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The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

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The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided $500 million of the $700 million in financing for First Solar’s India factory. Its CEO, Scott Nathan, said: The United States is leveraging American innovation and technology to diversify critical energy supply chains around the world and drive economic growth in India.

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EIA: US refineries running at record levels; gasoline demand; exports up

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From 2011 to 2014, distillate crack spreads (calculated using Gulf Coast spot prices for Light Louisiana Sweet crude oil, conventional gasoline, and ultra-low sulfur distillate) averaged a 24 cents/gal premium over gasoline crack spreads. Total US motor gasoline product supplied is up 2.9%

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Other projects are also planned in Austria, Canada, India, Russia and the US. Syrah Resources’ plans for a spherical graphite production plant in Louisiana were disrupted in early 2018 when the governing authority of the proposed port location determined the plant not to be a suitable fit for the site.

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Grand Prize Combustion-Engine Winner at 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Achieves 2,757.1 MPG

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Additionally, a guest team from India joined the roster with a Prototype vehicle. The Perseverance in the Face of Adversity Award was presented to two teams: Chitkara Institute of Engineering & Technology in India and Louisiana State University.

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Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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For example, no agency tracks how much greenhouse gas is released when plastic trash is burned in cement kilns, nor when methane leaks from a gas processing plant, nor when fracked gas is exported from Texas to make single-use plastics in India. Three others are planned in Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas.

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

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Chu said that it was highly unlikely that the US, Russia, China and India, which account for two-thirds of the coal reserves, “ will turn their back on coal anytime soon.”.for Noting that coal accounts for roughly 25% of the world energy supply and 40% of the carbon emissions. DOE Share: $540,000).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Pune, India). Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana). NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). Scale-up and Business Aviation Test Flight of DMCO High-Performance Sustainable Aviation Fuel, $1,500,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.