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MARCH 7, 2018

General Motors CEO Mary Barra told energy conference attendees in Houston on Wednesday the automaker would increase production of its newest electric vehicle, push for a single fuel-economy standard nationwide, and support expanding tax credits for electrified vehicles.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

In “Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Air Pollution above ATS Recommended Standards, 2011-2013,” published online in the August edition of Annals of the American Thoracic Society , researchers report on the annual health benefits of meeting more protective standards recommended by the ATS for O 3 and PM 2.5.

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APRIL 8, 2011

to expand the privately funded, comprehensive eVgo electric vehicle (EV) charging ecosystem launched first in Houston to EV drivers in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) market, the fourth-largest metropolitan area by population in the US. Click to enlarge. NRG Energy Inc., has selected AeroVironment, Inc. High Power DC Charging Station.

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AUGUST 28, 2010

The Legislature swiftly pushed through House Bill 8—the incentive package, to lure Houston-based biofuel start-up KiOR, which will locate the three plants in timber-rich areas over the next five years. The product, the company says, can go through existing crude refineries and be used to make standard gasoline or diesel fuel.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

The 2015 model vehicles were purchased by local Houston company NewTex Plumbing and San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Services. The half-ton CNG upgrade from Nat G comes standard with a 24 gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) natural gas cylinder giving the vehicle a combined natural gas and gasoline range of more than 1,000 highway-miles.

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MAY 21, 2010

The diesel Orion VII with SCR exceeds the requirements of the EPA 2010 emission standards, reducing NO x emissions to almost zero and augmenting fuel efficiency. In addition to New York, Orion hybrid buses have proven themselves in cities such as San Francisco, Houston, Toronto, and Ottawa.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Enterprise Holdings, owner and operator of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, is piloting a program with Mansfield Oil Company to use renewable synthetic diesel fuel in its airport shuttle buses at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans and Houston Hobby Airport in Texas.

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APRIL 17, 2013

The world’s first commercial application of the LNG In A Box system will be for LNG fueling stations in Europe to be delivered by Luxembourg-based LNG firm Gasfin through its operating company AIR-LNG, GE announced at the 17 th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG-17) in Houston.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The 19 launch markets include: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Fla., Focus Electric comes standard with: MyFord Touch with 8-inch touchscreen; two driver-configurable 4.2-inch Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.;

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems.

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MAY 15, 2021

By Samantha Houston This blog post was written with substantial input from Alyssa Tsuchiya. Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Texas is Ford’s largest market by sales volume, and home to the top two cities for Expedition sales: Dallas and Houston. With EcoBoost now standard equipment across the 2015 Expedition range, the entire US lineup of Ford utility vehicles will be available with EcoBoost power by the end of 2014. It has three rows of seats and up to 108.3

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JUNE 19, 2023

Airbus Ventures has invested in Venus Aerospace , a Houston-based hypersonic flight startup seeking to enable cost-effective one-hour global transport. This will include long-duration engine runs this summer at Spaceport Houston, as well as the design, build, and flight of our drone with the broader Venus team and our incredible partners.

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JULY 5, 2011

Energy Technology Ventures (ETV)—a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips venture—has invested in Houston-based Glori Energy , whose enhanced oil recovery technology leverages microbes to help extract trapped oil from mature oil fields, significantly boosting well production. The S1 Phase generally takes 2-3 months. S2 – Simulate.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Both models feature a wide cab with a North American standard 33-inch frame rail width, a 56,900 psi frame, and a standard center mounted rear fuel tank. Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and California.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Two of the largest emitters of these pollutants are vehicles and electricity generating units (EGUs), with some of the most densely populated regions in the US still failing to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards after 30 years of regulation. The results are less clear in Dallas and Houston.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

University of Houston. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. Description. Advanced Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries. Rare-Earth Free NiMH Alloy for EV Batteries.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Our HybriDrive parallel system is the perfect hybrid electric solution for vehicles that operate in diverse duty cycles beyond standard urban operational modes. —Steve Trichka, vice president of power and energy management for BAE Systems.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

miles) below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago Field 200 miles southwest of Houston in the ultra-deep water of the Gulf of Mexico. Shell Oil Company is now producing oil from what it says is the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development. Earlier post.) The well, at 9,627 feet (2,934 meters, 1.82

