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New highly selective and efficient catalyst for reduction of CO2 to CO

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Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a highly selective nanoporous silver catalyst capable of electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with 92% efficiency. Additionally, because it is inorganic, silver remains more stable under harsh catalytic environments.

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New bimetallic copper-titanium hydrogen evolution catalyst outperforms platinum by more than 2x

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It is widely believed that room temperature electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen offers a significant promise for supplying CO 2 -free hydrogen, which can be used directly as a fuel or as reactant to convert CO 2 and to upgrade petroleum and biomass feedstocks to value-added chemicals and fuels through hydrotreating processes.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Wind Energy Project: GLPTC seeks to reduce its electrical energy usage by investing in a renewable source of energy to be generated by wind using equipment on site.

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Study: new international agreements needed to ensure sustainable supply of minerals and metals for low-carbon energy tech

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The amount of cobalt, copper, lithium, cadmium, and rare earth elements needed for solar photovoltaics, batteries, electric vehicle (EV) motors, wind turbines, fuel cells, and nuclear reactors will likely grow at a rapid pace in the upcoming years. —Sovacool et al. Sovacool et al. Benjamin K. Sovacool, Saleem H.

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

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Wilmington, Delaware). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Alkaline Water Electrolysis, $100,000.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Water will be the primary byproduct. A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates. of Delaware). Another key technical goal is protecting catalysts from degradation in industrial environments. per gallon. Harvard, Univ. Pellion Technologies. MIT, Bar-Ilan University).

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. University of Delaware. Dimensional Energy. UC Berkeley.

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