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Abengoa opens cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton; 1st commercial deployment of Abengoa enzymatic hydrolysis

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Abengoa held the grand opening of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, located about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Dodge City. billion liters) of annual installed production capacity distributed among 15 commercial-scale plants in five countries. Click to enlarge. million liters) per year.

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EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

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Because these units can start and stop quickly and operate at partial loads, they have become increasingly important in areas with high shares of renewable electricity generation from wind and solar. The plant, which started commercial operation in 2011, consists of 18 reciprocating engine generators with 9.1

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What Is Hyperloop? And What Does It Offer?

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Several companies are striving to develop the concept into a viable commercial solution. Potential routes include New York-Washington DC, Pune-Mumbai, Kansas City-St. Another problem will be finding commercial models that operate globally. Hyperloops: When Can We Hope On One? Is it really a novel idea? Let’s inspect.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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optimize the operation of commercial-scale hybrid electric. more cost-effective solution for commercial vehicles. sources like solar and wind for small commercial and. the University of Kansas, and Vanderbilt. Eaton Corporation is developing a power control system to. residential consumers. Energy Storage.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

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Outlining 2009 "Fun Run in the Sun" with Xtreme BugE -- determining name, setting up committee with co-chairs, settling on date, budget projections, routing, solar contacts, etc E. DPS is building commercial battery packs from smart universal battery modules ("UBM(TM)") as building block. creating possible meet-up in Mid America (i.e.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Smart-grid technologies are not required to make larger use of wind and solar power but they can make them less expensive, Schurr said. Getting a handle on power supply and demand in real time helps address the variable nature of wind and solar power, he said. He states this as a positive of his program.

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