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FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.
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JULY 29, 2014
Constellation has been active in the distributed generation business since 2007 and will play a key role in the ongoing management of Exelon’s partnership with Bloom Energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon does business in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Fast pyrolysis involves quickly heating the biomass without oxygen to produce liquid or gas products. Brown and Iowa State researchers are presenting present their ideas and findings during tcbiomass2011 , the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science in Chicago. ISU’s Robert C. Earlier post.).
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.
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AUGUST 3, 2014
The keel of the Akademik Lomonosov was laid in April 2007 at Sevmash in Severodvinsk, but the project was subsequently transferred to the Baltiysky Zavod. The concept takes advantage of two mature technologies: light-water nuclear reactors and offshore oil and gas drilling platforms.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009
Union Pacific operates in 23 states west of Chicago, while BNSF Railway is present in 28. BNSF has been operating four liquefied natural gas yard locomotives in downtown Los Angeles since the mid-1990s. The US EPA estimates the normal fleet turnover rate for a line-haul locomotive can take 30 years or more.
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FEBRUARY 17, 2011
In response to federal policies to boost gas mileage, manufacturers have changed vehicle weights, improved tire-rolling resistance and added aerodynamic features to push fuel-economy rates past government-mandated thresholds. ” —Sallee and Slemrod. For example, a car with an 18.5 mpg US (12.7
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