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MARCH 10, 2016

A team from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Technische Universität München and Universiteit Leiden has doubled the catalytic activity of electrodes for water electrolysis by applying a monolayer of copper the platinum electrodes. 2012) “Production of hydrogen from renewable resources and its effectiveness,” Int. mg cm -2 ).

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. You’d waste more water than you saved.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

have demonstrated for the first time that genetically engineered marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing industrially relevant products such as enzymes or biofuels. What our research shows is that we can achieve in marine species exactly what we’ve already done in fresh water species.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Petrobras has broken a new domestic record for exploratory drilling by reaching a water depth of 2,990 meters (9,810 feet, or 1.86 The drill-stem test, conducted in 2012, confirmed the presence of 41º API oil (light, high-quality crude) and good reservoir productivity.

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In 2012 Audi’s Hungarian plant opened a geothermal facility to supply most of its heat requirements. —Peter Kössler, board member for production at Audi and chairman of the supervisory commission of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. Since 2012 Audi Hungaria has used this source for most of its requirement for heat at the site.

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Audi will start series production of the A8 hybrid in 2012. The electric motor and the compact power electronics which serve as a controller between the electric motor and the battery are water-cooled. Audi A8 hybrid. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Average fuel consumption in the EU cycle is below 6.4 liters per 100 km (36.75

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have produced hydrogen from water using an inexpensive cobalt catalyst under industrially relevant conditions (using pH neutral water, surrounded by atmospheric oxygen and at room temperature). The catalyst shows respectable Faradaic efficiencies under N 2 and 21?% Lakadamyali, F.,

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MAY 6, 2018

Grannus, LLC’s Grannus Process has been designated as Best Available Control Technology (BACT) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for production of hydrogen or ammonia. The synthesis gas has the lowest emissions level in the industry at efficiency levels exceeding existing best-of-class plant designs and the least water use.

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Red arrow indicates ceria reduction (oxygen evolution); blue arrow indicates oxidation (fuel production). The EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has demonstrated the production of aviation kerosene from concentrated sunlight, CO 2 captured from air, and water. Click to enlarge. —Professor Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zürich. Scheffe J.R.,

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Source: USOS, DWQ. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Grizzly Oil Sands ULC has selected GE’s (NYSE: GE) produced water evaporation technology for its Algar Lake project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Until recently, SAGD produced water could not be recycled as boiler feedwater because conventional treatment technologies were unable to produce the necessary water quality.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Researchers at the University of Rochester (New York) have developed a robust and highly active system for solar hydrogen generation in water using semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and a nickel catalyst. only modest H 2 production. The nanocrystals were capped with DHLA (dihydrolipoic acid) to make them water-soluble.

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MARCH 18, 2012

The facility utilizes once-through steam generators (OTSGs) to produce steam, which drives the steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process for the production of bitumen. In 2012, GE also is scheduled to open a new Heavy Oil Centre of Excellence in Calgary, further building on a strong commitment and presence in the province of Alberta.

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

Novozymes has introduced Avantec Amp, an advanced enzyme product that improves yield and throughput in corn ethanol production, while increasing corn oil extraction and reducing the need for several harsh chemicals used in ethanol production. Avantec Amp adds additional benefits to the original Avantec, introduced in 2012.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Water and oxygen are the only by-products. Ground was broken in September 2012, and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in December. Ground was broken in September 2012, and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in December. CO 2 tailpipe emissions are less than 95 grams per km (153 g/mile) in the NEDC.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Trion is located in a water depth of 2,500 meters, approximately 180 km off the Mexican coastline and 30 km south of the Mexico/US maritime border. Trion was discovered in 2012 by PEMEX. Trion is a greenfield development that would represent the first oil production from Mexico’s deepwater. First oil is targeted for 2028.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility, the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility deployed in the ultra-deep waters of the African continent. FLNG vessels are floating LNG production, storage and offloading units.

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JULY 14, 2011

John Garamendi (D-CA) to increase FY 2012 funding for ARPA-E to $550 million. The vote of 145 “yes” votes to 276 “no” votes occurred during floor consideration of the FY 2012 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee’s bill provided $100.0 Earlier post.)

