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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Sparkz (Knoxville, Tennessee). Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979.

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Nissan turns to fuel cells

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The future of its motor cars may be electric, but Nissan has turned to fuel cell packs to power material handling equipment at its Tennessee assembly plant. The methanol is mixed with water and fed directly into the fuel cell anode where it is oxidised on a catalyst layer. The fuel cells use liquid methanol rather than hydrogen.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, Tennessee: $650,000. Rock Island Metro, Illinois: $600,000.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. heating and water purification. develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the. Protection Alliance, Tennessee Valley. Tennessee – Knoxville, Waukesha Electric. . $3,734,939. Chromatin, Inc. converted into a type of diesel fuel.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Years of coal use in electricity generation led also to the “black spill from improperly contained coal ash&# in states like Tennessee. Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival From Carbon Footprints to Water Footprints Are Old Tires Fuel or Solid Waste?

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