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MARCH 8, 2011

Our HybriDrive parallel system is the optimal hybrid electric solution for vehicles that operate in diverse duty cycles beyond standard urban operational modes. The HybriDrive parallel system is designed to address the needs of vehicles with duty cycles that require higher operating speeds and less frequent stops.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Shell and the consortium partners—including McDermott’s CB&I Storage Solutions, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, GenH2 and the University of Houston—have been selected by the U.S. The University of Houston will focus their efforts on the creation of detailed thermal models of the proposed insulation systems.

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MAY 15, 2019

This service is now available at more than 5,000 intersections in the US, for example in cities including Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland and Washington D.C. —Andre Hainzlmaier, head of Development of Apps, Connected Services and Smart City at Audi. Since February Audi has offered a further function in North America.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project.

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MARCH 17, 2011

In all, Air Products will increase the current level of supply by approximately 25 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) (around 60,000 kg) per day. Air Products will increase the supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

the use of alternative fuels; and coordinating standards for fuel quality. Houston-Galveston. will work to expand access to natural gas, propane and biodiesel transportation fuels across the eight-county Houston-Galveston area. Project activities include: harmonizing. assessment and labeling. Greater Washington. Coalition, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In 2025, well be deploying our groundbreaking wheeled-legged robots with major logistics carriers for last-mile delivery to set new standards for efficiency and sustainability. Humanoid robots hold the potential for unparalleled versatility for performing human-like, whole-body skills.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Air Products will build a steam methane reformer (SMR) producing more than 100 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen. Additionally, in the US Gulf Coast, Air Products has a second and larger hydrogen pipeline system of more than 300 miles reaching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 2, 2009

Air Products’s multi-source hydrogen system will soon have a capacity of more than 650 MMSCFD (million standard cubic feet per day) (18,405,950 m 3 or 21,866,269 kg). Air Products has a second and larger Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system of more than 300 miles reaching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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MARCH 18, 2019

This finding reveals important opportunities for clean air improvements, especially in large port cities such as New York and Houston. Most tugs are operating in locations near America’s ports which do not meet current federal health-based air quality standards. Elena Craft, EDF Senior Director.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises uses tractors as its standard bulk delivery truck for large deliveries, and plans to deploy the Kenworth hybrid tractors to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Ore.), Gary Kapusta, CCE vice president of indirect procurement.

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MAY 5, 2010

Scott Fraser, the company’s vice president of operations, outlined the development at the National Algae Association’s Quarterly Conference in Houston on 28 April 2010. The company, which is now working in the lab with the new design, plans to build it into a standard 40-foot container for field testing. OriginOil, Inc.

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APRIL 11, 2022

Under this contract, thyssenkrupp nucera will deliver two of their large-scale alkaline water electrolysis standard modules. With a local office in Houston, Texas, thyssenkrupp nucera builds its company organization as a globally operating network that is close to customers.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The CNG fuel station configuration that GE is supplying to Endurance features a standard-sized CNG In A Box unit with multiple, smaller “daughter” stations running off of it. This new capacity for the China market is in addition to GE’s primary HSR manufacturing facility, located near Houston, Texas. gallon and CNG at $2.09/gasoline

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JUNE 15, 2022

The product would be blended with conventional gasoline to achieve renewable fuel standards in the US and Europe. At full capacity, this plant will have a production capacity of 2,000 barrels per day of renewable gasoline with the potential for further expansion. —Arbor Gas CEO Timothy Vail.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

Ongoing research indicates the technology’s ability to achieve European Standard (EN) high-quality blend stock or potentially drop in renewable gasoline and diesel specification hydrocarbons from this company’s intended feed slate. CRI Catalyst Company of Houston, Texas has been granted exclusive worldwide licensing rights.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Air Products will supply a combined additional supply of more than 200 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen for Valero’s refineries in St. Charles, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas. The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system.

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