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MAY 9, 2012

James Muckerman at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a new class of high-activity, low-cost, non-noble metal electrocatalyst that generates hydrogen gas from water. 2012), Hydrogen-Evolution Catalysts Based on Non-Nobel Metal Nickel–Molybdenum Nitride Nanosheets. Sasaki, K.,

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Annual production numbers for these two segments were also on the higher side: PVs at 47,83,628 units, up 8% and two-wheelers at 2,71,43,580, up 5 percent. This might cause water entry and corrosion.” million since 2012 | Autocar Professional appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Car and SUV sales scaled a new high at 4.10

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JUNE 3, 2012

nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. In addition, probabilities of extreme (>90%) reductions in thermoelectric power production will on average increase by a factor of three.

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APRIL 12, 2013

liter EcoBoost is the first engine from Ford to incorporate a computer-controlled clutch on the belt-drive water pump, which further improves efficiencies by reducing warm-up time. A water-cooled charge air cooler is added to offer a more efficient feed of air into the engine. Production of the four-cylinder 1.5-liter

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JANUARY 16, 2012

surface mining, not in situ well-based production) in a paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. The Clark hot water extraction (CHWE) process has been applied in commercial bitumen extraction from the Athabasca oil sands for more than 40 years. 3 to 4 barrels of water are required for every barrel of bitumen produced.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Renault is introducing three new Energy engines ( earlier post ) in its Mégane Collection 2012: the new turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection Energy TCE 115 di; the Energy dCi 130; and the Energy dCi 110, with NEDC fuel consumption of 3.5 Versions of Mégane Collection 2012 powered by this engine consume 5.3 Click to enlarge.

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JDC) and INPEX Corporation (INPEX) have concluded a contract to support Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation’s (JOGMEC’s) medium and long-term offshore production test of methane hydrate. (JAPEX), Japan Drilling Co., Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 6, 2012

Providing a possible new route to hydrogen-gas production, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new manganese-based thermochemical cycle with a highest operating temperature of 850?°C Davis’ first paper as a graduate student dealt with the sulfur-iodine low-temperature water-splitting cycle.).

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The Volkswagen brand announced that it has reached the self-defined sustainability target for production set out in Think Blue. At the brand’s production facilities throughout the world, vehicles and components are now manufactured in a way which is 25% more environmentally compatible than five years ago. Earlier post.)

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billion (US$15 billion) in the country by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure. Annual production capacity is set to grow from the present figure of 2.6 The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China.

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The R&D center will focus primarily on water chemistry and biomass utilization applications. The new center is a continuum for the Center of Water Efficiency Excellence, which Kemira initially established together with VTT in Finland. The center will start operations in the end of 2010.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

A consortium of companies, including Royal Dutch Shell plc, Petrobras, Total, CNPC and CNOOC won a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the super-giant Libra pre-salt oil discovery located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The block covers approximately 1,550 square kilometers in water depths of around 2,000 meters (6,500 feet).

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). — WEO-2012. Iraq accounts for 45% of the growth in global oil production to 2035 and becomes the second-largest global oil exporter, overtaking Russia.

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JUNE 28, 2011

GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) has selected GE to supply the produced water evaporation and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system for the Blackgold Oil Sands project, located near Conklin, Alberta. Commercial operation of the Blackgold Oil Sands facility is scheduled for third quarter 2012.

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JUNE 27, 2012

World oil production capacity to 2020 (crude oil and NGLs, excluding biofuels). Source: Maugeri 2012. Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6

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However, its current production through ore reduction using the conventional Pidgeon process emits large amounts of CO 2 and particulate matter (PM 2.5 ). Mtons in 2012; the Chinese produce their magnesium in batch using the Pidgeon process. US magnesium production uses an electrolytic process that requires approximately 43.6

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The new center brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production. BMW AG Board Member for Production. Another 50 systems are in operation at production sites around the world.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

This isn’t surprising given an economy that’s still treading water.” from January 2012). Production of all major refined products—gasoline, distillates, jet fuel, and residual fuels—was higher than demand, so products were exported, with an overall increase of 14.2% Gasoline production fell 2.7%

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Using genome-scale transcript and protein profiling, the team study presented and tested a new hypothesis on the metabolic relationship between oxygenic photosynthesis and nitrogenase-mediated H 2 production in Cyanothece 51142. This organism can make lots of hydrogen, very fast; it’s a viable catalyst for hydrogen production.

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