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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Illinois Basin-Decatur Project has successfully captured and stored one million metric tons of carbon dioxide, injecting it into a deep saline formation. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

DOE’s early stage research for the Coal FIRST Initiative supports the development of electricity and hydrogen energy plants that have net-zero carbon emissions. These plants will be fueled by coal, natural gas, biomass, and waste plastics and incorporate carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

These VPPAs will enable Honda to fully offset the remaining carbon-intensive grid-supplied electricity being used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations, and will help the company meet its voluntary carbon reduction goal.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The first retail sale of E98 ethanol fuel, with CIE (Central Indiana Ethanol), CountryMark, and Co-Alliance Cooperative Inc. In addition to being widely available, it’s proven to be a much greener fuel, with substantially lower carbon emissions than diesel, and significant cost savings. —BJ Johnson, ClearFlame co-founder and CEO.

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JULY 24, 2023

In May 2022, Stellantis and Samsung SDI announced their commitment to build a first battery manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana. Stellantis is on track to become a carbon net zero corporation by 2038, all scopes included, with single-digit percentage compensation of remaining emissions. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 28, 2022

With interest rising worldwide in new technologies that are reliable and carbon-free, Purdue and Duke Energy intend to study power produced through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), a move that may be unprecedented for a college campus and a potential fit for Purdue’s energy needs.

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JULY 14, 2022

Last year, Indiana had the largest number of new-generation diesel trucks registered (69.3%), followed by Utah (63.2%), Pennsylvania (62.8%), Texas (60.1%), Oklahoma (60.0%), Florida (59.1%), the District of Columbia (58.4%), Illinois (56.2%), Maryland (55.7%), and Wisconsin (55.5%). billion metric tons of CO 2 during this decade.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Honda is formalizing its goals for achieving carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, as well as zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda automobiles and motorcycles globally by 2050. With this aim, Honda will be starting development for testing in Japan from this year. Advanced Battery Technology.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

billion for carbon flat steel facilities and $1.4 For the production of carbon flat steel, ThyssenKrupp intended for the plant to be supplied with three million metric tons of slabs per year from its plant in Brazil. The plant also features cold rolling and hot-dip coating capacities for high-quality end products of flat carbon steel.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Indiana Auto Plant (IAP). Based on the planned consolidation of production lines at MAP, production of the Honda Accord will transfer to the Indiana Auto Plant (IAP) in 2025. Moreover, starting later this year, MAP associates will begin training programs designed to prepare them for the skills required for EV production.

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MARCH 8, 2012

renamed NextCar), Aptera Motors, and Bright Automotive is Carbon Motors of Connersville, Indiana. The five-year-old startup proposed to build a carbon-fiber police cruiser, solely offered. The latest entry on the lengthening list that includes Virtual Vehicles Co.

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MAY 3, 2021

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Primary lithium chemistries include: manganese spinel cathode and lithium titanate anode for high power applications, as well as manganese spinel cathode and amorphous carbon for high energy applications. Production of advanced lead-acid batteries, using lead-carbon electrodes for micro and mild hybrid applications. Brownstown, MI.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

XL Hybrids’ technology, which reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 20% on urban and suburban routes, has been successfully deployed in the field with some of the largest fleets in North America including Coca-Cola and FedEx. XL Hybrids, Inc., Earlier post.).

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MAY 31, 2012

CNG makes sense economically because of it is less expensive than fossil fuels and environmentally because it is a clean-burning fuel and thereby reduces carbon emissions. Aqua America serves almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, and Georgia.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

This reflects yet another major investment in Indiana, and we are also planning significant investment into our test facilities at our Indianapolis manufacturing campus, which has benefited from a recently completed $600 million modernization program to grow advanced manufacturing and technology capability.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Using ALICE as fuel, a nine-foot rocket soared to a height of 1,300 feet over Purdue University’s Scholer farms in Indiana earlier this month. The ALICE flight-vehicle assembled on the launch rail. Credit: Dr. Steven F.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven regional partnerships created by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon storage technologies nationwide ( earlier post ), has begun injecting carbon dioxide for their large-scale CO 2 injection test in Decatur, Illinois.

