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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. Nickel, however, is not as quick and effective at breaking down water into hydrogen. who led the study.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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El Paso Electric , for example, offers a popular EV cost of ownership calculator. 246 to fill up monthly The cost of electricity @ $0.1374/kWh is $ 3,846 (courtesy of El Paso Electric). $64 A “Consumer Reports” study stated that EV owners spent approximately 60 percent less on fuel each year than gas vehicle owners.

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TravelCenters of America LLC planning to install 50 on-island DEF dispensers in 2011

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purified water and 32.5% TA’s on-island DEF dispenser installations will further add to current capacity; the first five locations are the TravelCenters of America in Lodi, OH and Nashville, TN (reopening February 2011) and the Petro Stopping Centers locations in Spokane, WA, Kingman, AZ and El Paso, TX.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. The NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Systems (NEWT) will pursue high-performance and easy-to-deploy water treatment systems that can turn both wastewater and seawater into clean drinking water.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. The SECARB members began injecting CO 2 at the Alabama test site on 15 June 2010.

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UTEP Awarded Nearly $1.3M for 4 DOE Projects On Engine and Turbine Efficiency and CO2 Capture

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The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 Burning coal in oxygen rather than air produces mainly water vapor and CO 2 , making the CO 2 easier to capture for transport and storage. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Chintalapalle V. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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DOE to Award $1.5M to Three Syngas and H2 Turbine Technology Projects

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For this study, the researchers will combine experiments with chemical kinetic modeling to investigate the effects of diluents (water and CO 2 ) and minor contaminant species (methane, ethane and oxides of nitrogen) on the ignition and combustion of high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. University of Texas-El Paso.

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