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California Energy Commission adopts goal to make more electricity available through smarter use of existing resources

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new goal to make up to 7,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity available through the smarter use of existing clean energy resources. The 7,000 MW goal complements the 38,000 MW of new clean electricity resources the state projects to need by 2030.

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Sugar-derived levulinic esters and cyclic ether show superior anti-knock quality to Euro95 reference gasoline

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A team from The Netherlands and the US reports that the sugar-derived levulinic esters methyl levulinate (ML) and ethyl levulinate (EL) and the sugar-derived cyclic ether (furfuryl ethyl ether (FEE) demonstrate superior anti-knock quality (in 10% blends) to a reference Euro95 gasoline. —Tian et al. Miao Tian, Robert L. 2017.04.027.

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EIA: International demand will drive US production of petroleum and other liquids through 2050

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These cases include: The Reference case, which serves as a baseline, or benchmark, case. The High Oil and Gas Supply case, which assumes 50% more ultimate recovery per well for tight oil, tight gas, or shale gas in the United States compared with the Reference case.

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NPL novel reference electrode shows that cathode, not anode, is source of potential decay in PEM water electrolyzers

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Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the UK have developed a novel reference electrode for polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs) and used it to measure the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of Pt catalysts in situ for the first time. Reference electrode configuration. Source: NPL.

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New EIA report boosts estimates of global recoverable shale oil resources 10-fold to 345 billion barrels

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report that estimates that shale oil and shale gas resources in the United States and in 137 shale formations in 41 other countries represent 10% of the world’s crude oil and 32% of the world’s natural gas technically recoverable resources—i.e., Report terminology.

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Aalborg U study finds biogas and biomethane reduce dry biomass consumption by up to 16%

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First, a reference scenario without biogas is created. The marginal cost difference to the reference scenario for utilization of biogas in different parts of the energy system with different levels of manure costs with fixed biomass price of €6/GJ. The end-fuels evaluated are biogas, biomethane and electromethane. Korberg et al.

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California ARB posts additional ethanol fuel sub-pathway for POET under LCFS; lower CIs than the reference pathway

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted an additional fuel pathway for POET LLC ( sub-pathway 7 ) for its Emmetsburg, Gowrie, Jewell, and Lake Crystal Plants under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). DGS reference pathway has a CI of 98.40 gCO 2 e/MJ while the wet DGS CI is. gCO 2 e/MJ.