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Graforce plasma electrolysis for efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water; partnering with Audi

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Berlin-based Graforce Hydro GmbH, the developer of a plasma electrolyzer—the Plasmalyzer —is applying its technology for the highly efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water. The current Plasmalyzer offers highly efficient water splitting. Only purified water and oxygen remain as waste products.

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Water Waste Audi Hydrogen

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

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. Conventionally, plant operators can capture CO 2 by using special solvents that douse flue gas before it’s emitted from plant chimneys.

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Convert Low Cost CO2 Conversion

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Abatement cost with hydrogen at $1/kg (7.4/MMBtu).

Hydrogen

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IHS Markit: conventional oil & gas discoveries at lowest levels in 70 years; major rebound unlikely

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Conventional oil and gas discoveries during the past three years are at the lowest levels in seven decades and a significant rebound is not expected, according to a new report by global business information provider IHS Markit. —Keith King, senior advisor at IHS Markit and a lead author of the IHS Markit E&P trends analysis.

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Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Click to enlarge.

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TU Dresden study on external costs of automotive transportation in Europe calls for internalization of the high external costs; raising user prices to change behavior

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2012

A recent study from Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) commissioned by the Greens/European Free Allianace (EFA) in the European Parliament concluded that the cars used within the EU-27 externalize up to about €373 billion (US$493 billion) per year (high estimate) of costs on to other people, other regions and other generations.

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Study finds renewable natural gas could meet ~85% of current natural gas use in transport in California by 2020s; much higher volumes possible with right policies

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The main barriers to large-scale RNG use are the state’s high cost of pipeline interconnect and the cost of upgrading to pipeline standards. RNG is produced from organic materials or waste streams; the lifecycle emissions for RNG have the potential to be lower than the emissions of fossil natural gas.

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Gas Renewable California Transportation

DOE study on domestic natural gas in the energy supply chain

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2012

The US’ large resource base of natural gas can be used for cost-effective power generation, with environmental burdens coming primarily from fuel combustion, not resource extraction, according to a new Department of Energy (DOE) study. Historically, the price of natural gas has been volatile.

Gas

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Audi introduces new A4 Avant g-tron; Audi e-gas offered as standard

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Audi has introduced the natural-gas-fueled A4 Avant g-tron; dealers in Europe will begin taking orders for the midsize model starting in early summer 2017. Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. lb per 62.1

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Audi Gas Standards Gas-Electric

Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2017

2-Hydroxytetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) is the key reaction pathway intermediate that allows for a decrease in the minimum selling price of 1,5-PD. Furfural is first hydrogenated into THFA, which is then dehydrated in the gas phase to produce dihydropyran (DHP) with 87% yield. —Brentzel et al.

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EIA: US electricity generation from coal and natural gas both increased with summer heat

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In August 2012, coal produced 39% of US electricity, up from a low of 32% in April 2012, when the natural gas share of generation equaled that of coal. As demand for electric power moderates in the autumn months and the need for peaking generation moderates, total natural gas-fired generation decreases.

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Coal Gas-Electric Gas 2012

ITM Power reports its estimated cost of producing hydrogen via electrolysis down significantly from last year

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

In addition to capital cost and electricity consumption, the analysis includes an indicative annual maintenance cost and utilization factor. Electricity price. Water price. 5% of sale price. The European cost targets for hydrogen generation are €9.90/kg Fueling cost comparison. 446 kg/24h.

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Hydrogen Cost Of Power Powered

Oil Well Strippers Suffering From Low Oil Prices

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

With OPEC breaking down and any kind of coordination among its members on price cuts looking increasingly unlikely, it now appears that oil prices could remain below $50 a barrel for a year or more. Mcf of natural gas. Stripper wells cost very little to drill, often as little as $300,000 versus millions for a conventional well.

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EPRI assesses status of 8 key power generation technologies for US; estimates of capital cost and levelized cost of electricity

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

Comparative levelized cost of electricity in 2025 ($/MWh) at different CO 2 prices. Representative costs are reported in constant December 2010 US dollars. LCOE calculations are based on assumptions regarding future unit operations, operating costs, fuel prices, financing terms, and inflation. Source: EPRI.

EPRI

EPRI Cost Of Power Powered

Hydrogenics and Enbridge jointly to develop utility-scale renewable energy “storage” via natural gas; “Power-to-Gas”

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2012

The collaboration will bring together Hydrogenics’ expertise in water electrolysis with Enbridge’s ownership and operation of natural gas pipeline networks and renewable energy generation. Small quantities of hydrogen can be manageable in existing natural gas pipeline networks. million in Hydrogenics. per share).

