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University of California climate change solutions: 10 campuses turned into living lab

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University of California plan to be presented at Paris climate change conference SAN DIEGO – Reducing the human carbon footprint is a “moral imperative,” University of California President Janet Napolitano said Tuesday as she vowed to turn the system’s 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions that can be scaled up to state, national and global […]

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Propell announces EOR well programs using plasma pulse technology

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Propell has new joint venture for well treatment programs underway in both U.S and Canada HOUSTON – Propell Technologies Group, Inc., the US provider of a plasma pulse-based enhanced oil recovery technology, today announced the operational launch of its previously announced joint venture between its wholly owned subsidiary, Novas Energy USA and Technovita Technologies USA, Novas

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US Navy tests biodiesel on ships, planes and ‘smartgrid’ technology

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US Navy, California businesses and government partner in clean energy California clean tech companies, the state government and the United States Navy joined forces on Thursday to highlight innovative clean tech partnerships at US Navy installations across the state. More than a dozen California companies showcased current projects with the Navy that utilize biofuels, solar power,

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Canadian oilsands group doubles down on green technology, despite low oil prices

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Oilsands companies share technologies on improving environmental performance CALGARY – Members of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance are “doubling down” on sharing their green technologies despite the pinch from low crude oil prices, the group’s boss said Wednesday. Oilsands firms are sharing about as many different technologies now, with oil below US$50 a barrel, as they were last year,

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EndurAlloy™ – Super tough production tubing

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EndurAlloy™ is J55 production tubing with boron diffused into substrate to create extra hard interior surface EndurAlloy™ tubing has a 13-year proven track record of extending well run-times in Texas oil fields. No other product offers the superior wear, abrasion, and corrosion protection of EndurAlloy™. EndurAlloy™ outperforms products like poly-lined and plastic-coated tubing. EndurAlloy™ is standard production tubing that

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Energy storage systems help drive expansion of wind, solar power – study

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Rapidly dropping cost of advanced batteries a primary driver of grid-tied energy storage market Since the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, there is a growing market for utility-scale energy storage, which is expanding because battery systems are getting better and cheaper, according to a new report from Navigant Research. The study examines the market

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Energy Department invests more than $20 million to advance fuel cell technologies

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More than 50,000 fuel cells were shipped worldwide in 2014, while sales were up almost $1 billion, reaching $2.2 billion total The fuel cell industry is growing rapidly – almost doubling sales last year – and Washington is betting there will be plenty more growth in coming  years. According to the US Energy Department’s 2014

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Canadian carbon capture plant takes carbon from the atmosphere

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Canadian carbon capture plant turns gas into fuel SQUAMISH, B.C. – The mountain air in Squamish, B.C., Canada could soon be even fresher with the launch of a groundbreaking carbon capture operation. The pilot project will suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, not from an industrial plant like other such operations, with the goal of turning the gas

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