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DECEMBER 16, 2019

A team of researchers in Australia has developed a Janus nanoparticle catalyst with a nickel–iron oxide interface and multi-site functionality for a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction with a comparable performance to the benchmark platinum on carbon catalyst. Janus particles feature surfaces with two or more distinct properties.)

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JUNE 5, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. The two projects were competitively selected from the five Brine Extraction Storage Test (BEST) projects awarded in September 2015.

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Bentley will cease production of its 12-cylinder gasoline engine in April 2024, by which time more than 100,000 examples of the iconic W12 will have been handcrafted in the company’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England. Each system has a dedicated water pump, allowing optimized individual control. Since the first introduction of the 6.0-liter,

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program—described progress in the field of hydrogen production. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground. With direct air capture technology, carbon dioxide is extracted from the ambient air and air free of CO 2 is returned to the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is thus permanently removed from the atmosphere.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Audi Hungaria is thus the second of five Audi sites (after Audi Brussels) to achieve a neutral carbon balance, according to the company. We have a clear aim: that all Audi sites will have carbon-neutral operation by 2025. The remaining heat is generated through natural gas, with carbon neutrality assured thanks to bio-gas certificates.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

C–C coupling is a critical step of CO 2 fixation in constructing the carbon skeleton of value-added multicarbon products. Enzymes in this reaction pathway enable the carbons in CO and CH 3 to bond or “couple,” which then triggers another catalytic reaction that produces acetate as the final product.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Carbon transformation company Twelve (formerly Opus 12, earlier post ) has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel—called E-Jet—from CO 2 electrolysis, demonstrating a scalable, energy-efficient path to the de-fossilization of global aviation. Global aviation produces 1.2 —Twelve Co-Founder and CEO Nicholas Flanders.

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APRIL 28, 2023

MRN has annual production capacity of c. MRN started production in 1979. Left: distribution of mining leases and forests in 2015. Mining leases are shown as white polygons overlying Landsat imagery for 1985 and 2015. Green areas indicate forests, bright white areas indicate non-forested ground, and blue areas are water.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These initiatives are further steps toward achieving the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, introduced in 2015. We believe the fastest way to lower greenhouse gases in the transportation sector is to offer drivers lower carbon choices that meet their needs. Manufacturing is a component of GHG emissions.

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Liquid siloxane hydrogen carrier compounds can be produced from silica compound and/or silicate compound, only requiring hydrogen and/or water and/or silicon and/or oxygen as additional reactant(s) and/or without substantial carbon emissions, preferably without carbon emissions.

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to having access to Québec’s vast water resources to generate green, renewable power at competitive prices, Hydro-Québec has everything it needs to support the development of green hydrogen. Green hydrogen, is produced through the electrolysis of water rather than from methane, a process that produces high levels of GHG emissions.

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation.

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 million premature deaths in 2015—16% of all deaths worldwide—three times more deaths than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined and 15 times more than from all wars and other forms of violence. Pollution is costly.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. The acetate (?

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JULY 29, 2012

The technology could theoretically reduce the generation of carbon dioxide while producing ethanol that could be used an alternative fuel for automobiles.Panasonic used an original metallic catalyst, as well as gallium nitride used in the production of such semiconductors such as LEDs, to induce the reaction with the sunlight, water and CO 2.The

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AUGUST 5, 2014

These begin with an investment in carbon reduction projects via a partnership with 3Degrees to offset emissions created from e-Golf production, distribution and from the estimated emissions produced from keeping the vehicle charged through the initial 36,000 miles of its life. 3Degrees and carbon offsets.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Gençer et al. —Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University’s Winthrop E.

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JULY 7, 2021

The Jansz-Io gas field was first discovered in April 2000 and is located around 200 kilometers offshore the north-western coast of Western Australia, at water depths of approximately 1,400 meters. The world’s first subsea gas compression system was delivered by Aker Solutions to Equinor’s Åsgard field in Norway in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

per kilogram of hydrogen at German natural gas prices—without taking the market value of the solid black carbon byproduct of the process into consideration. The main by-product of methane cracking—solid black carbon—is also an increasingly important industrial commodity. The final design is a 1.2-meter-high

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A team at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley is proposing an artificial photosynthesis scheme for direct synthesis and separation to almost pure ethanol with minimum product crossover using saturated salt electrolytes. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Singh, Ezra L.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report shows that more than 60,000 fuel cells, totaling roughly 300 megawatts (MW), shipped worldwide in 2015. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale. Source: “2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report” Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Syngas is then used to produce valuable downstream products such as base chemicals or fuels. The dry reforming process differs from steam reforming, which combines CH 4 and water (H 2 O) in the form of steam to produce the syngas. 2015), “Dry Reforming and Reverse Water Gas Shift: Alternatives for Syngas Production?”

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Closing date for applications is 20 October 2015. Current topics of interest include: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy.

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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JUNE 9, 2017

million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. DOE share (FY17).

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JUNE 1, 2015

Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. The maximum surface area achieved with conventional activated carbon is about 3,000 m 2 g –1. cm –3 ), and hierarchical pore architecture.

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JANUARY 7, 2018

ExxonMobil Corporation announced positive results from its Ranger-1 exploration well, marking ExxonMobil’s sixth oil discovery offshore Guyana since 2015. Wood Mackenzie currently expects around 350,000-400,000 b/d of oil production (just oil, not factoring in natural gas) by 2026 from there. The Stabroek Block is 6.6

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. Cleaner urban air will reduce energy demand, as households engage in less defensive behavior, and this helps to mitigate carbon emissions.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Neste has been exploring ways to contribute to improving palm oil industry’s environmental performance, particularly how to further reduce greenhouse gas emission from palm oil production.

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MAY 27, 2014

Ford began production of the North American Transit at Kansas City Assembly Plant on 30 April, and vans will be available in US and Canada this summer. The technology results in more durable paint, uses less energy and water, and reduces carbon dioxide and particulate emissions compared with conventional paint processes.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Researchers hope to better understand haptophytes and perhaps transform them into an important new tool for aquaculture, biofuel production and nutrition. Haptophyte dominance in both fresh and marine waters is supported by the mixotrophic nature of many taxa. We needed a simple alga for looking at fat production and fat regulation.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Biomass Sorghum is a feedstock for low-carbon advanced biofuels. The 20-acre demonstration crop of biomass sorghum was planted, grown, and harvested by Aemetis in approximately 90 days, validating the potential use of biomass crops for the production of lower-carbon, advanced biofuels or as a rotational crop in California.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water.

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