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Small electric-hybrid airliner backed by Boeing to hit market in 2022

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Electric-hybrid airliner can cut travel time, costs Zunum Aero, a Seattle-area startup company backed by Boeing and JetBlue Airways, is planning to introduce a small hybrid-electric airliner to market by 2022, according to a Reuters report. The company says its 12 passenger plane powered by two electric motors will dramatically cut travel time and the […]

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Cities are key to climate change – Edmonton to host 2018 IPCC conference

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Edmonton plan seeks to reduce energy use 25% per capita By David Dodge and Scott Rollans How the heck did Edmonton, Alberta wind up as host to an IPCC international 2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference? This conference is a big deal. It’s sponsored by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the very same United Nations

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US Senate committee approves legislation for autonomous cars

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Autonomous cars legislation bars states from imposing regulatory road blocks The US Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation designed to quickly bring autonomous cars to market, and bars states from imposing regulatory road blocks. The bill now moves to the Senate where it must be approved by the full Senate.  Last month, the US House

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Solar PV grew faster than any other power generation fuel in 2016 – IEA

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United States remains second-largest growth market for renewables New solar PV capacity grew by 50 per cent last year, with China accounting for almost half of the global expansion, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest renewables market analysis and forecast. For the first time, solar PV additions rose faster than any other fuel, surpassing

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‘Innovating the innovation process’ focus of new oil sands partnership between industry, researchers, govt

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Goal is to more quickly develop, implement new technologies that reduce environmental impacts A new partnership involving Canada’s largest oil sands producers is supporting research to “innovate the innovation process,” a move aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of the sector while improving long-term competitiveness, according to a press release. Researchers at the Ivey Business

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Calgary, Norwegian universities team up on carbon capture, enhanced oil recovery

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University of Calgary and Norway exchange students to enhance research Carter Dziuba conducted energy research this summer in Norway – after completing his graduate degree at the University of Calgary – under a new partnership between the university and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), according to a press release. He worked with Reidun Aadland,

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Town of Hinton could soon be powered by geothermal from retrofitted abandoned wells

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Prof. Banks and research team partnered with Epoch Energy for the project A research partnership to retrofit wells with geothermal energy near Hinton, Alberta to provide megawatts of power to the local community, according to a University of Alberta press release. “We pump hot water from underground using wells, use the heat to create power, and

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University of Houston researchers launch carbon capture to help boost India’s oil production

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India imports over 80% of its crude oil Researchers from the University of Houston have begun a $1.4 million project to demonstrate using carbon capture from nearby petrochemical plants to boost recovery in an oil field in the Indian state of Assam, a project they hope will help to reduce the country’s carbon footprint. The project

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