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Review of co-processing of biocrudes in oil refineries

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In HTL, wet feedstock is liquefied in a hot (250–374 °C) and pressurized (4–22 MPa) water environment into biocrude oil. The presence of these oxygen-containing unsaturated compounds gives FPBO limited stability during storage and poor miscibility into conventional fuels.

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NREL review explores potential value of EV managed charging for realizing effective vehicle-grid integration

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A team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has completed a literature review on the potential value of EV managed charging. Their findings, published in Energy & Environmental Science , provide a comprehensive look at how EVs and the grid could work together as the electric and transportation sectors become intertwined.

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IMO Environment Committee approves draft mandatory regulations to cut ship carbon intensity; technical and operational

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved draft new mandatory regulations to cut the carbon intensity of existing ships. This builds on current mandatory energy efficiency requirements to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping.

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2024 Polestar 3 review: Electric SUV goes above and beyond Tesla Model Y

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While a freezing environment like this was not a good place to test battery range (the Performance Pack I preferred is meant to offer 560km, we would have been lucky to get half that), it is a wonderful place to go driving, and to adjudge that this really is a car built to be enjoyed.

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Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment”

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as a “bizarre anti-environment move” by the California government. . Bizarre anti-environment move by govt of California [link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2022. The post Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” appeared first on TESLARATI.

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GLBRC research review concludes cellulosic biofuels can benefit the environment if managed correctly

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Cellulosic biofuels could provide an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs—but with a few important caveats, according to a new review of research by a team from the US Department of Energy-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC). Their paper is published in the journal Science.

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Interest in geologic hydrogen growing

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In 2020, Viacheslav Zgonnik, now the CEO of Natural Hydrogen Energy, published an open-access review of the geoscience of natural hydrogen in the journal Earth-Science Reviews. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this paper reviews current knowledge in the field of natural hydrogen. 2020.103140

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