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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., million, with $6.4

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New Comprehensive Lifecycle Energy and Emissions Inventory Includes Non-Operational Components; Large Aircraft Can Perform Better than Light Rail

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Metro and commuter rail were modeled after the San Francisco Bay Area’s (SFBA) Bay Area Rapid Transit and Caltrain while the LRT modes are modeled after San Francisco’s (SF) Muni Metro and the Boston Green Line. In terms of GHG emissions, large aircraft on a total g CO 2 e/PKT basis outperforms Boston light rail (the Green Line).

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. Earlier post.).

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Previously, our team was unique with our Boston Dynamic legged mobility. We have recently added Boston Dynamics Spot quadrupeds to our fleet and we are quite happy with their performance and the level of integration with our perception and navigation stack. We've heard that other teams maybe using Spot quadrupeds as well. We shall see!

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Q&A: Inside DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

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DARPA designed the competition to advance practical robotics in extreme conditions, based around three distinct underground environments: human-made tunnels, the urban underground, and natural caves. A series of three preliminary circuit events would give teams experience with each environment. IEEE Spectrum. Can you talk about that?

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Cheers — Al Louard 11.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.