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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Steven Chu, Science Large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage selections (by amount of DOE award) include: ConocoPhillips. The first phase of these projects will include $21.6

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Waste Management Makes Strategic Investment in Waste-to-Fuels Company Enerkem

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The Enerkem process has four steps: feedstock pre-treatment; gasification; syngas conditioning; and conversion. The gasification is carried out using air as a partial oxidation agent or using oxygen-enriched air, with the oxygen-enrichment level tailored to the desired composition of the synthetic gas. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

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Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. Shell is also working to use natural gas as a fuel in its own operations. The new Mountains scenario: gas as the energy backbone.

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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Funding for the CCEMC comes from the Government of Alberta, which collects it from industry. Since 2007, Alberta companies that annually produce more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions are legally required to reduce their greenhouse gas intensity by 12%. million (US$36.6 Plasco Alberta Inc. , C$10 million (US$9.8

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China to be Site of First Commercial Implementation of TRIG Coal Gasifier

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Syngas produced by coal gasification is used to generate electricity in a gas turbine. The exhaust gas from the turbine is the used to heat water, producing steam to generate additional electricity from a steam turbine. Source: NETL. Click to enlarge.

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Unraveling Electric Car Insurance Costs in 2023

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As a rule of thumb, EVs tend to be more expensive to insure than their gas-powered counterparts due to their cutting-edge technology and the high repair or replacement costs of their battery systems. Mississippi, conversely, presents the largest gap, with an extra $79 per month on average required to insure an EV over a traditional vehicle.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Advanced biofuels produced through this funding are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared to fossil fuels. Yenkin-Majestic will use these products to demonstrate a distributed stand-alone system for the operation of a large industrial facility. Of the $24.4 million with USDA contributing up to $19.5

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