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Study quantifies impact of oil and gas emissions on Denver’s ozone problem

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The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem. McDuffie et al.

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Small modular reactor company Gen4 Energy will not pursue DOE SMR Licensing funding

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Gen4 Energy, based in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 2007, and is working in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, under the DOE Technology Transfer program, to develop an advanced design nuclear reactor referred to as the Gen4 Module (G4M). Earlier post.).

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GreenMan Subsidiary to test CNG/Diesel dual fuel upgrade on refuse transfer truck

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In addition, the introduction of natural gas through APG’s dual fuel system does not impact diesel engine power or pulling torque and will assist in extending the engine’s oil life as natural gas is a cleaner burning fuel compared to diesel. will be a 2007 11.5L / 405 hp Mack refuse truck operating in the Denver metropolitan area.

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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. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $325,000. This project will upgrade the replacement buses to hybrid technology.

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Junkyard Find: 1972 Chevrolet Vega Kammback

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The Vega has been a junkyard rarity for decades now, but I just found six early Vegas all within a couple of rows of one another in a Denver self-service yard. What did help, though, was the Yom Kippur War and resulting OPEC oil embargo in the fall of 1973. Today, we'll look at the only wagon of that group.

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Study concludes that NG leakage higher than reflected in inventories; transportation fuel climate benefits questioned

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However, they cautioned, those conclusions may undercount the benefits of natural gas, as both EPA GHGI methods and many regionally focused top-down studies attribute CH 4 emissions from co-producing NG systems to the NG sector, rather than to a mixture of oil and NG sources. Definitions of error bar bounds vary between studies. (US,

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V2G Test Drive

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Xcel Energy announces six-month test drive of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles DENVER - Six plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ( PHEVs ) will be on the road by the end of 2007 as part of a demonstration test of vehicle-to-grid ( V2G ) technology by Xcel Energy.