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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. Water microdroplets are the hydrogen source for N 2 in contact with Fe 3 O 4. The conversion rate reaches 32.9 ± 1.38

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. We distinguished ammonium carbamate pairs and a mix of ammonium carbamate and carbamic acid during carbon dioxide chemisorption.

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Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

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MAY 5, 2020

Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The current flows to the catalysts that turn water into hydrogen and oxygen, with a sunlight-to-hydrogen efficiency as high as 6.7%. It utilizes water and sunlight to get chemical fuels.

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KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

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JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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DGIST, PNNL team develops efficient, low-cost anode material for water electrolysis

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A commercial Pt/C cathode-assisted, core–shell Co@NC–anode water electrolyzer delivers 10 mA cm ?2 V—70 mV lower than that of the IrO 2 –anode water electrolyzer. In electrocatalytic water splitting, oxygen gas generates in the anode due to the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Researchers at S. 2 at a cell voltage of 1.59

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Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen’s AI-enabled concentrated solar energy system is designed to create carbon-free steam, electricity, and heat from abundant and renewable sunlight. When combined with Bloom’s proprietary solid oxide, high-temperature electrolyzer, hydrogen can be produced 45% more efficiently than low-temperature PEM and alkaline electrolyzers.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

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GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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JULY 19, 2017

Stuart Licht have demonstrated the first facile high-yield, low-energy synthesis of macroscopic length carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—carbon nanotube wool—from CO 2 using molten carbonate electrolysis ( earlier post ). The process is constrained by the (low) cost of electricity. —Johnson et al.

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Researchers in Australia develop low-cost water-splitting catalyst that offers comparable performance to platinum

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

A team of researchers in Australia has developed a Janus nanoparticle catalyst with a nickel–iron oxide interface and multi-site functionality for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction with a comparable performance to the benchmark platinum on carbon catalyst. Janus particles feature surfaces with two or more distinct properties.)

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SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) are collaborating to combine two catalytic processes into a single reactor, with the overall goal of recycling carbon from COCO 2 2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. Contract value: £3.12 million (US$4.1

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Stanford team reports new low-cost, non-precious metal catalyst for water splitting with performance close to platinum

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University, with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions, have developed a nickel-based electrocatalyst for low-cost water-splitting for hydrogen production with performance close to that of much more expensive commercial platinum electrocatalysts. V with good stability.

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UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The UK government is awarding £54 million to 15 projects to develop technologies that remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide can then be permanently stored or used in various products or applications. The biochar is rich in carbon and can be used as a fertilizer. Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd.,

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Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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ArcelorMittal makes US$5M investment in H2Pro to support novel new water-splitting technology E-TAC

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JANUARY 26, 2022

H2Pro is developing a new way of producing hydrogen from water. Similar to electrolysis, its technology, E-TAC (Electrochemical – Thermally Activated Chemical)—developed at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology—uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. HHV) inside the reactors and a 95% system efficiency.

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8 Rivers announces 8RH2 CO2 Convective Reformer for ultra-low carbon hydrogen production from natural gas

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MAY 26, 2023

8 Rivers Capital announced the development of the 8RH2 CO 2 Convective Reformer—a technology for the production of ultra-low carbon hydrogen from natural gas. It uses the oxy-combustion of carbon fuels and a high-pressure supercritical CO 2 working fluid in a highly recuperated cycle that captures all emissions by design.

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PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. Just as one can choose between single-use and recyclable materials, so too can one recycle carbon. The catalysts commonly used for gas-phase CO 2 hydrogenation (e.g.,

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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BNL Researchers develop low-cost, efficient, non-noble metal electrocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water

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MAY 9, 2012

James Muckerman at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a new class of high-activity, low-cost, non-noble metal electrocatalyst that generates hydrogen gas from water. The result becomes this well-balanced Goldilocks compound—just right. —James Muckerman.

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GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Stuart Licht reports that the addition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) produced from CO 2 by low-energy C2CNT (CO 2 to CNT) molten electrolysis ( earlier post ) to materials such as concrete or steel not only forms composites with significantly better properties, but amplifies the reduction of CO 2. A) Carbon mitigation with CNT-cement. (B)

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE.

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Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

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APRIL 23, 2021

The plant will produce cleaner gasoline from low-cost natural gas, captured bio-methane from farms and landfills, and mitigated flared gas from the Permian basin. The Penwell facility will be the first gasoline manufacturer in the world to incorporate carbon capture and sequestration.

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EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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JUNE 7, 2017

EPFL scientists have developed an Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO 2 into CO and oxygen—an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels. Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low.

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Kawasaki, Subaru, Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha partner on producing, transporting, and using carbon-neutral fuels, including hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

jointly announced that, toward the achievement of carbon neutrality, they will take on the challenge of expanding fuel options through the use of internal combustion engines at the (three-hour) Super Taikyu Race in Okayama on 13-14 November. Participating in races using carbon-neutral fuels. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,

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ARPA-E awarding ~$14.4M to four projects for production of hydrogen and carbon products from methane

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

These project teams will pursue methods to create high-value carbon and hydrogen from methane (four projects, $14.4 million), or to produce super strong, durable concrete with lower cost and environmental impact (3 projects, $6.1 High Value, Energy Saving Carbon Products and Clean Hydrogen Gas from Methane, $3,479,624.

