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Clean Energy introduces new CleanCNG compressor

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At 75 dBA @ 3m, low operating noise is a standard feature of the CleanCNG, making it suitable for even residential neighborhood installations. Vibration measurements exceed API 618 and recommended industry guidelines. Clean Energy Compression facilities meets all ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System requirements.

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Eindhoven University of Technology to make biofuels from its own wood waste; cyclic oxygenate CyclOx and ethanol

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Credit: ACS, Boot 2008. Boot and his colleagues discussed the potential role of cyclic oxygenates in a 2008 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. In their 2008 paper, Boot et al. In other words, an economically viable feedstock for X1 is available at any neighborhood gas station. Click to enlarge.

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New maps give Europeans close-up picture of air pollution from diffuse sources

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It complements existing data on emissions from individual industrial plants from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR). The new maps raise awareness about local releases of air pollutants, and allow citizens to zoom in on their own neighborhood. NO x emissions from road transport. Click to enlarge.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. Over the next 15 years, he rose to the rank of sales director, accumulating a wealth of experience in the electronics industry, including connections to a range of suppliers and customers.

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PHEV Energy Bill

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90 million per year authorized (2008-2012). Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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Source: DOE, ALBAA 2008. CPI’s Safety Reinforcing Separator (SRS) separator is 5x stronger than the industry norm and is more robust to debris migration as well as overcharges and they view this as a long term competitive advantage. it would bring down the neighborhood. Mini-cells” Source: LG Chem, ALBAA 2008.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Earlier post.)]. Bandivadekar, A.,

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