A Washington State University research team this month will begin quantifying methane leaks on natural gas lines and use the information to estimate a national methane emissions rate for US gas-distribution systems, WSU said Wednesday. ...
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President Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, on Tuesday reiterated the Obama administration's position that decisions to license liquefied natural gas exports from the US should be based on a transparent, analytic ...
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Despite assurances from the White House and little traction from Democrats in US Congress, a key Republican senator believes that a carbon tax is President Barack Obama's top priority. "That is the ultimate goal of this president," said ...
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China National Offshore Oil Corp or CNOOC Group, the parent of listed arm CNOOC Ltd, refined 30.08 million mt (602,400 b/d) of crude last year, up 15.2% from 26.1 million mt in 2011, the company said in its 2012 sustainable development ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo's subsidiary Volvo Trucks and Shell have agreed to jointly launch heavy duty trucks fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the collaboration, the vehicle manufacturer will use its MethaneDiesel ...
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Researchers in South Korea have developed a new gold-doping process for graphene transparent conducting layers (TCLs) that improves its adhesion and electrical contact with near-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (NUV-LEDs) [Chu-Young Cho et ...
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German carmaker BMW has expanded the use of hydrogen fuel-cells to power the material-handling equipment operating at its Spartanburg County manufacturing facility in the US. The carmaker's fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell powered ...
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Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
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The petrol- and gas-powered Audi A3 Sportback g-tron has been revealed ahead of its launch at the end of the year. The dual-fuel Audi A3 Sportback g-tron can be powered by unleaded petrol as well as a new CO2-neutral fuel called Audi ...
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Residents of agricultural Garretson, SD, pop. 1,166 -- 20 miles northeast of Sioux Falls -- suffered through an “odor event” from the wastewater treatment plant every spring. “For several weeks, odors would roll over the ...
Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems ...
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Cape Breton is now “well-positioned to be a leader” in biomass energy with the announcement today that the Harbourside biomass plant in Sydney is proceeding to the next phase in the Community Feed-in Tariff program (COMFIT). ...
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China's dependence on foreign crude oil and refined oil products is set to increase, but the government has placed a cap at 61% of total requirements for the end of the current five-year economic plan in 2015, according to a new government ...
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General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE), is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments: ...
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Accurate and repeatable gas flow measurements are a crucial part of obtaining good results from your Gas Chromatograph. The 7000 GC Flowmeter makes gas flow measurement easier and more accurate, helping to eliminate user errors. At only ...