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

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Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. 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 ). —Johnson et al. Johnson et al. Click to enlarge.

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WSU team develops highly-efficient, low-cost nickel-iron nanofoam for OER for water splitting

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Researchers at Washington State University, with colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have combined inexpensive nickel and iron in a very simple, five-minute process to create large amounts of a high-quality catalyst required for water splitting. SEM image of NiFe nanofoams. Source: WSU.

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DOE awards $20M to 10 hydrogen production and delivery technologies projects

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University of Hawaii of Honolulu, Hawaii will receive $3 million to develop photoelectrodes for direct solar water splitting. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of Richland, Washington will receive $2.2 million to develop a reactor for hydrogen production from bio-derived liquids. FuelCell Energy Inc.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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University of Washington. The bottom, sides, and surface of rivers and tidal channels confine water flow, which significantly alters the operation of river and tidal turbines. The project aims to demonstrate a significant step-change up in efficiency with a step-change down in cost of energy. University of Virginia. Emrgy, Inc.

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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The engineering unit operations and reactor designs are validated via the company’s Washington State commercial launch factory that has already produced and shipped multiple tons of SCC55 to customers worldwide. 6k , Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM), $50,000,000.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. Washington.

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

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A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. Furthermore, the removed CO 2 is permanently stored, unlike, other methods like the production of fuels or seltzer water that re-release CO2 when the product is used.

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