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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Fuel specifications are not publicly available yet, nor are emissions results and comparisons. Audi operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in partnership with Joule. Audi is testing different blends of the e-fuels as well as 100% fuel.

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Astra ‘Rocket 3’ nosecone dooms first Florida launch attempt

Teslarati

The satellites onboard the flight were developed by three universities and one NASA center: BAMA 1 (University of Alabama, Tusscolusa) INCA (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces) QubeSat (University of California, Berkeley) R5-S1 (NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston). ” As of November 2021, Astra charges around $2.5-3.5M

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

Comparison vehicle based on size and price: VW GTI S DATA: MSRP for both vehicles is $25,600 (before incentives and resale value). CRITERIA FOR SCENARIO: 20k miles/year <> 1,666 miles/month <> ~55 miles daily 5 years of ownership Average gallon of fuel cost in TX at time of writing: $3.58 gal would be $12,785.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Sapphire Energy has paid off its USDA loan for a plant now operating in New Mexico. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Bio-hydrocarbons Biogasoline Biomass'

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … University of New Mexico. Versa Power Systems.

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US vehicle miles travelled up 3% in first 9 months of 2016 to 2.4 trillion miles

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The September 2016 report also includes seasonally-adjusted data, which is conducted by USDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a way to even out seasonal variation in travel and enable vehicle miles travelled (VMT) comparisons with any other month in any year. The seasonally-adjusted vehicle miles traveled for September 2016 were 268.7

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Joule secures first of multiple sites for solar fuel production; expects costs as low as $20/bbl for renewable diesel (including subsidies) at full-scale production

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Schematic comparison between direct photosynthetic (top) and algal biomass (bottom) processes. Joule Unlimited, Inc., We thank the state and Lea County officials for their tremendous support of this project. —Bill Sims, President and CEO of Joule. Source: Robertson et al. Click to enlarge.

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