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Chevrolet Equinox EV and GM Electrified Pickups Delayed

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Following news that production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV would be delayed, General Motors has announced that the Chevy Equinox EV would likewise be arriving behind schedule. Conversely, the relevant earnings call does seem to have directly influenced the UAW to call for a walkout at GM's Arlington Assembly plant. And then also.

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ARPA-E holding workshop on increasing efficiency of light collection and bioconversion to liquid fuels

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The US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E will hold a workshop on “Applied Biotechnology for Transportation Fuels: Meeting Today’s Energy Needs by Maximizing Photon Capture” on 2 December 2010, in Arlington, Va. How can organisms be engineered to better use the available solar resource for significantly enhanced production of biofuels?

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S4 Energy Solutions to Develop Plasma Gasification Project at Waste Management Landfill for Waste to Fuels and Power

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and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The clean syngas may then be converted into transportation fuels such as ethanol and diesel, or industrial products such as hydrogen and methanol. Tags: Brief.

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Alabama Injection Project Aimed at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Testing Important Geologic CO2 Storage

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A recent study by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, Va., The SENSOR reservoir simulator—a generalized 3D numerical model used to optimize oil and gas recovery processes—was used to determine the amount of CO 2 required for a successful demonstration and the effect of CO 2 on oil production within the project time frame.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Researchers will develop systems for tagging CO 2 with carbon-14 at atmospheric level (1 part per trillion) and measuring the carbon-14 CO 2 levels. Such tagging will better quantify CO 2 monitoring and make it possible to accurately inventory geologically stored carbon. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va.

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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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Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Productive Alternatives/Transit Alternatives, Minnesota: $845,000. Tags: Emissions Fleets Fuel Efficiency Policy Power Generation. The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.)

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DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

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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. Arlington, Va.) Tags: Brief.

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