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SLB introduces low-carbon alternative for well construction cement that eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO2

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This innovative technology eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO 2 emissions compared with conventional well cementing systems, which include portland cement. The cement-free EcoShield system is a breakthrough that delivers industry-standard zonal isolation capabilities while significantly minimizing impact from upstream oil and gas production.

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DOE to award up to $156M for applied R&D projects to drive industrial decarbonization

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Rooted in the principles identified in the 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap , this investment is part of the innovation pipeline DOE is building to accelerate the development and adoption of industrial decarbonization technologies. Topic 6: Decarbonizing Food and Beverage Products. Topic 8: Decarbonizing Forest Products.

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Rice, C-Crete team optimizes conversion of tire waste into graphene for stronger concrete

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Recycled tire waste is already used as a component of Portland cement, but graphene has been proven to strengthen cementitious materials, concrete among them, at the molecular level. wt % for carbon black and shredded tires—with Portland cement and used it to produce concrete cylinders. —James Tour. After 28 days, 0.1

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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

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As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Daimler Truck North America and partners to form JV for nationwide charging network for MD and HD commercial vehicles

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Daimler Truck affiliate DTNA offers not only the expertise of developing electric trucks (start of production of battery electric Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 in 2022/23), but also the experience of providing consultant services to its customers, the large fleet operators in North America.

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Audi extends Traffic Light Information to Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco

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Audi first brought Traffic Light Information (TLI) to production vehicles in 2016, with just a handful of connected signals. Initially launched in Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, the service has also recently expanded across the US, Canada, and some parts of Europe.

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Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics expand public road testing in the US for automated truck technology

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This extensive testing is part of Daimler Trucks’ and Torc’s comprehensive validation approach to bring safe highly automated trucks to the road. with Active Lane Assist (Freightliner Cascadia), Daimler Trucks has brought partially automated driving features into series production. and in Stuttgart, Germany.

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