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JANUARY 9, 2017

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a method which boosts the longevity of high-efficiency photocathodes in photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices. A PEC cell absorbs sunlight and converts that energy into hydrogen and oxygen by splitting water molecules.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The company has already achieved carbon neutrality for its Sant’Agata Bolognese production site since 2015 and is continuously working on reducing energy consumption, water usage, and environmental impact.

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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. Renewable natural gas. Decarbonizing the economy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the company’s priorities.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have used a gallium, indium, tin and bismuth alloy to generate hydrogen, when placed in contact with an aluminum plate immersed in water. An open-access paper on their work appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy , from AIP Publishing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

For FY 2014, the Hydrogen Production sub-program continued to focus on developing technologies to enable the long-term viability of hydrogen as an energy carrier for a range of applications with a focus on hydrogen from low-carbon and renewable sources. There are multiple DOE offices are engaged in R&D relevant to hydrogen production.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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APRIL 23, 2021

By making our gasoline from natural gas, renewable natural gas, and captured flare gas rather than crude oil, Nacero will offer America’s 225 million drivers an affordable, everyday climate solution. The only byproduct will be water, which will be recovered and used to supply 80% of the plant’s make-up water.

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JULY 16, 2020

Costs for producing green hydrogen have fallen 50% since 2015 and could be reduced by an additional 30% by 2025 due to the benefits of increased scale and more standardized manufacturing, among other factors. —Shankari Srinivasan, IHS Markit Vice president, Global and Renewable Gas, IHS Markit.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

In addition, RNG use could be much higher if the LCFS credits were combined with US federal RIN credits (Renewable Identification Number, part of the Renewable Fuels Standard, RFS), the study found. —“Final Draft Report on The Feasibility of Renewable Natural Gas as a Large-Scale, Low Carbon Substitute”. per mmBTU and $4.15

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

The Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR), France’s leading producer of 100% renewable electricity, and Renault signed a partnership agreement at the Lyon International Motor Show. CNR is France’s second largest electricity producer and its foremost producer of exclusively renewable energy.

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MARCH 3, 2015

million in funding in fiscal year 2015 will be made available through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative ( BRDI ) to support feedstock development, biofuels and biobased products development, or biofuels development analysis. For FY 2015, DOE-EERE and USDA-NIFA identified areas of particular interest for BRDI.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Ports have been a major source of water and air pollution in the US, but remained relatively unregulated until recent years.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The focus lies on the challenges that are key to Audi: decarbonization; water utilization; resource efficiency; and biodiversity. The first is the switch to green power, which has taken place thanks to the commissioning of Europe’s biggest photovoltaic roof installation and the supply of electricity from renewable sources.

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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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MAY 26, 2015

Last week, Audi and its partner Global Bioenergies announced that the first batch of renewable isooctane—which Audi calls “e-benzin”—using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway (sugar→isobutene→isooctane) had been produced and presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies. Earlier post.). Ng, and Garry L.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Carbon dioxide is the renewable carbon source, which is converted to sugars by plants, and those plant sugars can be converted to isobutanol using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology, or GIFT. The production of this quantity of renewable jet fuel will require approximately 205 MGPY of isobutanol. Click to enlarge. Gevo, Inc.,

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APRIL 13, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting process. Structure of an IMM photocathode configured for water splitting with TEM cross-section of the active layers.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015. launching a new track on the interaction of energy and water (the energy/water ‘nexus’).

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, has harvested 12- to 15-foot tall biomass sorghum grown in Central California that was produced using proprietary seed genetics from Nexsteppe , a provider of optimized sorghum feedstock solutions. Aemetis, Inc., Biomass Sorghum is a feedstock for low-carbon advanced biofuels.

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JULY 13, 2019

Spatial Distribution of Estimated Annual Pollution Concentrations in 2015 in China. Wang is assistant professor of epidemiology and environmental health in UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions and is also a faculty member in the UB RENEW (Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute.

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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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MARCH 19, 2015

The project will run from 2015 to 2020 in a redevelopment area of the Methil Docks in Methil, Fife, Scotland’s third largest council area. Electricity generated by wind and solar power will be used to power a hydrogen-producing water electrolysis system. This marks Toshiba’s first hydrogen research project outside Japan.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

The Cool Planet plant will produce approximately 8 million to 10 million gallons of high-octane, renewable gasoline blendstocks (reformate), as well the biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Selections were made under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) annual funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2017. More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Advanced Water Splitting Materials.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently received four fuel cell hybrid vehicles—advanced (FCHV-adv) ( earlier post )—on loan from Toyota through a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement.

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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. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. A belt filter dewaters by applying pressure to solids to squeeze out the water.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

The solar thermochemical fuel path is based on the high-temperature conversion of water and CO 2 into syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) and oxygen mediated by ceria redox reactions. The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. Click to enlarge. —Falter et al. 5b03515.

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APRIL 1, 2019

According to an independent study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), more than 674 million Indian citizens are likely to breathe air with high concentrations of PM 2.5 In 2015, air pollution emission control costs accounted for about 0.7%

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Construction is slated to begin in September and be completed in early 2015. The program works to fulfill DTE Energy’s commitment to generate 10% of its energy from renewable sources by 2015. Multiple varieties of sedum were planted to reduce storm water runoff from the building.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Gates is joined in the round by Total, the global energy major which, after an initial investment in 2015, has expanded its investment and has additionally signed a licensing agreement with Renmatix for 1M tons of annual cellulosic sugar production capacity, at Total’s discretion to build corresponding facilities.

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage. Closing date for applications is 20 October 2015. Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In the first step, renewably generated electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Audi’s basic goal for its e-fuel projects is to combine renewable energy (e.g. solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The bio-refinery will be located in Anhui province, close to Fuyang in Eastern China, and will have capacity to process 1 million metric tons of biomass per year, approximately 4 times the capacity of the biomass conversion facility by Beta Renewables in Crescentino, Italy.

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group has released GREET 2015 models and associated reports. Waste to energy: expanded and updated waste-to-energy pathways to include renewable natural gas and hydrothermal liquefaction fuels from wastewater treatment plant biosolids and municipal solid waste.

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JUNE 5, 2017

By the end of 2016, the company had already improved its five major environmental indicators (energy and water consumption, as well as the generation of waste, volatile compounds and CO 2 ) by 33.6%. Energy and water consumption have been reduced by 21.7% In addition, the company has generated 41.4% less waste and 16.2%

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Typical commercial gasoline comprises varying concentrations of aromatic hydrocarbons and octane ratings; the impacts on PM such as black carbon (BC) and water-soluble and insoluble particle compositions of these differences are not well-defined. Water-soluble particles have been shown to have negative effects on human health.

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JUNE 25, 2014

This will make Denmark will be the world’s first country where hydrogen fueling is available nationwide and based 100% on renewable energy. During 2015 Danish national plans call for five additional hydrogen stations; this will ensure that more than 50% of the population will be less than 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from a station.

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