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Gen 2 Audi A5 Sportback available as bivalent g-tron; Audi e-gas, natural gas or gasoline

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In a new departure, the A5 Sportback is also available as a bivalent g-tron, which customers can run on either Audi e-gas ( earlier post ), natural gas or gasoline. The tanks for the gas fuel in the A5 Sportback g-tron are located beneath the rearward structure. lb) of gas per 100 kilometers (62.1 Audi e-gas.

Audi

Audi Gas Gasoline Available

MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

In a paper published in the journal Applied Energy , they report devising a methodology to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of meeting the seasonal nature of variable renewable energy (VRE) resources with either a hydrogen-fired gas turbine (HFGT) or lithium-ion battery system (LI). —Emre Gençer, co-author.

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

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas

Researchers increase carbon efficiency of BtL process from 38 to >90% by adding hydrogen from renewable sources; 2.4x more fuel produced

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2018

The increased carbon efficiency is possible because the water gas shift reaction is avoided and instead a reversed water gas shift is introduced to convert CO 2 to CO. With an electrical power price of 0.05?$/kWh kWh and with SOEC investment cost of the 1000?$/kW with the same amount of biomass. °C

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Hydrogen Renewable Carbon Fuel

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In today’s context of the global energy crisis, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, energy security challenges and ambitious climate commitments, I believe nuclear power has a unique opportunity to stage a comeback. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed.

Russia

Russia Power Powered Emissions

Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

Audi’s two latest natural-gas alternatives in the midsize category—the new A4 Avant g-tron ( earlier post ) and the new A5 Sportback g-tron—are now available for order in Europe. kilograms of gas per 100 kilometers, with CO 2 emissions of 102 grams per kilometer (164.2 mi) on natural gas in the NEDC cycle.

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Petrobras says it is expanding oil and gas production in the pre-salt in “economically viable” manner

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2015

Responding to press articles saying that the collapse of the global oil price is threatening oil and gas production in the off-shore Brazil pre-salt layer, Petrobras countered that it is expanding its production capacity “in an economically viable manner.” On Tuesday, 6 January, the price for WTI crude closed at $47.93/bbl,

Oil

Oil Oil Prices Gas Production

DOE to award $30M for research on onboard natural gas storage and at-home refueling; $10M for algal biofuels

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) will make $30 million available for a new research competition in the coming months focused on natural gas vehicles ( DE-FOA-0000672 ). Natural gas vehicles. Low-pressure approaches inherently reduce the burden (cost) of home refueling.).

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Gas Miami Low Cost 2012

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The cost of fuel cells that run on hydrogen continue to fall, and sales of fuel-cell vehicles are growing. The main obstacle to the extensive use of low-carbon hydrogen is the cost of producing it. Pilot projects are underway to produce steel and chemicals with low-carbon hydrogen, with other industrial uses under development.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon United Kingdom Gas-Electric

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. —MITEI Director Ernest J.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In contrast to water, the extractant does not form a heterogeneous azeotrope with n-butanol, and the overall energy consumption of for n-butanol production is 3.9 This is achieved by combining a spray-coated thin-film composite membrane with 2-ethyl-1-hexanol as an extractant. MJ kg -1 , substantially less than other recovery processes (17.0–29.4

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Cheap Water Energy Environment

IEA sets out the “Golden Rules” for unconventional gas; US, China and Australia major players

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a special World Energy Outlook report on the production of unconventional gas—“ Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas ”—intended to help stakeholders to work together to address public concerns about the associated environmental and social impacts. Treat water responsibly.

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Berkeley Lab team building new total cost of ownership model for fuel cells; intrinsic and external benefits

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Funded by a $2-million grant from the US Department of Energy, a team of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led by Eric Masanet is building a sophisticated cost model for fuel cells that will will take into account the total cost of ownership.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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$10-Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2015

OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world’s energy needs. On the one hand, OPEC does not see oil prices returning to triple-digit territory within the next 25 years, a strikingly bearish conclusion.

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Economic study questions cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and their ability to cut fossil fuel use; gas tax and energy efficiency improvements found more effective

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions. They evaluated the biofuels in terms of their contribution to reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Economics of Solar Energy: Is It Worth the Investment?

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Upfront Costs of Solar Panels The initial cost of installing solar panels is one of the biggest concerns for many people. Depending on the size of the system and the location, the cost for a typical residential solar installation can range from $10,000 to $30,000.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

A cost of ownership calculator and other tools can help you know how much you’ll save By Cameron Wolf, ZappyRide. has been experiencing severe inflation and high gas prices. Inflation is also translating into higher prices for investments, commodities, and particularly transportation. It's no secret that the U.S.

