EIA: US renewable diesel capacity could more than double through 2025
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
An average of 520,000 b/d of distillate fuel oil was consumed on the West Coast in 2021.
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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
The number of states with geothermal projects under development also increased, from 12 to 14 over the past six months, with the addition of two oil-field co-production projects in Louisiana and Mississippi. State # of projects Potential MW. California. Mississippi. New Mexico. Washington. unspecified. and 7,109.9 million people.
USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2014
USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2012
Because oil and gas development, carbon capture and storage, and geothermal energy production each involve net fluid injection or withdrawal, all have at least the potential to induce earthquakes that could be felt by people. —“Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies”.
USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2010
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass. Woody biomass, oil seed, grasses, cereal crop residue. Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming.
America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto
Baua Electric
MARCH 25, 2024
Nevada, which has the only commercial U.S. Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons of lithium locked in salty brines underneath U.S. The Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources told Reuters it does not have existing statutes related to lithium.
CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
Fracking fluid is largely composed of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agents, corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.
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