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Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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However, notes Virginia Tech Prof. fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. Energy Environ. Each element can be analyzed separately and adjusted individually; most of which have data well-documented in literature. 0000456.

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Enzymatic Process Converts Cellulosic Materials and Water into Hydrogen at Low Temperature; Close to Theoretical Yield of H2 From Glucose

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Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas in a spontaneous, “one-pot” process using an enzyme cocktail, cellulosic materials from non-food sources, and water. Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. Menichetti and Otto. Ravindranath et al.

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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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CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Lighting Conversion and Upgrades for Facilities: Converting the lighting system at four RIPTA facilities to more energy efficient systems.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Not since the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 has the United States government taken such bold action on the environment as it did with the passage and signing of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) earlier this month. billion for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles and $1.71

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

Creative Greenius

I’m a bird lover too and a fellow member of the Audubon Society so we had yet another thing in common as we began what turned out to be a lively two hour conversation that went by in a flash. We covered: global warming, nuclear power, clean air, smart growth, globalization and the environment. Before I left I knew two things.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. An EV operated in Shandong or West Virginia emits about 6 percent.