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AUGUST 9, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $100,000 Rural Business Enterprise grant to the not-for-profit Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), based in East Hartford, Conn. The grant will be used to help determine the feasibility of alternative fuel plants in north-central Connecticut.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

South Africa-based Sasol and Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to study and to develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. The product can also be cracked back to hydrogen gas for further applications.

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MAY 14, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. The projects aim to improve the basic understanding of the chemical and physical processes that govern coal conversion and utilization, by-product utilization, and technological development for advanced energy systems.

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JUNE 5, 2015

A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. It is the first study to examine the effect of soot particles in the air in the entire population of a region, including rural areas. The open-access study is published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. This study shows that it is not enough. —Joel Schwartz.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

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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APRIL 29, 2012

City center residents who took part in a study were almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery calcification (CAC), which can lead to heart disease, than people who lived in less polluted urban and rural areas, according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

million Air Force research grant to develop advanced jet fuels and combustion technologies. A materials compatibility study will investigate how changing the properties of fuel might affect the polymers and other materials used in aircraft fuel system components, such as seals and gaskets. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While it’s obvious that the internal combustion engine vehicles are polluting the air outside the buses, what you may not know is that numerous studies show that the pollution from the burning diesel regularly makes its way into the buses. View the Case Study How much funding is available for EV charging at school districts?

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Reaction Design one of seven awards for a project intended to support the full-scale implementation and operation of highly efficient coal-based power generation technologies with near-zero emissions. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

A paper on their study was published online 3 December in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. However, the use of coal-generated methanol as a practical alternative fuel is one of the most realistic options for China, because of the “oil-lean, gas-lacking, and coal-rich” structure of Chinese energy resources. —Fan et al.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Herrick Laboratories; $11.6

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 Ramana said the reliable, fast and highly sensitive sensors will be able to withstand the corrosive atmosphere and extremely high temperatures found in coal gasification power systems. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Initial research priorities will be building energy efficiency, clean coal including carbon capture and storage, and clean vehicles. 21 st Century Coal. The two Presidents pledged to promote cooperation on cleaner uses of coal, including large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 )—nitrogen oxides (NO x )—are common atmospheric pollutants created by burning fossil fuels, coal and natural gas. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University. 9b02695.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

air emissions and oil displacement benefits) in the near term per dollar spent than PHEVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) with large battery packs providing longer electric range, according to a new study by Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeremy J. Michalek and colleagues. —Michalek et al. Policy implications. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Based on an ADB study, gasoline-fueled tricycles are responsible for more than two-thirds of all air pollution generated by the country’s entire transport sector. Without intervention, the Philippines is on a course to almost quadruple CO 2 emissions in less than 25 years, the ADB said. million.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Simulation of a coal jet region. Multiphase refers to the process of changing a solid (in this case, coal) to a gas (syngas). The project is finishing the third and final year of its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment program award, which granted the team 44.4 Image credit: Chris Guenther, NETL.

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JULY 29, 2010

Controlling soot from fossil fuels and solid biofuels may be a faster method of reducing Arctic ice loss and global warming than other options, including controlling CH 4 or CO 2 , although all controls are needed, according to a new study by Dr. Mark Z. The study will be published this week in Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres).

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DECEMBER 25, 2022

They’ve been studying up on renewable energy, hydrogen power, and electric vehicles, preparing for the big day in April when their remote-controlled vehicles will rumble for 4 hours in Gladstone, a port city in Queensland. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

University of Illinois researchers have developed mats of Zn–Ti–O nanofibers that adsorb sulfur from raw fuels such as natural gas and coal/biomass-derived syngas much more effectively than traditional materials. Hydrogen sulphide is found in raw fuels such as natural gas and coal/biomass-derived syngas.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. —Mark Zoback, a professor of geophysics and NGI’s director. —Mark Zoback.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

EPICS in IEEE provided a US $10,000 grant in July 2022 to deploy the systems. To improve air quality, burning unrefined coal for heat was banned. The group included students studying aerospace engineering, computer science, industrial design, and mechanical engineering.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The project was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. All three waves of innovation must be pursued in parallel, immediately. —Richard Lester.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Under the terms of the OEM agreement, OriginOil has granted a non-exclusive license to LH Opportunity Group to bundle OriginOil’s high-speed and chemical-free CLEAN-FRAC technology with systems that LH and Ensteel plan to develop. OriginOil will receive royalty payments based on a percentage of system sales revenue.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The Government has set up a Biodiesel Grants Scheme, under which New Zealand biodiesel manufacturers can obtain subsidies on a per liter basis. The NZ Biodiesel Grants Scheme applies only to FME biodiesel. The second is a feasibility study for a wood-to-biodiesel plant using the Fischer–Tropsch process, by CRL Energy.

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JULY 24, 2009

Authorizes EQC to require inflation of tires as part of servicing vehicles and to require reduction in emissions from ships at port and directs the DEQ to study measures to reduce aerodynamic drag on long haul trucks and idling and to provide recommendations to legislature by October of 2010. Senate Bill 38. Senate Bill 101. House Bill 2626.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The study, which is authored by researchers from seven universities, several national laboratories and federal government bodies and other organizations, is published in the journal Science. Modeling has shown climate benefits from coal to NG switching for power generation over all time periods (i.e., Alvarez et al. number of devices).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The two-year bioenergy project is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Results of the study will also assist CHOREN in determining the location of its first commercial-scale BTL facility in the United States. billion barrels of oil and 58 million tons of coal over a ten year period. Ceres ARPA-E Award.

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MARCH 12, 2015

Last summer, Long co-founded a startup, Mosaic Materials, to use the new technology to reduce the cost of chemical separations, with plans in the works for a pilot study of CO 2 separation from power plant emissions. The current atmospheric concentration of CO 2 is now 400 parts per million (ppm). We got lucky.

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JANUARY 28, 2023

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. Their study found “emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about ten times lower than driving an electric one.” For instance, recent U.S.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. The Net-Zero America study that we put out towards the end of 2020 and updated in 2021 was a big effort at Princeton.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The study adds to the evidence that exposure to diesel pollutants at what are considered relatively low levels may contribute to subtle changes in the lungs that may make people more prone to developing chronic lung disease, the third leading cause of death globally. —Dr Aaron. Aaron, Eric A. Hoffman, Steven M. Kawut, John H.M.

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APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5

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APRIL 30, 2010

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Zero-Carbon Coal: Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT). Coal-fired power plants currently generate approximately 50% of the electricity in the United States. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Lead organization. Description.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

As per a report from The Environmental and Energy Study Institute , direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry in the United States amount to a whopping $20 billion per year, about 80% of which go towards oil and gas. The remaining 20% is allocated for coal. Conservative estimates put U.S.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Liska et al. g CO 2 e MJ ?1 55g CO 2 e MJ ?1.

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