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California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

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Cohen also notes that the majority of carbon dioxide emissions come from the transportation sector, as well as wintertime heating and heavy industry such as oil refineries. million units in 2023 , according to Cox Automotive data, with California , Washington, New Jersey, Connecticut and Texas making up the top five adopters.

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Forecast: US biodiesel production to surpass RFS target for second straight year

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This growth is driven in large part by a $1-per-gallon production tax credit extended through the end of 2013 by the US Congress. The RFS aims to reduce oil imports and cut back auto emissions with cleaner-burning fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, biomass-based diesel, and sugar-cane-based ethanol. billion gallons of renewable fuel.

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Quantum Supplying Hydrogen Refueling Technology and Infrastructure to Shell Hydrogen in NYC

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has supplied hydrogen refueling technology and key hydrogen infrastructure equipment for the Shell Hydrogen public re-fueling station in New York City, located at the entrance to John F. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc., Kennedy International Airport.

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Linde introduces new line of standard hydrogen generation plants; from 100 to 1,000 Nm3/h

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(As a comparison for scale, in 2009, Linde executed a long-term contract with PdV Midwest Refining LLC to supply hydrogen to the company’s CITGO Lemont, Illinois, oil refinery using a new 1.27 They are part of the Linde ECOVAR portfolio of standard on-site gas generation plants and also are suitable for captive operation.

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DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

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Initial estimates indicate 28 billion metric tons of regional CO 2 storage could be available for the Basin’s Birmingham-Tuscaloosa corridor, in addition to at least one injection zone that might provide enhanced oil recovery opportunities. Newark Basin: A project team—comprising Sandia Technologies LLC; Conrad Geoscience Corp.;

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. Company researchers were encouraged to look for oil substitutes, pursuing any manner of energy that didn’t involve petroleum.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Woody biomass, oil seed, grasses, cereal crop residue. Southeast and Hawaii. million acres, 11.4% Resources.

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