultivated in tanks.

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APRIL 8, 2009

The foreground bar height indicates the EWe of each state, with the portion of ground and surface water indicated by color. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Chiu et al.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

One of our 2006 Prius’ pack needed servicing and it only cost a few hundred dollars to fix 7 modules and change the bus bars connecting the modules by a hybrid shop. Some models (2006 models for some reason) can have timing chain issues irrelevant of their mileage. One of our 2006s’ needed it changed but this fault is not usual.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. A total of 37 fabrics now meet the requirements and have been incorporated into Ford vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the Perdido regional DVA (direct vertical access) spar is the deepest spar production facility in the world. The well, at 9,627 feet (2,934 meters, 1.82

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JULY 11, 2009

New Envisat images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) highlight the dramatic retreat of the Aral Sea’s shoreline from 2006 to 2009. This animation shows the shrinkage from 2006 to 2009. As visible in the Envisat images, the eastern lobe retreated substantially between 2006 and 2009. 1964 , Argon satellite photo.

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MARCH 8, 2011

” The authors used 78 months (October, 2003–March, 2010) of data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellite mission to estimate water storage changes in California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins. They found that the basins are losing water at a rate of 31.0 ± 2.7 km 3 in volume.

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MAY 28, 2009

From 2004 to 2006, Schuur and his team used radiocarbon dating, a technique typically used to determine the age of artifacts, to track the movement of old organic carbon accumulated within the soils and permafrost at an Alaskan site. Permafrost. Major northeastern cities are directly in the path of the greatest rise.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

This fully-electric Twizy-esque fourjoy concept, destined for the Frankfurt Motor Show, will be used to spark discussion on where the successor to the forfour, which went of production in 2006, could go and this co[.].

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JANUARY 29, 2009

meter water equivalent (mwe). meters water equivalent (mwe) during the hydrological years 2006 and 2007, respectively. The average ice loss in 2007 was not as extreme as in 2006, but there were large differences between mountain ranges. Some glaciers in the European Alps lost up to 2.5

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JULY 25, 2012

Hot water boiler linkage (Toyota Motor Mfg. Since 2006, Toyota’s US manufacturing operations have received 18 Energy Star Plant Awards from the US EPA, recognizing each plant’s energy performance over the past year and scoring in the top 25% of its industry. Paint booth HVAC system (Toyota Motor Mfg.,

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Dominion has selected MHI’s US-Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) as the reactor design for its potential third nuclear power generation unit. In July 2006, MHI established MNES, a wholly-owned subsidiary, in Washington, DC, and launched local marketing activities for the US-APWR.

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Its sensors include hydrophones that can listen to marine life, as well as environmental sensors to measure water temperature, salinity, turbidity, and weather conditions. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica.

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MAY 14, 2012

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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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Launched in 2006 with BP as the inaugural founding member, the MITEI conducts multidisciplinary research aimed at tackling complex energy challenges such as increasing energy supply, improving efficiency, and addressing environmental impacts of energy consumption. —Ellen Williams, BP’s Chief Scientist.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Depending on operating conditions, the MSG process is capable of producing hydrogen, synthetic natural gas or synthesis gas at high pressure from any carbon-containing material and water. The Molten Salt Catalyzed Gasification process has been under development at INL since 2006. The process is conducted at 1500 – 2000 psi (10.3 - 13.8

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

BP is currently appraising its deepwater GOM 2006 Kaskida discovery, also projected to contain more than 3 billion barrels in place. The well, located in Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) south east of Houston, is in 4,132 feet (1,259 metres) of water. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 10, 2017

According to the complaint, from in or about 2006 until in or about November 2015, Pamio led a team of engineers responsible for designing emissions control systems to meet emissions standards, including for nitrogen oxides (NO x ), for diesel vehicles in the US. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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MAY 3, 2013

Higher-temperature PEM fuel cells are of interest due to a number of performance and cost advantages, including higher power efficiency; elimination of the cooling device and water management system; reduction of CO poisoning of the platinum (Pt) and/or enabling the use of a non-precious metal catalyst. Earlier post.).

