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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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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. Westinghouse submitted an application to amend the AP1000 on 27 May 2007. additional waste-water monitor tanks. Earlier post.)

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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Through the CityRide project, by carpooling, drivers and riders helped cut carbon dioxide emissions by 700 metric tons. During the month-long campaign, Ford and Dida offered 170,000 rides to people in the two pilot cities, with the rides adding up to a total of 2.56 million kilometers traveled. Greening manufacturing.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.). even before this type of climate change mitigation legislation was a glimmer in Joe Biden’s eye, and certainly before it appeared dead in the water earlier this summer, many EV makers were already moving to expand their U.S. billion for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles and $1.71