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Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An electrochemical water-splitting reaction offers an effective pathway to generate hydrogen fuels and store electricity from various intermittent but renewable energy sources. To address these problems, a carbonization/interfacial assembly-driven electroplating approach was applied to highly porous silk textiles. —Mo et al.

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

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JULY 2, 2017

Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The funding was part of DOE’s strategy to invest in discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles.

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DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

DOE’s early stage research for the Coal FIRST Initiative supports the development of electricity and hydrogen energy plants that have net-zero carbon emissions. These plants will be fueled by coal, natural gas, biomass, and waste plastics and incorporate carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies.

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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Energy Vault’s advanced gravity energy storage solutions are based on the proven physics and mechanical engineering fundamentals of pumped hydroelectric energy storage, but replace water with custom-made composite blocks, or “mobile masses”, which do not lose storage capacity over time. barrel per ton of feedstock.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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MARCH 31, 2020

When including the cost of storage and pipeline infrastructure, the delivered cost of renewable hydrogen in China, India and Western Europe could fall to around $2/kg ($15/MMBtu) in 2030 and $1/kg ($7.4/MMBtu) Note: Clean hydrogen refers to both renewable and low-carbon hydrogen (from fossil-fuels with CCS).

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Ride1Up Roadster V3 launched as new low-cost belt drive e-bike with torque sensor

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The bike comes with two drivetrain options, either a carbon belt drive or a 10-speed Shimano Deore chain drive. The former is better for riders seeking a low-maintenance solution and who enjoy the simplicity of a single-speed bike. Weighing in at a mere 39 lb (17.7

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases.

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UCSC team develops high-performance nanostructured composite catalyst for water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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JANUARY 17, 2018

A low-cost, nanostructured composite material developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz has shown performance comparable to Pt/C as a catalyst for the electrochemical splitting of water to produce hydrogen. Complexed Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets Supported on Reduced Graphene Oxide as High?Performance Resources.

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Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

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MARCH 7, 2021

With efficiencies above 90%, Topsoe’s proprietary SOEC electrolyzers offer superior performance in electrolysis of water into hydrogen—e.g., SOECs can be used for direct electrochemical conversion of steam (H 2 O), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), or both into hydrogen (H 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), or syngas (H 2 +CO), respectively.

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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JULY 21, 2020

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost.

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Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Rincon lithium project for $825M

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MARCH 29, 2022

The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate. It has the potential to have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry. The patented low-cost extraction process allows lithium to be extracted from raw brine in less than 24 hours.

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DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Currently, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) funds research and development of low-carbon hydrogen production pathways.

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Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

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JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. 1, a water content 0?4

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UH team develops new, highly efficient and durable OER catalyst for water splitting

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MAY 16, 2017

Researchers at the University of Houston have developed a catalyst—composed of easily available, low-cost materials and operating far more efficiently than previous catalyst—that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen. A paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Researchers produce hydrogen from water and charcoal mix at room temperature using laser pulses

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have produced a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas by irradiating a mixture of carbon powder and distilled water with intense nanosecond laser pulses at room temperature. The carbon or charcoal powders were dispersed in distilled water at a ratio of 25.8

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Researchers demonstrate use of 3D printing to produce and operate light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers

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JULY 5, 2014

The use of 3D printing allows construction of light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers and the rapid prototyping of flow field design. Porous gas diffusion layers (GDL), often made of titanium or carbon which transfer current from the flow plates and promote the release of the product gases from the electrolysis reaction.

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C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. The methane decomposition reaction is moderately endothermic; the energy requirement per mole of hydrogen produced (8.9

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Hydrogen Optimized to supply more than 40 MW of large-scale hydrogen production capacity

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JANUARY 11, 2022

has entered into a confidential Letter of Intent (LOI) with a large industrial company to provide more than 40 MW of RuggedCell water electrolyzer capacity for hydrogen production. RuggedCell water electrolysis technology was designed from the start to offer important capabilities which were missing in the market. —Andrew T.

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

DGIST, PNNL team develops efficient, low-cost anode material for water electrolysis

Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

Researchers in Australia develop low-cost water-splitting catalyst that offers comparable performance to platinum

SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Stanford team reports new low-cost, non-precious metal catalyst for water splitting with performance close to platinum

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

ArcelorMittal makes US$5M investment in H2Pro to support novel new water-splitting technology E-TAC

8 Rivers announces 8RH2 CO2 Convective Reformer for ultra-low carbon hydrogen production from natural gas

PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

BNL Researchers develop low-cost, efficient, non-noble metal electrocatalyst to produce hydrogen from water

GWU team suggests C2CNT carbon nanotube composites could amplify reduction of GHG emissions

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

Kawasaki, Subaru, Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha partner on producing, transporting, and using carbon-neutral fuels, including hydrogen

ARPA-E awarding ~$14.4M to four projects for production of hydrogen and carbon products from methane

Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

Ride1Up Roadster V3 launched as new low-cost belt drive e-bike with torque sensor

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

UCSC team develops high-performance nanostructured composite catalyst for water-splitting to produce hydrogen

Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Rincon lithium project for $825M

DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel

UH team develops new, highly efficient and durable OER catalyst for water splitting

Researchers produce hydrogen from water and charcoal mix at room temperature using laser pulses

Researchers demonstrate use of 3D printing to produce and operate light-weight, low-cost electrolyzers

C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

Hydrogen Optimized to supply more than 40 MW of large-scale hydrogen production capacity

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