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JULY 4, 2011

The AP reported that EMPC and government officials speculated that high waters in recent weeks may have scoured the river bottom and exposed the pipeline—which is buried—to debris that could have damaged the pipe. approximately $100 million in upgrades since 2006 and. upgrades since November 2006 and has plans to invest an.

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MARCH 31, 2013

Approximately 4,500 barrels of oil and water (189,000 gallons US) have been recovered. Wabasca Heavy is a heavy oil from the Athabasca region obtained by polymer injection and water flooding and typically has a 19-20 API gravity and 4.15 It carries 90,000 barrels of oil per day, almost exclusively Western Canadian crude oil.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is entering a new state, one with warmer air and water temperatures, less summer sea ice and snow cover, and a changed ocean chemistry.

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JULY 31, 2019

Established in 2006, Circa Group converts waste biomass into bio-based chemicals with its proprietary Furacell process at its prototype plant in Tasmania—a joint venture with Norske Skog. The Furacell process takes lignocellulosic material and uses a combination of catalysts and heat to form LGE, biochar and water. Sherwood, J.,

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APRIL 19, 2012

Silver-level dealers must achieve a 10% reduction in total energy use, develop a water use reduction plan, and implement a comprehensive recycling program. —Steve Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office. The program offers three achievement levels: Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

In 2006, Horizon introduced solar hydrogen powered toy cars. HydroPak offers 60W output (120W peak) using water-activated sodium borohydride cartridges supplied by Horizon. The device consumes 60W DC per hour to produce 10 liters of hydrogen (0.001 kg) per hour, enough to fill a HydroStik metal hydride storage cartridge.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

The Azul-1 well, the first to penetrate pre-salt objectives in Angolan deepwater, was drilled in water depths of 923 meters (3,028 feet) and reached a final depth of 5,334 meters (17,500 feet). In November 2006, it acquired a 50% interest and operatorship of Blocks 8 and 23 with Svenska Petroleum Exploration (30%) and Sonangol (20%).

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

The AP1000 is a 1,100 megawatt electric pressurized-water reactor that includes passive safety features that would cool down the reactor after an accident without the need for human intervention. additional waste-water monitor tanks. Westinghouse submitted an application to amend the AP1000 on 27 May 2007. turbine manufacturer change.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m). First oil is anticipated in 2014.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

When operating in arctic waters the engines will be operating in ambient temperatures of as much as -50 ?C The fitting of Wärtsilä 50DF engines onboard the first LNG carriers in 2006 set a trend in the industry and since that introduction, 65 percent of all new LNG carriers have been fitted with Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

BP and DuPont have been working together since 2003; in 2006, they created a partnership to develop, produce and market a next generation of biofuels, with the first planned commercialization being biobutanol. There are four isomeric structures for butanol: 1-butanol (or n-butanol); iso-butanol; 2-butanol (or sec-butanol); and tert-butanol.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Recent warm summers further accelerated the mass loss to 273 Gt per year (1 Gt is the mass of 1 cubic kilometer of water), in the period 2006-2008, which represents 0.75 The Greenland ice sheet contains enough water to cause a global sea level rise of seven metres. mm of global sea level rise per year.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

This is BP’s third discovery in recent years in the emerging Paleogene trend in the Gulf of Mexico, following Kaskida in 2006 and Tiber in 2009. The Gila discovery was made by an exploration well on Keathley Canyon Block 93, about 300 miles (483 miles) southwest of New Orleans, in approximately 4,900 feet (1,494 meters) of water.

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JULY 17, 2014

million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. 2014 Biomass Genomics Resarch projects. Description. 1,230,600.

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JUNE 23, 2013

Enbridge first responders with equipment are on-site at the Line 37 spill and have installed booms which has contained product at the site and the local water bodies. There have been no reports of harm to wildlife at this point.

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