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

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

DETA, a chemical bound inside the porous melamine, grabs CO 2 and removes it from the gas, with nitrogen vented to the atmosphere. millimoles per gram at 1 bar), fast adsorption time (less than 1 minute), low price, and extraordinary stability to cycling by flue gas. Image courtesy of Haiyan Mao and Jeffrey Reimer, UC Berkeley).

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DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Not all of these molecules play a significant role in jet combustion operability and performance characteristics.

Waste

Waste Conversion Fuel Pollution

Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

We applaud the US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, for launching the ambitious Hydrogen Earthshot program with a technology-agnostic stretch goal of greenhouse gas-free H 2 production at $1/kg before the end of this decade. An H 2 economy already exists, but it involves lots of greenhouse gas emissions. —Arun Majumdar.

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Hydrogen Economy Clean Cleaning

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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Hydrogen Commercial Polymer Connecticut

Induction ovens with big batteries solve lots of problems

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Induction stoves are a great, safe way to save on electricity costs and can heat much quicker, safer, and more accurately than natural gas or propane stoves. One of the last reasons for a gas stove is speed and accuracy in cooking. One of the last reasons for a gas stove is speed and accuracy in cooking. LCD interface.

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Battery Batteries San Francisco Tax Credit

Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

states and two Canadian provinces, where furnaces and boilers burning fossil gas, fuel oil or propane are more commonly used. Heat pumps can reduce emissions and cut energy costs The DOE is pushing for wider adoption of heat pumps because of their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the U.S.,

Climate

Climate Davis Gas-Electric Arlington

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Storage can also help smooth out demand, avoiding price spikes for electricity customers. Thermal storage in essence involves the capture and release of heat or cold in a solid, liquid or air and potentially involving changes of state of the storage medium, e.g. from gas to liquid or solid to liquid and vice versa. Battery storage.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Molten Salt Energy Future

DLR techno-economic valuation of power-to-liquids finds reducing electrolyzer and electricity costs key to cost-competitive liquid hydrocarbons

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

The hydrogen from electrolysis and CO 2 , delivered by a pipeline, are fed to a plant where the gases are converted in a reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) reactor to syngas (H 2 and CO). Basically, a constant power source, low electricity prices and low capital investment lead to low prices for the liquid hydrocarbons.

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Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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Everything you should know about Smart energy Meter

Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

They are commonly used for electricity, gas, or water monitoring. Time-of-Use (TOU) Pricing Smart meters enable the implementation of time-of-use pricing, where the cost of electricity varies based on the time of day and overall demand. TOU pricing encourages consumers to shift their energy usage to off-peak hours.

Energy

Energy Grid Standards Gas-Electric

Graforce plasma electrolysis for efficient generation of hydrogen from industrial waste water; partnering with Audi

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

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

IHS Markit: conventional oil & gas discoveries at lowest levels in 70 years; major rebound unlikely

Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

TU Dresden study on external costs of automotive transportation in Europe calls for internalization of the high external costs; raising user prices to change behavior

Study finds renewable natural gas could meet ~85% of current natural gas use in transport in California by 2020s; much higher volumes possible with right policies

DOE study on domestic natural gas in the energy supply chain

Audi introduces new A4 Avant g-tron; Audi e-gas offered as standard

Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

EIA: US electricity generation from coal and natural gas both increased with summer heat

ITM Power reports its estimated cost of producing hydrogen via electrolysis down significantly from last year

Oil Well Strippers Suffering From Low Oil Prices

EPRI assesses status of 8 key power generation technologies for US; estimates of capital cost and levelized cost of electricity

Hydrogenics and Enbridge jointly to develop utility-scale renewable energy “storage” via natural gas; “Power-to-Gas”

Gen 2 Audi A5 Sportback available as bivalent g-tron; Audi e-gas, natural gas or gasoline

MITEI study finds hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar

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

Researchers increase carbon efficiency of BtL process from 38 to >90% by adding hydrogen from renewable sources; 2.4x more fuel produced

IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

Petrobras says it is expanding oil and gas production in the pre-salt in “economically viable” manner

DOE to award $30M for research on onboard natural gas storage and at-home refueling; $10M for algal biofuels

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

IEA sets out the “Golden Rules” for unconventional gas; US, China and Australia major players

Berkeley Lab team building new total cost of ownership model for fuel cells; intrinsic and external benefits

DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

$10-Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

Economic study questions cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and their ability to cut fossil fuel use; gas tax and energy efficiency improvements found more effective

The Economics of Solar Energy: Is It Worth the Investment?

Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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

DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

Induction ovens with big batteries solve lots of problems

Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

DLR techno-economic valuation of power-to-liquids finds reducing electrolyzer and electricity costs key to cost-competitive liquid hydrocarbons

Innovative hybrid rotor compressor design can extend productive life of stripper wells; improved transport and efficiency, lowered operating costs

Everything you should know about Smart energy Meter

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