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Pertamina and Eni to collaborate on low-carbon products and renewable energies; Indonesian bio-refinery

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Pertamina and Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding to investigates synergies of their respective technologies, expertises and know-how, for jointly evaluating new collaboration opportunities in the areas of circular economy, driver for strategic development for Eni and its subsidiaries Syndial (Environment) and Versalis (Chemicals).

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New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

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WGS is an endothermic process typically carried out in industry at high temperatures (about 350 °C) with either an iron oxide- or copper-based catalyst to achieve almost complete CO conversion. The most active photocatalyst tested was Au/TiO 2 which achieves CO conversion of about 40% in 4 hours under the tested reaction conditions.

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Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive to develop its electric heavy-duty truck

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Trucks face two major issues in an urban environment; not only are diesel engines rapidly becoming unacceptable but the category is disproportionately represented in accidents involving death and injuries among pedestrians and cyclists. Prodrive believes the Volta truck will exceed that by such a margin as to set a new standard. ?

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Updated Life Cycle Analysis of Soybean Production and Products Show Environmental Improvements

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Currently, the data included in the Department of Energy’s US Life Cycle Inventory is based on three years, 1998 to 2001. This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. The United Soybean Board’s study sheds even more light on why biodiesel is good for the environment.

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BP Products to Pay Nearly $180M to Settle Violations at Texas City Refinery; Conversion of Diesel Vehicles to Natural Gas Part of Settlement

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The settlement addresses the company’s noncompliance with a 2001 consent decree and Clean Air Act regulations requiring strict controls on benzene and benzene-containing wastes generated during petroleum refining operations.

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Infineon Introduces 3rd-Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes; Improved Performance Reduces Cost of Power Electronics for Motor Drive and Renewable Energy Applications

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Main application areas for SiC Schottky diodes are active Power Factor Correction (CCM PFC) in Switched-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) and other AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion applications such as solar inverters and motor drives. This also contributes to reduced system level energy requirements to provide an appropriate cooling environment.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system. CENS brought together technologists, data scientists, seismologists, ecologists, and environmental engineers to research how embedded networked sensing could be used to study wildlife and the environment.