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With the Canadian energy industry seeking diversification from the US and potential greenhouse gsa regulations, the Globe and Mail reports that commercial backing is growing for Enbridge Inc.’s stalled Northern Gateway pipelines project.
The Northern Gateway Project. ...
Energy/Transportation
Colbert Report
Auto Industry
Enbridge
Sample UDRI solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air batteries, and Dr. Binod Kumar. Click to enlarge. Engineers at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) have developed a solid-state, rechargeable lithium-air battery. When fully developed, the battery could exceed specific ...
Energy/Transportation
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will implement rainwater harvesting in all the existing ONGC residential complexes across India. ONGC has made it mandatory to implement the system in all future projects also.
The objective of the scheme is to replenish the ground ...
Energy/Transportation
ONGC
India
At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. revealed the design for the first version of its Hyperion Power Module (HPM), a small modular ...
Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
Adjusted CO 2 emissions and adjusted fuel economy by model year. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. For the fifth consecutive year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide ...
Energy/Transportation
Energy Efficiency
Researchers from Delft University of Technology have engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to increase ethanol yield from biomass waste by eliminating production of glycerol (glycerol production is essential to reoxidize NADH produced in biosynthetic processes), reoxidizing NADH ...
Energy/Transportation
Valero Energy Corporation intends to permanently shut down its Delaware City, Delaware refinery due to financial losses caused by very poor economic conditions, significant capital spending requirements and high operating costs.
Valero Delaware City Refinery. Click to enlarge. ...
Energy/Transportation
Delaware
Inbicon and Novozymes have signed an agreement to further develop and optimize the process and the enzymes for converting wheat straw to ethanol and byproducts (biopellets and molasses). Novozymes already provides enzymes to Inbicon’s new bio-refinery that opened its doors earlier this week. ( ...
Energy/Transportation
Particles released by car brake pads have been shown to harm lung cells in vitro . Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close ...
Energy/Transportation
Switzerland
Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. This agreement valued at $4 million over five years is part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), which ...
Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
A new study released today by the Northeast States Center for a Clean Air Future (NESCCAF) and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) found that fuel consumption of Class 8 trucks and the resultant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced up to 50% with the adoption of ...
Energy/Transportation
Energy Efficiency
Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the Santa Clara, CA, municipal electric utility, has selected the light-weight 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced ( 3M ACCR ) to boost transmission capacity on an existing line without having to enlarge the towers or the right of way. This is SVP’s second ...
Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
Denmark’s Prince Joachim inaugurated the Inbicon biomass biorefinery in Kalundborg, Denmark, where ethanol will be produced from straw. In addition to bioethanol, the plant will also produce lignin biopellets and C 5 molasses. The biopellets can be used as fuel at CPH plants, and the C 5 ...
Energy/Transportation
Denmark
Volvo Trucks North America’s D11 and D13 engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards, the most stringent in the world.
Volvo is the first truck manufacturer to have its ...
Energy/Transportation
California
The international automotive supplier Continental AG has opened its new Asia Headquarters and R&D Center in Shanghai’s Yangpu district, China. The Center aims to provide increased localization and advanced technical support to customers in the Chinese market.
Continental Automotive ...
Energy/Transportation
China
The California Air Resources Board unveiled its revamped website, Driveclean.ca.gov , which helps consumers choose the least polluting cars on the market. The new website, using information collected for vehicle certification in California, offers a practical system that ranks vehicles ...
Energy/Transportation
California
ZeaChem Inc. has begun construction of its semi-works scale facility. The facility will have capacity to produce 250,000 gallons of biofuel per year. ZeaChem’s process combines the outputs of two traditional ethanol production pathways (fermentation of sugars and gasification of biomass) ...
Energy/Transportation
by Jack Rosebro
A view of Russian gas flaring based on satellite observations. Source: US NOAA and the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction Project. ( Video ) Click to enlarge. The Russian government has ordered oil companies to take steps to
capture up to 95% of the ...
Energy/Transportation
Russia
Dmitry Medvedev
PHEVs and demonstration locations. Source: INL. Click to enlarge. The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity ( AVTA ) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has completed 1 million miles of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) testing.
The ...
Energy/Transportation
Hybrid Energy
The diesel-powered E350 BlueTEC and hydrogen fuel-cell-powered F-Cell will be making their North American debuts at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show. Mercedes-Benz will also introduce its first hybrid SUV, the two-mode ML450 HYBRID, to the West Coast.
The E350 BlueTEC ( earlier post ) is ...
