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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Arches geologic province (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio) by building a geologic model and completing reservoir simulations necessary for large-scale CO 2 storage. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio. DOE share: $853,144; recipient share: $191,151; duration: 36 months).

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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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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000.

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DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

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Arlington, Va.) The Trustees of Indiana University (Bloomington, Ind.) Carbon storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs can also increase oil or gas production, while storage of CO 2 in deep saline formations holds the promise of enormous worldwide capacity, with estimates of thousands of gigatonnes of storage.

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