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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

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XLP will provide a 50% improvement in miles driven per gallon for major fleets across the United States, as well as significant reductions in CO 2 emissions. Southern California Edison (SCE); and Tampa Electric (TECO). Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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Success will lead to increased operational reliability of the chemical looping technology with impacts for CO2 capture from solid and gaseous fuel conversion. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). General Electric Company. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $705,000 Total: $1,455,000 (49% cost share).

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GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

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In 2007, GE and BP formed a global alliance to jointly develop and deploy technology for at least five IGCC power plants that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation. and the Polk Tampa Electric IGCC plant in Florida, that helped demonstrate the commercial feasibility of IGCC.

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DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

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The system also holds the potential to reduce the cost of producing chemicals, transportation fuels, and substitute natural gas from gasified coal. In integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants, coal-derived syngas—a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen—is used to fuel a combustion turbine for the production of electricity.

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GE and CPECC Sign Agreements with USTDA to Advance Commercial Scale IGCC in China

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IGCC and carbon capture technologies have been commercially demonstrated and will need to be widely deployed to enable low cost power generation from domestic fossil energy resources, while at the same time achieving significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions globally.

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC. Coca-Cola Enterprises has achieved increased fuel efficiency and decreased emissions on its original order of 120 Kenworth T370 hybrid beverage delivery trucks deployed throughout the United States and Canada last year.

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5,000 Hybrids to Nationwide Fleet

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The addition of nearly 5,000 hybrid vehicles more than doubles the amount of hybrids the company owns; already the world’s largest fleet of fuel-efficient vehicles. Enterprise, National and Alamo customers can offset the CO 2 emissions of their rental cars by opting to pay $1.25

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