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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Water and oxygen are the only by-products. The waste heat given off during methanation is used as process energy in the adjacent biogas plant, significantly increasing overall efficiency. This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles). Customers can order a quota of e-gas when they purchase the car.

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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Predictions estimate this value to reach 150 x 10 -19 kJ by 2050, considering the diverse range of biomass resources available.Biomass, deriving its carbon from atmospheric CO 2 , is deemed a carbon-neutral fuel (Figure 1). By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change.

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DOE awards $3.9M to 13 projects using high performance computing in manufacturing; Ford, LanzaTech

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USA) to optimize the performance of semiconductor device interconnects in a project titled “Making semiconductor devices cool through HPC ab initio simulations.”. Applied Materials, Inc., LBNL will partner with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. Arconic, Inc. Arconic, Inc.

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Study finds GHG emissions associated with palm oil production have been significantly underestimated; implications for carbon intensity of biofuels as well as biofuel policies in Europe

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The values used to estimate peat CO 2 emissions have a wide range (19 to 115 Mg CO 2 -eq ha -1 yr -1 ) and are derived from a variety of sources, including IPCC defaults and a limited number of scientific studies. It should be noted that none of these values explicitly consider local factors promoting GHG emission other than water depth (e.g.,

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Valvoline launches NextGen line of motor oil with 50% recycled oil

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Motor oil comprises about 85% base oil (hydrocarbons in the C 30 range) and 15% additives. As motor oil ages in use, the additives are consumed, and the oil picks up water, sludge and other contaminants. An oft-cited data point its that 1 gallon of motor oil can contaminate 1 million gallons of drinking water.

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Department of Defence to test hydrogen fuel cell bus

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The issue of investment in hydrogen fuel cells may rage on in the USA, but that hasn’t stopped Colorado-based Proterra LLC providing a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid bus for use in a US Department of Defence pilot project.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And the first plug-in cars mass-produced in the USA in a century will go on sale this fall. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy.

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