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Proposed CA LCFS pathways for corn starch ethanol with carbon capture and sequestration: as low as 37 gCO2e/MJ

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North Dakota-based Red Trail Energy (RTE), which since 2007 has operated an ethanol production facility with annual production of about 60 million gallons per year, is proposing sequestration of CO 2 produced from starch fermentation to lower the overall carbon intensity of the fuel for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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From 2002-2007, the average age of light vehicles in the US increased by 3.5%. The state of Montana has the oldest average age with light vehicles averaging 16.6 The average age of light vehicles in operation (VIO) in the US has risen again this year to 11.8 From 2008-2013, however, the increase was 12.2%.

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Satellite-data derived study finds meeting renewable fuel targets is theoretically feasible, but would change significantly impact agriculture mix

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Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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a five-spot well configuration was drilled in the summer of 2007 consisting of a center injection well surrounded by four monitoring wells. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2017), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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He was a communications electronics officer at Yaak Air Force Station , in Montana. He helped found Dakota Power in 2007. After graduating, he joined RCA Laboratories in Princeton, N.J., as a researcher but was called to active duty by the U.S. The Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory opened in 2009.

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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

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Transport models are uncertain ,” says Stephanie Ewing, lead author of the paper and an assistant professor of pedology and soil biogeochemistry at Montana State University. She conducted the research while a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division. One site was on Mt. Tamalpais, in Marin County.

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First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

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Pre-test injection simulations they conducted in collaboration with West Virginia University and the Zero Emission Research and Technology (ZERT) team, headquartered at Montana State University, will help determine reservoir properties, CO 2 -injection and methane-production rates, and structural responses of the reservoir.