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Biofuel

Washington Governor Signs SAF Tax Incentive Worth up to $2 a Gallon Into Law

Washington Gov. Inslee signs seven climate-related bills into law May 3.Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill to promote and incentivize sustainable aviation fuel (…

Renewable Diesel

PBF Begins Commissioning Renewable Diesel Unit at Chalmette Refinery in Louisiana

The 306 mgy St. Bernard Renewables LLC renewable diesel facility co-located with the PBF Chalmette refinery in Louisiana is using the Ecofining™ process d…

Biofuel

Ryanair, Repsol Sign Major SAF Agreement

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline and global energy group, Repsol, on May 4 signed a memo of understanding (MOU) to advance the supply of sustainable avia…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Integrated Energy Systems: Transitioning to Carbon-­Free Electricity, Industry, and Transportation

At INL’s HTSE testing facility, researchers are advancing hydrogen production by shepherding HTSE through a series of technological advancements, economic…

Nuclear Technology

INB Signs Contracts Relating to Fuel Supplies at NT2E

Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) signed four contracts and two agreements covering various aspects of nuclear fuel supplies with Westinghouse, The In…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Regulatory Preparedness for Fukushima Water Release

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force reviewing the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi n…

Electric Vehicles

Shell Starship 3.0 to Use Cummins x15n Natural Gas Engine Running on Rng

At ACT Expo in Anaheim, Shell announced that Shell Starship 3.0 will be updated with a Cummins X15N natural gas engine (earlier post) that will run on Shell Ren…

Carbon Emissions

Frustrated by Outdated Grids, Consumers Are Lobbying for Control of Their Electricity

Climate change is spurring interest in remaking local infrastructure to accommodate renewable energy, minimize power failures and expand consumer choice.

Electric Vehicles

Lordstown Motors Teams up With Amerit Fleet Solutions for Electric Vehicles

The companies will be working together for providing service and maintenance to fleet customers.Commercial fleet light duty electric vehicles original equipment…

SMR

Doosan Starts Forging Components for Nuscale SMR

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility has begun the forging production process for the first module that will be deployed as part of a NuScale VOYGR-6 small modul…

Energy Saving

Creating Effective Assessment Tools for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Buildings are Europe's largest energy consumer. They are responsible for about 40% of the energy consumed and 36 % of greenhouse gases emitted in the EU. Ho…

Biofuel

Researchers Evaluate Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Potential for Biomass Energy Conversion

Biomass energy is a form of solar energy stored in biomass through plant photosynthesis. It is a renewable energy and the only renewable carbon source. China ha…

Energy Storage Project

New Hybrid Photocatalysts for Water Splitting With an Internal Quantum Efficiency Above 100%

As hydrogen inside fuel cells can generate electrical power, scalable methods to reliably split water into hydrogen and oxygen could have valuable implications …

Carbon Capture

OSG Looking Into Carbon Capture

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), a major American shipping company, has launched efforts to explore the potential of carbon capture and storage as part of its …

Solar Panel

US Utilities Can Leverage Vpps to Save Billions, Google-Commissioned Report Finds

As distributed energy resources (DER) such as residential solar rooftop increase in the next decade, their aggregation into virtual power plants (VPPs) could sa…