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DOE announces $100M for artificial photosynthesis research to two major partnerships

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million in funding over five years for two new awards focused on advancing artificial photosynthesis for the production of fuels from sunlight. Both efforts are multi-institutional partnerships involving both universities and DOE National Laboratories.

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. efficiency, low-cost silicon solar cells. Light trapping in high?efficiency,

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DOE selects 4 more algae technology projects for up to $8.8M in funding; > $16M total

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four additional projects from the Productivity Enhanced Algae and ToolKits funding opportunity ( earlier post ) to receive up to $8.8 University of California, San Diego. University of Toledo. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Study finds one-atom thick film of MOS2 an efficient and inexpensive catalyst for H2 production

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Researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University have shown that a one-atom thick film of molybdenum sulfide (MoS 2 ) may work as an effective catalyst for creating hydrogen. The work, published in the ACS journal Nano Letters , thus opens the door for less expensive hydrogen production.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S. Of the 20 proposals submitted from eight institutions, 10 were approved and funded. Gillespie is the current EPICS in IEEE chair.

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Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

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Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Based on the current capabilities, water splitting makes up the vast majority of electrofuel production cost, and is the major bottleneck for electrofuels to come within shouting distance of being cost competitive with petroleum. Biotech Fuels Solar' Source: Lux Research.

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NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. Catalysts Fuels Hydrogen Hydrogen Production' doi: 10.1039/C4EE03431G.