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Harvey Gulf orders Wärtsilä 746 kWh battery systems for another four LNG-powered supply vessels

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Louisiana-based Harvey Gulf placed this latest order with Wärtsilä in October. When stationary in the field or in port, the boats will be able to operate on battery power only, thereby greatly reducing both fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. A fifth vessel in this class was earlier fitted with a Wärtsilä ESS. © Harvey Gulf.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Beyond Toxics is replacing one truck and installing advanced exhaust controls on seven trucks. Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Leonardo Academy is retrofitting school buses with exhaust controls and are retiring eight delivery vehicles early. Puerto Rico.

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DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. Louisiana State University and A&M College , Baton Rouge, La.

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DOE to Award $106M to Six CO2 Conversion Projects; $156M in Matching Private Funding

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Over the succeeding months, the project teams have performed experiments on novel concepts and produced preliminary designs for pilot plants to study the feasibility of capturing and using CO 2 exhausted from industrial processes. DOE Share: $18,417,989). Alcoa, Inc.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in the State of Louisiana. The result is more efficient combustion, cooler running engines, lower exhaust temperatures, and increased longevity of engine life. Earlier GCC post.]

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

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The project will transport compressed CO 2 through a 12-mile pipeline that connects to Denbury’s Green Line pipeline system in Louisiana so that it can be used for enhanced oil recovery in the Hastings and Oyster Bayou oilfields in Texas. DOE Share: $540,000). Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division. DOE Share: $500,000).

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