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ExxonMobil invests $15M in University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute; renewable energy, battery technologies and power grid modeling

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ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change.

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CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. passenger travel demand.

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University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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Source: UT Austin. The study, a unique partnership between the Environmental Defense Fund, participating companies, an independent Scientific Advisory Panel and the study team: Is based on measurements made directly at 190 production sites throughout the United States, with access provided by nine participating energy companies.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas Megapack energy storage project gains approval

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Tesla’s Megapack will power one of the company’s biggest production plants as the automaker and energy company has landed approval for a massive battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Gigafactory Texas, filings show. The City of Austin currently has the site plan listed as “Pending.”

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Tesla’s move to Texas labeled ‘betrayal’ of California, a way to escape paying taxes

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Upon moving from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, critics and fans of Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have mixed opinions about the move. However, without darkness, there would not be light, and there are plenty of people who are widely skeptical of Tesla’s recent decision to move its Headquarters to Austin from Fremont.

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Tesla’s production expansion, surging oil prices bring stock upgrade from Daiwa Securities

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Tesla is awaiting an EPA certification of the Austin-made Model Y in Texas. In Germany, the company’s factory is working its way through the lengthy and confusing bureaucratic process. Tesla’s operation in China seems to be where Nathan and other analysts are most bullish regarding the company’s forecast and outlook.