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General Synfuels to Test In-Situ Oil Shale Gasification Technology in Wyoming and Colorado

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has secured an exploration agreement for lands in Wyoming and rights to a separate oil shale resource opportunity in Colorado. Collectively, the agreements will allow the company to test and develop the company’s in situ superheated air gasification process to recover hydrocarbons from oil shale, oil sands and heavy oil.

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HollyFrontier to build $350M renewable diesel unit at Artesia refinery; 125M gallons/year

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HollyFrontier Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products, plans to construct a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at its Artesia, New Mexico refinery (Navajo Refinery).

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DOE awards $18M to 5 projects to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles & use of other alternative fuels

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Blue Bird Body Company will receive $4.9 million to accelerate PEV adoption by developing electric highway corridors along I-15, I-80, I-70, and I-84 in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. Odyne Systems, LLC will receive $2.9 Odyne Systems, LLC will receive $2.9 Direct injection engine technology offers improved performance and saves fuel.

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Savari selected as major V2X technology provider for USDOT’s connected vehicle roll-out in Tampa

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The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) and the partnering integrator company Brandmotion have selected Savari Inc. Additional DOT connected car deployments are scheduled for New York City and a portion of I-80 in Wyoming this year. Red Light Violation Warning (RLVW). Emergency Electronic Brake Lights (EEBL).

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New passenger vehicle diesel registrations in US up 11.5%, hybrids up 65% from 2010-2013; diesel 2.5x hybrids

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Polk and Company) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through 31 December 2013, diesels represented 2.8% Wyoming was the state in 2013 with the highest percentage of diesel passenger vehicles (10.8%, 66,362 units), followed by Montana (8.1%, 97,454 units). Hybrid car and SUV registrations were 3.4

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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At the heart of the problem are utility companies that refuse to pursue interregional transmission projects, and sometimes even impede them, because new projects threaten their profits and disrupt their industry alliances. The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants.

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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In addition to HARC and Texas A&M, founding members of the Alliance include: University of Wyoming. The EFD partnership consists of universities, national laboratories, energy producers and service companies, environmental organizations, and government agencies. University of Colorado. Utah State University. University of Arkansas.