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Enbridge to undertake $7B pipeline replacement program; from Alberta to Wisconsin

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and Enbridge Energy Partners have received shipper support for a $7-billion investment in their Canadian and US mainline system running from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin. Decommissioning refers to the permanent cessation of operation, such that the cessation does not result in the discontinuance of service to end-users.

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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States. Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. Full design capacity for Line 67 is 880,000 bpd for heavy crude.

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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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The hydrogenation of 5-HY-Val in the presence of the 2-HY-THP monomers and dimers with a Ru catalyst results in 97% overall yield of 1,5-PD from DHP.The researchers refer to this routeas the dehydration, hydration, and hydrogenation (DHH) pathway. Plant biomass is typically about 40% oxygen by weight, while petroleum oil is less than 0.1%

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Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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The delegation visited the Floating NPP Training Center and the Baltic Shipyard and met with the members of the team for the reference floating NPP construction project, and examined the floating power generating unit currently under construction. The Chinese delegation came to St. Petersburg and Moscow on 24-29 July. The Akademik Lomonosov.

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Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting” policy implications

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The Wisconsin and Michigan team normalized the highly detailed vehicle assumptions and transport calculations from these studies around the rates of electrified vehicle penetration; travel demand growth; and electricity decarbonization. These 9 combinations became the reference scenarios with defined fuel requirements and GHG emissions.

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A pathway to gasoline compressed ignition using naphtha fuels; higher efficiency, lower cost

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Naphtha refers to the light fraction produced by distillation in a refinery that is roughly in the gasoline boiling range of ~30 °C to ~200 °C. When crude oil comes into a refinery, it is first passed into a distillation process, which separates the crude oil into its different fractions by boiling range. —Viollet et al.

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Latest test results for Achates Power two-stroke opposed-piston engine show 20% improvement over four-stroke diesel; BTE of 45.1% at best operating point

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g/kWh for the reference engine. An earlier closed-cycle simulation study with Dr. David Foster from the University of Wisconsin found that the opposed-piston 2-stroke Achates engine could show an indicated thermal efficiency of 53%. fuel-specific oil consumption; and. g/kWh BSFC for the Achates engine, versus 239.9

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