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New recycling solution introduced to treat Marcellus Shale flowback frac water

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a privately held water desalination company in. Albuquerque, NM, is seeking to provide a solution to the environmental issues surrounding the treatment of mineral?laden laden brackish water from Marcellus Shale drilling. Brackish, salty water produced from drilling for natural gas. Rutland, VT, and Altela, Inc.,

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DOE Selects Laboratory-led Projects for up to $11M to Support Development of Advanced Water Power Technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected national laboratory-led projects for up to $11 million this year, as well as future years, subject to annual appropriations, under DOE’s competitive laboratory solicitation for the development of Advanced Water Power Technologies. Earlier post.) DOE Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies listing.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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NETL’s goals for these projects are to improve management of water resources, water usage, and water disposal, and to support science that will aid the regulatory and permitting processes required for shale gas development. Ground Water Protection Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Okla. million (DOE share: $6.9

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3 The power block design also incorporates an advanced cooling method that reduces water usage. SkyFuel, Inc. SkyFuel will develop a low-cost CSP trough system with significantly larger dimensions than today’s troughs for use in baseload concentrating solar power generation.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. It's flexible.

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Thermal Solar Goes Where PVs Can’t

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states and countries adopting measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions, now "might be the right time for CSP to become more broadly applicable," said Margaret Gordon , the CSP program manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s. It's flexible.

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Engineers Are Working on a Solar Microgrid to Outlast Lunar Nights

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The lunar habitat will include a living unit as well as a mining and processing center that will produce water, oxygen, rocket fuel, and more. All of the testing and tweaking will take place at Sandia’s Secure Scalable Microgrid Testbed , in Albuquerque. “We For that, energy storage and power management will be critical.

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