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TransCanada altering proposed Keystone XL route, supporting Nebraska legislation to avoid the Sandhills

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TransCanada Corporation announced it supports proposed legislation within the State of Nebraska to move the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline to avoid the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. The Nebraska segment of the pipeline would consist of five or six new pump stations and more than 275 miles of new pipeline.

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ITOCHU invests in Flint Hills/Benefuel biodiesel project in US

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The joint venture—Duonix, LLC—is actively developing the first project, which is a retrofit of the 50-million-gallon-per-year facility in Beatrice, Nebraska. The FFA contained in the feedstocks is an inhibitor for conversion of oil and fat into BDF, and must be removed with expensive purification and refining processes.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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million to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Ga.) million to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (Lincoln, Neb.) million to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (Lincoln, Neb.) Herrick Laboratories; $11.6 for a pilot-scale laboratory for carbon-neutral energy solutions. for a nanoscience metrology facility; $6.9

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Corporation, Columbia. Nebraska – Lincoln). Corporation). Corporation). Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. widespread deployment.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Of the lead recipients, 43% are small businesses, 35% are educational institutions, and 19% are large corporations. Sun Catalytix Corporation will develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Corporate sponsorship for the RAR ( www. Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. Additionally, Bill Moore, publisher of the EV World weekly online newsletter, also offered support publicizing the effort.