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MARCH 5, 2014

This opens up opportunities for fleets operating cutaway and strip chassis vans to get a 25 percent increase in miles driven per-gallon, reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent, and see an attractive return on their investment. —Tod Hynes, president and founder of XL Hybrids.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The Obama Administration continues to believe that low-carbon nuclear energy has an important role to play in America’s energy future. The project will be based in Tennessee and will support additional suppliers and operations in Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. 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.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Since vehicles represent approximately 35 percent of UPS’s carbon footprint, a cornerstone of the company’s environmental strategy is to support the development and use of lower-emission alternative fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Converting CO 2 to usable fuels was the topic of a symposium— CO 2 Conversion: Thermo-, Photo- and Electro-Catalytic —on Sunday at the 246 th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana. CO 2 chemistry: Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide based on its activation (He et al. )

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JULY 11, 2023

Indiana ranks first of the states for the highest percentage of registrations of 2010 and later model year near-zero emission diesel trucks (73.2%). That’s a 10.2% increase in one year (2022 vs. 2021). There isn’t a one-size or one-fuel fits all answer. —Allen Schaeffer

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MAY 8, 2019

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. The CarbonPro panels will be produced at Continental Structural Plastics ’ Huntington, Indiana, manufacturing facility. billion by 2030.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Each of these elongation steps requires a four-reaction cycle to add the carbon units.

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JULY 8, 2016

Two Indiana University chemists have received $525,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research with applications to the conversion of CO 2 into oxalate as an intermediate for the ultimate production of carbon-neutral materials, plastics and fuel. IU scientists Steven L. —Steven Tait.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the new partners at Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since 2009, Best Buy has reduced its carbon emissions from fuel use by 21%. The new partners have already begun taking action to develop and implement fuel-efficiency projects in their fleets, including: Best Buy.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

With this in mind, it would be possible for customers to use OnStar’s Smart Grid solutions to further reduce their carbon footprint and save money by charging during these off-peak times. PJM data shows that peak time for renewable energy generation from wind is generally between 10 p.m.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have synthesized a nanographene–Re (Rhenium) complex that functions as an efficient electrocatalyst and photocatalyst for the selective reduction of CO 2 to CO for subsequent conversion to fuels. The complex can selectively electrocatalyze CO 2 reduction to CO in tetrahydrofuran at −0.48

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

In comparison to the fleet of conventional transmissions they replaced, TorqueFlites promise to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than six million metric tonnes over the same timeframe. That quantity of gasoline is worth approximately $2.5 billion at the pump, based on current fuel-price forecasts.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Tenneco’s diesel oxidation catalysts can reduce up to 90% of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions and its diesel particulate filters can reduce particulate matter emissions by up to 95 percent. The components include catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters, diesel oxidation catalysts and selective catalytic reduction units.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

One study looks at Fair Oaks Farms, a large dairy cooperative in Indiana with roughly 36,000 cows. That’s a 43% reduction in carbon emissions per gallon of milk, a selling point that helped the company negotiate an exclusive supply agreement with the national grocery chain Kroger. Energy Vision and Argonne produced the studies jointly.

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The project also supports BP’s broader strategy to invest half a billion dollars annually into low-carbon technologies, including projects within its established renewables portfolio as well as in new low-carbon businesses. Renewables are the fastest growing form of energy and account for around 4% of global energy demand today.

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JUNE 7, 2012

By substantially increasing the pressure and temperature of the steam used to produce power, advanced ultrasupercritical (AUSC) coal-fired power plants improve generation efficiency, use less coal and release less carbon pollution. DOE Share: $299,992; Recipient Share: $142,220). DOE Share: $293,519).

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Cyanothece 51142 was discovered in 1993, off the coast of Texas, by Louis Sherman of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, a co-author on the study. During the day it undergoes photosynthesis, using sunlight and carbon dioxide to make oxygen and branching chains of glucose molecules called glycogen.

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