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New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil

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Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. Oil shale” is shale containing kerogen, a combination of chemical compounds that can be converted into synthetic petroleum. The kerogen in oil shale is solid organic material that has not been subject to the temperature, pressure, and other geologic conditions required to convert it to liquid form.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. Consequently, governments, universities, and companies have long looked to fusion to remedy these ills. But these generators convert heat to electricity at roughly 7.5 There are currently about.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Gas2 secures £5.5M in funding to further catalytic ceramic membrane gas-to-liquids technology

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Step 1 produces syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) in 2 stages from a combination of natural gas and oxygen. Step 2 uses two Fischer-Tropsch units arranged in series, to convert the syngas to liquid fuel products. Conventional GTL processes typically involve a 2-step process split into 4 stages.

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