Remove Clean Remove Cleaning Remove Florida Remove Water
article thumbnail

Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

Baua Electric

America’s offshore wind industry is scaling up, and the first steel in the water at Revolution Wind is a tremendous milestone for Rhode Island and Connecticut’s clean energy journey,” said David Hardy, group EVP and CEO Americas at Ørsted. Combined, that’s enough clean power for more than 350,000 homes across both states.

article thumbnail

PNNL’s hydrothermal liquefaction shows promise for turning toxic algal blooms into biocrude

Green Car Congress

One year into the ERDC project, the team demonstrated a three-step approach that “cleans” the water, removes the algae and entrained nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from the water, and transforms the algae into a potential energy source.

Water 345
article thumbnail

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

Water 150
article thumbnail

EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

Green Car Congress

The DERA funding covers engine replacements, repowers and idle reduction technologies to clean up a variety of older diesel engines, including those in heavy-duty trucks used at ports, delivery trucks, long haul trucks, marine vessels, school buses, and even agricultural equipment. Florida and South Carolina. New Jersey and New York.

article thumbnail

What You Need to Know About EVs Catching Fire

Clean Fleet Report

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida. Recent reports suggest several EVs caught fire due to water damage caused by severe flooding in the most heavily impacted areas. The Effects of Water Damage in EVs. EV batteries don’t like salt water. EV Fires in Florida After Hurricane Ian.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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.

Low Cost 170
article thumbnail

EPA Awards $56M in Recovery Funding to 10 States to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the distribution of about $56 million to 10 states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. The states receiving funding in this distribution include (by amount awarded): Florida: $11M.

EPA 150