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US Navy completes sea trial with ARA’s 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel

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The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. While operating on 100% ReadiDiesel, the ship successfully completed multiple engine starts and speed changes. The ex- Paul F. The ex- Paul F. The SDTS is an asset of NSWC PHD.

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Pennsylvania Awards Axion Power $800,000 to Demonstrate PbC Batteries in Hybrids, PHEVs and EVs

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an $800,000 grant to demonstrate Axion’s proprietary PbC battery technology ( earlier post ) in a variety of electric vehicle types including: hybrids (HEVs); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEVs) used in commuter, delivery and other vehicles; and EVs , including converted (from combustion engine operation) EVs. City of Philadelphia.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. Ingalls, now a principal engineer at Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif. Palo Alto, Calif.,

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Synthetic biology company launches JV to commercialize gas-to-liquids bioconversion; isobutanol first target

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Intrexon’s natural gas upgrading program is targeting the development of an engineered microbial cell line for industrial-scale bioconversion of natural gas to chemicals, lubricants and fuels, as opposed to employing standard chemical routes. Prior to Intrexon, Groban was at LS9.).

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