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BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Upward of 70% of the petroleum can remain in the rock formations of many watered-out wells. 2000) Water Control. Bill Bailey et al. Oilfield Review.

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Researcher urges more effort on assessment of land and water impacts of oil sands production; reference point for other unconventional fuels

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MARCH 18, 2012

Bitumen production from the Canadian oil sands provides a point of reference that could be used to observe and better manage the land and water impacts of a rapid transition to unconventional fuels, suggests Dr. Sarah Jordaan of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

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Oil-Sands Water Oil Fuel

Study links deterioration of concrete and asphalt to trace quantities of organic matter; diesel exhaust, windshield washer fluids

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MAY 16, 2021

A team of scientists from six institutions, including Akihiro Moriyoshi, Emeritus Professor Hokkaido University, have found that the presence of Trace Quantities of Organic Matter (TQOM) in modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements drive the deterioration of these structures. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete.

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Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. Fe 5 C 2 by CO 2 /water in the first hours of the catalytic reaction. The researchers thus refer to the process as a “Tandem Mechanism”. Fe 5 C 2 respectively. C n H m ?+?H

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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Upon discharge from a nuclear reactor, the UNF is initially stored in steel-lined concrete pools surrounded by water.

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Molten Salt Fuel EPRI Waste

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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MARCH 24, 2012

Our tool provides a simple method to integrate disparate climate and population data sources and develop preliminary per capita water availability projections at a global scale. At that time, it was unusual to integrate population, climate and water data into one model. —Esther Parish, lead author. —Esther Parish.

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Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have mixed metal compounds with perchloric acid to create a stable, efficient electrocatalytic material for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media. Electrolyzers use electricity to break water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen. The resulting porous Y 2 [Ru 1.6

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Illinois Water Hydrogen 2018

Ecoclean cuts BMW engine plant robot cell power and water consumption by ~30%

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

At the BWM Group’s engine plant in Steyr (Austria), in a reference project accompanied by the Technical University of Vienna, Ecoclean Monschau (formerly Dürr Ecoclean) has significantly raised the energy efficiency of a. The system’s electric power and water consumption were each cut by. Water consumption in particular was too.

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Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy.

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Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production

Molybdenum coating improves the efficiency of water-splitting catalysts for producing hydrogen

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JUNE 12, 2017

Researchers at KAUST have developed a novel molybdenum-coated catalyst that can efficiently split water in acidic electrolytes and that could help with the efficient production of hydrogen. Scientists are searching for ways of improving the water-splitting reaction by developing an optimal catalyst. Reference Resources.

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Water Hydrogen Production 2017

Integrated solar-driven system for electrochemical energy storage and water electrolysis for H2 production

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A team from UCLA and colleagues from Tarbiat Modares University and Shahed University in Iran have devised an integrated solar-powered system for both electrochemical energy storage and water electrolysis. A paper on their work is published in the journal Energy Storage Materials. Wh kg −1 with specific power of 37.9

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Energy Storage Water Solar Energy

Study finds perennial biofuel crops’ water consumption similar to corn

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JULY 7, 2015

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the sum total of water lost while the plant is growing, either from evaporation through the plant stem itself (a process called “transpiration”), or from water evaporated off of the plant’s leaves or the ground. —Hamilton et al.

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Water Climate Change Climate Environment

Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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JULY 13, 2019

Researchers from the University at Buffalo (UB), with colleagues in the US and China, have provided pathophysiologic evidence of the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in China. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries.

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C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. The methane decomposition reaction is moderately endothermic; the energy requirement per mole of hydrogen produced (8.9

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Hydrogen Gas Clean Cleaning

Missouri S&T small modular reactor consortium funds two initiatives

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JANUARY 14, 2014

Missouri’s multi-university Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Research and Education Consortium , led by Missouri University of Science and Technology, has selected its first two research initiatives for funding. The first initiative will involve research aimed at identifying and establishing a sustainable supply chain for SMRs.

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Highly efficient nickel-iron/nickel foam electrode for OER in water-splitting

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MARCH 17, 2015

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have developed a highly efficient electrode for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water-splitting that has the potential to be scaled up for industrial production of hydrogen. water electrolysis at large current. water electrolysis at large current.

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Water Hydrogen Gas-Electric Australia

DOE to award up to $24M to advance direct air carbon capture technology

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MARCH 6, 2021

Although direct air capture of carbon dioxide (DAC) generally refers to the capture of CO 2 from ambient air, this FOA also considers the removal of CO 2 from partially concentrated air (e.g., the ocean and surface waters) that received their CO 2 directly from ambient air. DE-FOA-0002481 ).

