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Eni subsidiary Versalis and Elevance partner to develop new metathesis technology for bio-chemicals from veg oils

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This partnership with Versalis is a natural next step building on the commercially competitive demonstrations of molybdenum-catalyzed metathesis of natural oils that we have achieved in our partnership with XIMO. —Daniele Ferrari, Versalis CEO. Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Eni, and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.,

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (including three of us—Ferrari, Ollis, and Starke) are investigating distributed controllers that will allow microgrids to form a larger network that will increase their resiliency and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy. To that end, engineers at the U.S.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Massive government subsidies are upending commercial considerations. Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. Commercial Ships Spew Half As Much Particulate Pollution as Worlds Cars).