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Port of Seattle partners with Alaska Airlines and Boeing to supply sustainable aviation biofuel at Sea-Tac Airport

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The Port of Seattle, Alaska Airlines and Boeing are partnering to move toward powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel. to fly the first ever commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel. In the next year, Alaska will partner with Gevo, Inc.

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Chevron invests in nuclear fusion start-up Zap Energy

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a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. Chevron Corporation made a Series A investment in Zap Energy Inc. , The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma.

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Proterra delivers 100th electric bus

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Proterra has delivered its buses to 36 different municipal, university and commercial transit agency customers in 20 states. Many of the transit agencies serving these communities have also completed third and fourth orders for Proterra buses including San Joaquin RTD, King County Metro in Seattle and Foothill Transit in Pomona, Calif.

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DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. DOE Share: $300,000).

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U Delaware team develops prototype efficient direct ammonia fuel cell for transportation

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A team at the University of Delaware has demonstrated a direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) prototype with a peak power density of 135 mW cm -2 at 80 ?C. The present work provides that unified analysis, finding that ammonia delivers the lowest source-to-tank cost among carbon-neutral fuels produced from renewable electricity. Zhao et al.

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Magnetic-Confinement Fusion Without the Magnets

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Seattle-based. We think our reactor is the least expensive, most compact, most scalable solution with the shortest path to commercially viable fusion power,” says. University of Washington. Before the company’s founding, the university team had collaborated with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 Why nuclear-powered ships?