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ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

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However, SF 6 is also an extremely potent greenhouse gas with 23,500 times the comparative Global Warming Potential of CO 2 and a lifetime of 3,200 years in the atmosphere. The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; University of Connecticut.

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Li-ion startup Cadenza Innovation raises $5+M in oversubscribed Series A; ex Boston Power team

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Cadenza Innovation is capitalizing on its intellectual property, combined with the massive industry learning curve, advancements in manufacturing and increasingly mature supply chains, to create a very low cost approach for the packaging of lithium-ion chemistries. Lampe-Onnerud.

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Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

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This policy will allow the fuel industry flexibility to determine when and where new infrastructure can be introduced most efficiently, such as use of electric vehicles or additional supplies of liquid low carbon fuels. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Globally, more than 100 nations have established renewable energy targets. Why then do we not have the same clarity of goal for the electricity generating industry here in the USA? mpg by 2016. Power plant capital costs.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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In addition, although many experts say that the solution to our energy and climate problems is sending the correct price signals to industry and consumers, the transport sector’s behavior is highly inelastic in that it does not change significantly in response to changes in fuel prices, at least in the range that is politically acceptable.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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The three-point, 400-volt plug, which will allow electric cars to be recharged anywhere in a matter of minutes , will be unveiled Monday at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair in Hanover, northern Germany. No time frame for the introduction of the plug was mentioned, saying that talks between the companies were ongoing.

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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics double lipid production in algae species without inhibiting growth

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A lack of efficient genome-editing tools for industrially relevant strains and an inability to increase lipid productivity without decreasing growth rate have confounded efforts to engineer this genus. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc.