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SpaceX’s first converted Falcon Heavy booster already preparing for next launch

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SpaceX has rapidly recovered the first converted Falcon Heavy ‘side core’ after its first Falcon 9 launch and landing, kicking off preparations for its fourth launch less than two days after its third. The post SpaceX’s first converted Falcon Heavy booster already preparing for next launch appeared first on TESLARATI.

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SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

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The SRI CTL plant design offers a lower CO 2 -emitting fuel then conventional diesel; a lifecycle analysis by SRI put conventional diesel at 389 gCO 2 /mile, conventional F-T coal-to-liquids diesel at 830 gCO 2 /mile; and the SRI synthetic fuel at 326 gCO 2 /mile (when using carbon-neutral electricity. Lifecycle GHG comparison.

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Fulcrum Bioenergy breaks ground on Phase 2 of Sierra Biofuels plant; 1st garbage-to-fuels project

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Sierra will be the nation’s first commercial-scale plant converting a municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock—i.e., household garbage that would otherwise be landfilled—into a low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel product. —Jim Macias, Fulcrum’s President and CEO. million gallons of fuel each year.

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GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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GTI led a team of engineers and scientists to produce a blueprint for converting an existing biomass facility into an RNG production site, using the wood waste feedstock and some of the existing infrastructure. GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”.

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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. The FY 2016 Request emphasizes development of innovative processes to convert cellulosic and algal-based feedstocks to bio-based gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels at a cost of $3.00 Within the $10.7 Bioenergy Technologies.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even.

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ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

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Because the use of natural gas for transportation requires compressing, liquefying, or conversion, it is important to determine the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. In each case there are multiple processes to convert natural gas to motive power, all of which have losses. —Curran et al. Curran et al.