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Intermountain Power Agency orders MHPS JAC Gas Turbine technology for renewable-hydrogen energy hub, operated by LA DWP

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The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) a contract for two M501JAC power trains for the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) in Delta, Utah. This fuel mixture will reduce carbon emissions by more than 75% compared to the retiring coal-fired technology. Earlier post.). and Hitachi, Ltd.

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Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

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REEs are the building-blocks of a wide array of clean energy and advanced technologies, including wind turbines, electric vehicles, cell phones, computers, flat panel displays, advanced optics, catalysts, medicine, and national defense applications. —Mark S. Chalmers, President and CEO of Energy Fuels.

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9 million megawatt-hours.

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California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

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The station will source hydrogen from 100% renewable biogas. Assembly Bill (AB) 118 (Nùñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), created the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP). The natural gas energy procured will replace electricity procured from a coal fired plant.

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Salazar: Obama Administration Keeping Oil Shale Development an Option

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Salazar, who halted leases for oil and gas development on some federal lands in Utah earlier this month, said that while the administration will focus on energy efficiency and renewable sources, there is still room for conventional fuels.

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INCITE supercomputing grants awarded to 56 projects; sustainable energy to next-gen materials

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Among 2016 INCITE award recipients: Martin Berzins of the University of Utah received 351 million core hours to study ultra super critical coal boilers, leading to improved efficiency and new designs for safer next-generation coal boilers.

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2022—The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?

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Hydrogen produced from renewable energy or nuclear power, with minimal greenhouse-gas emissions, could be piped or transported pretty much anywhere, using mostly existing infrastructure. Now, after decades of false starts and overly optimistic projections, several factors are giving an unprecedented lift to clean hydrogen.

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