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Researchers from the University of NorthCarolina have synthesized high-photovoltage multijunction Si nanowires (SiNWs) that are co-functionalized to split water catalytically. When integrated with the co-catalysts and suspended in water, these light-activated nanoreactors produced hydrogen gas under visible and infrared light.
Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium has been granted approval to set up mining operations in NorthCarolina, though it still may face some barriers in developing a future operation. NorthCarolina has never denied a mining permit application before.
-Fe 2 O 3 (hematite) electrodes that achieve the highest photocurrent of any metal oxide photoanode for photoelectrochemical water-splitting under 100?mW?cm Warren, first author, now at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill. 2 air mass, 1.5 global sunlight. —Scott C. Nature Materials doi: 10.1038/nmat3684.
Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, NorthCarolina, in February 2014. As part of their plea agreements, Duke Energy Business Services LLC, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and Duke Energy Progress Inc.
Electric vehicles aren't always associated with speed and performance, but researchers at NorthCarolina State University may have discovered a breakthrough to change those qualities inside their batteries. Of all things, water may hold the key to faster electric-car battery technology.
Nestlé WatersNorth America is adding more than 150 medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. Mickey Body in High Point, NorthCarolina, upfitted the vehicles with side-load beverage bays. Over the vehicles’ lifetime, the 155 Ford F-650 trucks will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 24.6
The award was given at an award ceremony during the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4/International Erosion Control Association Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference, in Charlotte, NorthCarolina. The Volkswagen Group’s Chattanooga facility is the world’s first LEED Platinum Certified Automotive Facility.
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million for three projects that support research focused on designing landscapes that produce bioenergy feedstock while protecting air, soil, water, and wildlife resources and enhancing ecosystem services. The second initiative provides up to $4.5 With funding of up to $4.5 The total cost-shared project value is $1,991,177.
Member Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, NorthCarolina State University, University of Texas at Austin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology. Craig Venter Institute.
one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Aqua America serves almost 3 million residents in Pennsylvania, Ohio, NorthCarolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Florida, Virginia, and Georgia. Aqua America, Inc.,
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The reactor will then be transported to the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota for integration with upstream and downstream processing equipment, before proceeding into testing next summer. Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).
The new fab will also employ innovative sustainability measures, including high percentages of recycled water and a reduced emission footprint, which will serve as a model for more sustainable fabs in the future. The fab will be designed for manufacturing processes to produce the future generation of Silicon Carbide devices.
The project will be based in Tennessee and will support additional suppliers and operations in Indiana, Maryland, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Princeton University’s Electric Speedboat team has set a new world water speed record for an electric-powered boat, reaching an average speed of 114 mph (183 km/h or 99 knots) on Lake Townsend near Greensboro, NorthCarolina.
The greatest potential hazard from a leaking underground storage tank is that the petroleum or other hazardous substances seep into the soil and contaminate groundwater, the source of drinking water for nearly one-third of all Americans. NorthCarolina: $7.5M. South Carolina: $3.3M. New York: $9M. Georgia: $4.9M.
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Funded by the US Department of Energy, this five-year grant takes a comprehensive approach to better understand how plants and microbes interact, and to learn which sorghum germplasm grows better with less water and nitrogen. You also don’t want to use a ton of water or fertilizer to keep the system productive.
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Light Water Reactor Sustainability (2 projects, $764,140). NorthCarolina State University - $418,199. NorthCarolina State University - $1,129,304. University of Washington - $899,518. University of Wisconsin, Madison - $1,352,040. University of Wisconsin, Madison - $525,206. Idaho State University - $597,252.
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The process chemistry works at low temperature and atmospheric pressure, resulting in very few degradation products and significantly lower energy and water consumption. —Lee Edwards, Virent CEO. High sugar concentrations are refined and have been successfully converted into a number of biofuels and bio-products.
The plant will return approximately 172,000 gallons of treated water to the Port of Morrow daily. USDA has financed projects in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, NorthCarolina and Oregon. million gallons of advanced biofuels.
Princeton University’s Electric Speedboat team (PES) broke the world water speed record for an electric-powered boat on Thursday when hydroplane driver John Peeters averaged 114.20 km/h) on the American Power Boat Association’s sanctioned kilo course on Lake Townsend near Greensboro, NorthCarolina. mph (183.78
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water reactors. NorthCarolina. efficiency of both light water reactors and. The project will examine whether post-irradiation heating can reduce or eliminate cracks in steel that can occur in light water reactors materials after years of operation. Project will develop an understanding of the. Los Alamos.
In March, Interior also expects to identify Wind Energy Areas off of North Atlantic states, including Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and launch additional NEPA environmental reviews for those areas. A similar process will occur for South Atlantic region, namely NorthCarolina, this spring.
million, and selections include the University of California-Riverside; the University of Montana; Missoula; the NorthCarolina Biotechnology Center; the State University of New York; and Pennsylvania State University. The USDA is funding five projects for a total of $7.3
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The team will begin working with marine algae called Dunaliella , which grow in brackish or salty water. Dunaliella. Source: Texas A&M. Click to enlarge. The award is one of the eight Hydrocarbons from Biomass (HyBi) projects awarded through the NSF Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI). Earlier post.).
A team of researchers from NorthCarolina State University, SINTEF in Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has developed a polymer membrane technology that removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases with both high permeability and high selectivity. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.
ABI recently completed a license agreement to commercialize all patents and intellectual property related to the Professor William Roberts’ biofuels program at NorthCarolina State University, including products for the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries from genetically modified marine microalgae. —Martin Oliver.
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Reynolds’ family has farmed land in NorthCarolina for more than 300 years. This information could, for example, make it simpler for plant phenotyping researchers to compare how different plants respond to water shortages, helping those researchers develop drought-tolerant crops.
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