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Carbon Exhaust Water Energy

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct. —Twelve Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas Flanders.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Polymer

Novel microbial biosensor platforms for early detection and treatment of oil leakage and produced waters

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MARCH 19, 2018

Researchers at Mississippi State University are developing technology that would alert pipeline managers about leaks as soon as failure begins, avoiding the environmental disasters and fuel distribution disruptions resulting from pipeline leaks. We no longer have to wait until the leak is out of hand. —Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Ph.D.,

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Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

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MARCH 22, 2010

Professor George Miley of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of its Fusion Studies Lab, reported on progress toward a “cold fusion battery”—a small power unit that uses a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) (i.e., Vysotskii is a scientist with Kiev National Shevchenko University in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Fusion Powered Power Battery

Researchers provide insight into OER electrocatalyst

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JANUARY 10, 2021

Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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Insight Oregon Hydrogen Water

Glaciers Worldwide Continuing to Melt at High Rates

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Glaciers around the globe are continuing to melt at high rates, according to data from the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. meter water equivalent (mwe). meters water equivalent (mwe) during the hydrological years 2006 and 2007, respectively.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989. water content in it and Gasoline C, or E25, which is a mixture of 75% Gasoline A and 25% in volume of anhydrous ethanol (AEAC) with a maximum of 0.4%

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

Researchers show feasibility of lithium-metal-free anode for Li-air battery; addressing one of three main barriers to Li-air battery development

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Researchers from University of Rome Sapienza (Italy), Hanyang University (Korea) and the Argonne National Laboratory (US) have shown that the highly reactive lithium metal anode typically projected for use in Li-air batteries can be replaced with a lithiated silicon-carbon anode. Cycling current: 200 mA g ?1 Credit: ACS, Hassoun et al.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Lithium Air

PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

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JANUARY 27, 2018

Aerosol impacts on cloud processes via this pathway are known as aerosol indirect effects, referred to as aerosol-cloud interaction in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. Credit: AAAS, Fan et al.

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International Brazil Climate Pollution

SLAC, Berkeley Lab X-rays uncover a hidden property that leads to failure in lithium iron phosphate

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

But once in the solid, the lithium can rearrange itself, sometimes causing the material to split into two distinct phases, much as oil and water separate when mixed together. This causes what Chueh refers to as a “popcorn effect.” The ions clump together into hot spots that end up shortening the battery lifetime.

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Lithium Ion Li-ion MIT Slovenia

Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. Yet governments have pledged to keep warming below two degrees to avoid the most dangerous aspects of climate change such as widespread water stress and sea level rise, and increases in extreme climatic events. On average, fossil fuel emissions have risen by 3.1%

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2010 Carbon Global Emissions

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

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AUGUST 30, 2019

A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. In the figure "ton" refers to metric tonne and CNT, carbon nanotube. 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. Licht et al.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Washington

NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels; higher efficiency water-splitting for H2

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APRIL 14, 2017

The advancement could significantly boost the production of hydrogen from sunlight by using the cell to split water at a higher efficiency and lower cost than current photoelectrochemical approaches. The research is outlined in a paper in Nature Energy. Beard and other NREL scientists in 2011 published a paper in Science that.

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Solar Water Energy Fuel

New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

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JUNE 19, 2014

Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations. A 4-inch pipe section is shown for reference.

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MIT Saudi Arabia Water Gas

Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. New Oil Resources’ process uses near-critical water to treat the biomass in a process commonly referred to as hydrothermal liquefaction or thermal depolymerization.

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Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion

Study Shows Higher Compression Ratios Boost the Performance of Both Hydrous Ethanol and E22 Blend

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A study by a team at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) found that higher compression ratios in a spark-ignition engine improved performance of both an E22 blend (78% gasoline, 22% ethanol) as well as neat hydrous ethanol. This product is referred to as hydrous ethanol—approximately 93% ethanol and 7% water.

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Exhaust Gasoline Water 2009

Study finds pollution strengthens thunderclouds, warming the atmosphere

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MAY 19, 2012

Pollution warms the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study by a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Maryland published in Geophysical Research Letters. Reference: Resources.

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Pollution Climate Water Oklahoma

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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AUGUST 3, 2014

The delegation visited the Floating NPP Training Center and the Baltic Shipyard and met with the members of the team for the reference floating NPP construction project, and examined the floating power generating unit currently under construction. The Chinese delegation came to St. Petersburg and Moscow on 24-29 July.

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Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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JUNE 6, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, The Netherlands) have concluded that the energy demand and climate impacts of using CO 2 to produce synthetic hydrocarbon fuels by using existing technologies can be greater than the impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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Fuel Energy Solar CO2

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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APRIL 27, 2012

This would increase the annual carbon emission to somewhere between 380 and 920 Mt CO 2 e by 2020 depending on water management practices and the extent of plantations. Products from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared with Reference. —Miettinen et al. GCB Bioenergy. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01172.x. 1757-1707.2012.01172.x.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Using detailed land analysis, University of Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce between 26-55% of the world’s current fuel consumption without affecting the use of land with regular productivity for conventional crops and without affecting the current pasture land. Click to enlarge.

