Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

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. Every day, I passed this same plant.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

The Sparc Green Hydrogen process combines concentrated solar (CS) with photocatalytic water splitting. The company’s key development allows for reduced photocatalyst use and integration with existing concentrated solar systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Researchers from the University of North Carolina 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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to conventional water splitting and offers almost no advantage. Additionally, H 2 O is needed for water splitting.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

One environmental concern of the downstream sector is that of water consumption at lithium brine facilities, which operate in some of the driest areas on the planet. These operations take large volumes of water and brine for their process and to run their operations. Source: Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2023

Currently, the most efficient electrolyzers contain platinum and iridium, which are needed for the electrodes on which the hydrogen and oxygen gas are produced from water. However, platinum and especially iridium are too rare.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to lead a US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy-Water Desalination Hub that will address water security issues in the United States. This suite of technologies will treat “non-traditional” water sources for multiple end-use applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

A team led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a new bimetallic electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water splitting: CaFe 2 O 4.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Both half reactions of water electrolysis—hydrogen and oxygen evolution—are unfortunately slow and require a lot of power. The material can be used as either an anode or a cathode, and demonstrates high activity and stability in the production of hydrogen and oxygen in the electrolysis of water. Zhang, S.L., and Lou, X.W.

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Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

D4RUNOFF has announced an upcoming online webinar discussing urban water runoff in celebration of World Water Monitoring Day. The post Register now for the D4RUNOFF webinar on monitoring urban water runoff across Europe appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2024

Drinking water systems pose increasingly attractive targets as malicious hacker activity is on the rise globally , according to new warnings from security agencies around the world. Last November, for instance, hackers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard broke into a water system in the western Pennsylvania town of Aliquippa.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Alongside hydrogen generation from water, the multi-disciplinary research team is investigating photochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into synthetic fuel.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 17, 2024

San Diego-based Beam Global’s (Nasdaq: BEEM) new solar-powered BeamWell water desalination and e-mobility delivery system provides clean drinking water, electricity, and mobility for crisis zones.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2021

Methanol–water reforming could prove to be a promising solution for hydrogen production/transportation in stationary and mobile hydrogen applications. MoC produces an active interfacial structure for water dissociation, methanol activation, and successive reforming processes with compatible activity. 0c10776.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2020

Researchers at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology are developing a new method to dissociate water vapor into hydrogen gas by microwave-generated plasma (plasmolysis). In this study, a unique novel system is designed to decompose water vapor in a commercial modified 2.45 —Chehade et al. 2019.116831.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A Tesla engineer is throwing cold water on Supercharger extension cords – an idea that is gaining traction to solve the charge port location issues as Tesla onboard other EVs on the Suercharger network.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

The model , called Water Analysis Tool for Energy Resources or WATER, has users from more than 35 US states. This map depicts water availability by county; areas shown in orange are under higher levels of water stress. Water sustainability is becoming increasingly important when considering our energy future.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 2, 2023

MIT scientists have designed a solar-powered desalination system that turns saltwater into drinkable water at a higher volume – and lower cost. more… The post MIT scientists used solar power to make drinking water cheaper than tap water appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 20, 2024

Elon Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Indonesia this week, following a trip to the country in which he debuted SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet. Following the debut of Starlink in Indonesia on Sunday, Musk spoke at the World Water Forum in Bali on Monday, sharing a few insights on solving the water crisis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5

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Electrek

AUGUST 16, 2024

Startup Cala Systems , which makes seriously smart heat pump water heaters, has secured $5.6 million in seed funding and commercially launched its product.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. Qian Wang et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

The new capital will help catalyze Advanced Ionics’ growth and facilitate the initial deployment of its water vapor electrolyzer technology for heavy industry. Water vapor electrolyzers address two of the biggest obstacles to expanding green hydrogen production: cost and electricity requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2020

Researchers in Israel have designed a separate-cell photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting system with decoupled hydrogen and oxygen cells for centralized hydrogen production. Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Cell Architectures. (A) A paper describing their system is publishedin the journal Joule. —Landman et al.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. Atmospheric water harvesting draws water from humidity in the air. The material is a hydrogel, a polymer network that naturally retains a lot of water.

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Teslarati

MARCH 11, 2024

Tesla Giga Berlin’s water consumption has been a massive trigger for the facility’s most ardent critics. As per a report from German news outlet BZ , Giga Berlin has been accused of using too much water and discharging dirty wastewater into the community’s sewage system. million cubic meters of water. cubic meters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Audi has put a new service-water supply center into operation at the Ingolstadt site. In this way, Audi will saves up to 500,000 cubic meters of fresh water each year. The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

thyssenkrupp recently introduced industrial-scale water electrolysis for large projects. By splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, this technology delivers “green” hydrogen, a clean, CO 2 -free energy carrier. The only inputs needed are water and renewable electricity from wind, hydro power or photovoltaics. 20 MW module.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have demonstrated the first visible-light photoelectrochemical system for water splitting using TiO 2 enhanced with cobalt. The proposed approach is simple and represents a stepping stone in the quest to achieve affordable water splitting to produce hydrogen. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting, which relies on sunlight to split water into oxygen and hydrogen, stands out as potentially one of the most sustainable routes to clean energy. PEC water-splitting was first noted in scientific publications in 1972. Photoelectrodes have demonstrated efficiencies from 10% to 20%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oregon have advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. The technology behind bipolar membranes, which are layered ion-exchange polymers sandwiching a water dissociation catalyst layer, emerged in the 1950s. —Oener et al. —Shannon Boettcher.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Tesla Cybertruck is promoted as a vehicle that can go anywhere, come hell or high water. The YouTube host opted to engage the Cybertruck’s Wade Mode for the task, and he opted to drive through several large puddles of water. Watch TechRax’s video on his Tesla Cybertruck deep water tests below.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Rio Tinto will deploy the world’s first fully autonomous water trucks at its $2.6-billion The new vehicles, primarily used for dust suppression on site, will enhance productivity by enabling mine operations to track water consumption digitally and reduce waste. billion Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

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Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

Among the most notable arguments against Giga Berlin is the facility’s water consumption, which critics have alleged is dangerously high. Tesla, for its part, has been doubling down on its efforts to set the record straight about Giga Berlin’s water usage. By doing this, Tesla is able to use far less water than originally planned. “We

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Electrek

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Tesla is planning to build something called “Giga Water Loop” just outside of Gigafactory Texas in Austin. more… The post Tesla is building something called ‘Giga Water Loop’ appeared first on Electrek. But we are not sure what it is.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Tesla has faced significant scrutiny over water use at its Gigafactory Berlin over the years, though the automaker has recently highlighted its water recycling efforts in production at the plant. Vogel noted that Giga Berlin used just 300,000 cubic meters of water in 2022, although it had been approved for up to 1.8

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