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USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

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The Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) provides loan guarantees to entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. Coskata, Inc. This 55-million gallon-per-year renewable biofuel project will use woody biomass to produce ethanol.

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Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

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The increased thermal transfer allows a larger amount of the input energy to be efficiently converted. Based on 2008 statistics, more than 322,000 stripper gas wells in the United States account for 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas annually, enough to supply 16?million million homes.

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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Recently I had the opportunity to speak at the annual Pennsylvania Energy Festival ( [link] ) back in September of this year. The oil price continued to increase all the way into the middle of 2008. The True Cause of Recessions: OIL. By Douglas A. Stansfield. So what does this have to do with Electric Cars? Everything!

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Pennsylvania State University. EFRCs fully forward-funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act include: Lead Institution. EFRC Name. Funding ($mil). EFRC Objective.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. ELECTRIC CARS ARE A CORE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE - NO PLUG?

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). RAR also received help from an east coast Tesla Roadster owner who converted his Tesla Motors High Power Connector (HPC) assembly that can handle up to 70 Amps of current from a 240-VAC single phase source.