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US DOI finalizes plan for oil shale and oil sands research, demonstration and development

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oil sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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Cindy Wilcox, co-founder and president of Marine BioEnergy, estimates that it would take a Utah-sized patch of ocean to make enough kelp biofuel to replace 10% of the liquid petroleum consumed annually in the United States. One Utah would take up only 0.13% of the total Pacific Ocean. Navarrete, Diane Y. Kim, Cindy Wilcox, Daniel C.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

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But while these rebates and incentives can help lower the total cost of electrifying your fleet, the program landscape can be confusing. For initial research, the Blink Commercial Incentives tool will help you identify funding opportunities. Total Cost of Ownership Calculators to help calculate how much you can save by going electric.

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PNNL team develops continuous flow process for rapid production of green crude from algae; licensed for commercialization

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A biofuels company, Utah-based Genifuel Corp., The PNNL technology harnesses algae’s energy potential efficiently and incorporates a number of methods to reduce the cost of producing algae fuel. Cost is the big roadblock for algae-based fuel. The research was reported recently in the journal Algal Research. Earlier post.).

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DOE to award $18M to 32 geothermal projects

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Together, these projects will lower the cost and risk of geothermal development, thereby accelerating technological advancement and economical deployment of geothermal energy. The resulting regional, basin-scale maps will serve to quantify and reduce uncertainty for geothermal energy exploration.

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DOE to award up to $14M to 6 new projects to advance IGCC with carbon capture technology for coal-fired plants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $14 million to six projects aimed at developing technologies to lower the cost of producing electricity in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants using carbon capture. DOE share: $500,000; recipient share: $125,000; duration: 12 months). General Electric Company.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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The report comes as oil majors like ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell, and other companies, are developing at least a couple dozen oil shale and CTL projects, including 12 CTL facilities projected to produce 170 million barrels of liquid fuels per year at a cost of $2 billion to $7 billion per plant. Earlier post.).

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