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Siemens and Nexii unveil sustainable and cost-effective EV charging prototype for faster deployment

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The new VersiCharge XL concept was created to electrify new or existing parking lots and building structures quickly and efficiently by using a modular, scalable design made in partnership with Nexii Building Solutions (Nexii) using their proprietary, sustainable building material with low carbon footprint. Credit: Steve Swieter.

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BMW Group to source lower CO2 aluminum from Rio Tinto in Canada from 2024

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The planned supply volumes will be used exclusively in vehicle production at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, in body components such as the hood, for example. Compared to conventionally manufactured aluminum, this approach can save around 70% of CO 2 emissions.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.) Engineering E. per gallon.

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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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An adult passalid burrows its one-inch body through decayed wood that has been pre-processed by fungi, speeding up wood decomposition through its feeding activity and making the wood and carbon accessible for other organisms in the ecosystem. —Jennifer Pett-Ridge. This work was funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Nelson Cardona-Martinez. Biochar, a plant-matter based charcoal, is a byproduct of some biofuel production.

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PNNL study finds algal oil could replace 17% of US petroleum oil imports

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imported in 2008 for transportation fuels, and it could be grown on land roughly the size of South Carolina. As carbon dioxide-consuming organisms, algae are considered a carbon-neutral energy source. Algae can feed off carbon emissions from power plants, delaying the emissions’ entry into the atmosphere.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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An advanced biofuel has a carbon footprint that is 50% or less of conventional gasoline and OBE plans to start the certification process by Q4 2010. These add up to reduced carbon impacts to grow/harvest feedstock. This results in reduced carbon impact on transportation/distribution of the barley feedstock and finished fuel ethanol.

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