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Study Finds Doubling of Atmospheric CO2 from Pre-Industrial Levels Could Result in Dissolution of Coral Reefs

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MARCH 10, 2009

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem warn that if atmospheric carbon dioxide reaches double pre-industrial levels, coral reefs can be expected to not just stop growing, but also to begin dissolving. Source: Caldeira House testimony Feb 2009. Click to enlarge.

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CO2 Industrial Industry Carbon

New composite reduces rare earth element usage in three-way catalytic converters

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JUNE 2, 2017

The TWC reduces NO x to nitrogen and oxygen; oxidizes CO to CO 2 , and oxidizes unburnt hydrocarbons to carbon CO 2 and water. Professor Machida and collaborators from Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) compared their new catalyst with two reference catalysts, CeO 2 /Fe 2 O 3 and CeO 2 /Mn 2 O 3.

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Convert Conversion Exhaust Gasoline

Study establishes feasibility of near-miscible CO2 injection to recover significant percentage of residual oil in Kansas oilfields

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

A study by the University of Kansas Center for Research funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) has established the feasibility of using near-miscible CO 2 injection for recovering between 250 million and 500 million additional barrels of oil from Kansas oilfields.

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Kansas Oil CO2 2005

US-China team develops new class of catalyst superior to platinum for H2O splitting and H2 generation

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MAY 11, 2015

A team from Brown University, Wuhan University of Technology (China), Cal State University Northridge and Harbin Institute of Technology (China) has developed a new catalyst for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction based on core/shell NiAu/Au nanoparticles (NPs). Credit: ACS, Lv et al. Click to enlarge.

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China Ni-Li Hydrogen Water

Researchers in Belgium develop new class of solid composite electrolytes for Li-ion batteries: Eutectogels

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MARCH 9, 2018

Researchers at Hasselt University in Belgium are proposing a new class of solid composite electrolytes (SCEs) for Li-ion batteries: deep eutectic solvent (DES)–silica composites. The DES-based gel electrolytes—to which the team refers as eutectogels (ETGs)—are characterized by high ionic conductivity (1.46

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Li-ion Belgium Battery Batteries

Univ. of Illinois team argues that renewable fuel standard needs to be modified, not repealed

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

A policy analysis by two University of Illinois researchers argues that Congress should minimally modify, not repeal, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). But this does not justify throwing out the baby with the bath water. In the study, law professor Jay P. Kesan and Timothy A. —Jay Kesan.

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Illinois Renewable Standards Fuel

Tesla diner, drive-in and Supercharger preparing work on interiors

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MARCH 24, 2024

Tesla continues to make progress on its upcoming diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger in Los Angeles, with recent drone footage showing new water runoff infrastructure, preparations for stucco installation on the first-floor walls, and seemingly, materials for the start of some interior construction.

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Los Angeles Tesla Water Installation

BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

Researcher urges more effort on assessment of land and water impacts of oil sands production; reference point for other unconventional fuels

Study links deterioration of concrete and asphalt to trace quantities of organic matter; diesel exhaust, windshield washer fluids

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

Ecoclean cuts BMW engine plant robot cell power and water consumption by ~30%

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

Molybdenum coating improves the efficiency of water-splitting catalysts for producing hydrogen

Integrated solar-driven system for electrochemical energy storage and water electrolysis for H2 production

Study finds perennial biofuel crops’ water consumption similar to corn

Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

C-Zero raises $11.5M Series A to produce clean hydrogen from natural gas via methane pyrolysis

Missouri S&T small modular reactor consortium funds two initiatives

Highly efficient nickel-iron/nickel foam electrode for OER in water-splitting

DOE to award up to $24M to advance direct air carbon capture technology

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

Novel microbial biosensor platforms for early detection and treatment of oil leakage and produced waters

Researcher Describes Conceptual Cold Fusion Battery, or Small Power Unit

Researchers provide insight into OER electrocatalyst

Glaciers Worldwide Continuing to Melt at High Rates

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Researchers show feasibility of lithium-metal-free anode for Li-air battery; addressing one of three main barriers to Li-air battery development

PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

SLAC, Berkeley Lab X-rays uncover a hidden property that leads to failure in lithium iron phosphate

Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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

NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels; higher efficiency water-splitting for H2

New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

Study Shows Higher Compression Ratios Boost the Performance of Both Hydrous Ethanol and E22 Blend

Study finds pollution strengthens thunderclouds, warming the atmosphere

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

Study Finds Doubling of Atmospheric CO2 from Pre-Industrial Levels Could Result in Dissolution of Coral Reefs

New composite reduces rare earth element usage in three-way catalytic converters

Study establishes feasibility of near-miscible CO2 injection to recover significant percentage of residual oil in Kansas oilfields

US-China team develops new class of catalyst superior to platinum for H2O splitting and H2 generation

Researchers in Belgium develop new class of solid composite electrolytes for Li-ion batteries: Eutectogels

Univ. of Illinois team argues that renewable fuel standard needs to be modified, not repealed

Tesla diner, drive-in and Supercharger preparing work on interiors

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