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IC Bus fulfills largest propane bus order to date

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Purpose-built for the school bus industry, the CE Series with PSI propane engine is designed to provide diesel-like performance with higher torque at lower engine speeds. The buses are being built at the IC Bus assembly plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. liter LP propane engine.

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The US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery will be in Oklahoma

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The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually. Stardust Power , a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma.

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IC Bus adds purpose-built propane school bus offering; PSI 8.8-liter propane engine and Allison transmission

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Purpose-built for the school bus industry, the CE Series with PSI propane engine is designed to provide diesel-like performance with higher torque at lower engine speeds. bus assembly plant in Tulsa, Okla. liter LP propane engine for the 2015 school year. liter engine. Click to enlarge. 8-11 November.

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DOE launches $20M University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research at Penn State

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Members of the Coalition will actively seek industry participation in research projects and promote technology transfer to the private sector. The coordination structure is flexible, allowing for new university members to provide additional research capabilities and collaborations as needed throughout the research lifespan.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. An important strategy is to hydrogenate the molecule so it can be used in the chemical industry later.

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Williams, Williams Partners L.P. and Access Midstream Partners, L.P. in $50B merger deal

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Williams, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., This is another big step toward our goal of becoming the leading natural gas infrastructure provider in North America. —Williams’ CEO Alan Armstrong. is one of the leading energy infrastructure companies in North America. Williams Partners L.P.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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The team will adapt semiconducting materials used in today’s light-emitting diode (LED) industry to enable high-temperature operation. The team’s ultra- high-efficiency converter could be used to provide solar electricity and simultaneously collect solar heat near a centralized point of use, such as in industrial parks or shopping centers.

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