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JUNE 28, 2020

The €15-million campus will allow the BMW Group to develop its position as technology leader in the utilization of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry. Our goal is to industrialize 3D printing methods more and more for automotive production, and to implement new automation concepts in the process chain.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Eni and RenOils, the Italian national vegetable and animal oils and fats Consortium established in 2016 to ensure the correct management of the collection, transport, storage, processing and reuse of vegetable oils and animal fats, are promoting the recovery of used cooking oils (UCO) for biofuel production.

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JULY 13, 2018

Topic #02 on the use of hydrogen in industrial processes: “H2 is coming”. How to use hydrogen to avoid CO 2 emissions in industrial processes traditionally based on fossil fuel? The first challenge, launched in 2016, targeted essential molecules: O 2 , N 2 , H 2 and CO 2.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. University of Utah, “Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification with Syngas Fermentation for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels” $2,000,000.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, announced the world’s first commercial flight using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 powered by GE’s GEnx-1B engines. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Researchers at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, with partners from the automotive industry (Audi, VW) and the petroleum industry (Shell, OMV) have launched the €1.46-million million OTTO-R project for the production of gasoline from “green” methanol produced from CO 2 , water and renewable electricity.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

The GDL in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell provides a steady supply of gas to the catalyst layers, which are located on both sides of the ion exchange membrane and which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy and water. CNRS Montpellier, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.,

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APRIL 29, 2016

Regulating water content in polymeric membranes is important in a number of applications—such as in the proton-exchange fuel-cell membranes used in automotive fuel cell stacks. Water content in the membranes is regulated through nanometer-scale cracks (nanocracks) in a hydrophobic surface coating. —Park et al.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. to set up a mobile physician’s office or a water treatment station.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

On 29 September 2016, the HY4 aircraft took off on its first official flight from Stuttgart Airport. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) developed the aircraft’s powertrain and worked on the project with industry and research partners.

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MAY 11, 2016

The Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization (CAB-Comm), led by the University of California, San Diego, has released its final report , detailing the accomplishments and contributions achieved in its six years of operation. Earlier post.)

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JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries. Sherwood, J., McElroy, C. 50(68), 9650–9652.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

“China is in the middle of a big buildup of its nuclear-weapon arsenal,” says Frank von Hippel , a physicist and nuclear-policy expert at Princeton University. “My Fast breeder reactors date back more than half a century, when the global nuclear community thought there wouldn’t be enough uranium fuel available for the nuclear-power industry.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

That report, the 2016 Billion-Ton Report , volume 1, updated and expanded upon analysis in the 2011 US Billion-Ton Update ( earlier post ), which was preceded by the 2005 US Billion Ton Study ( earlier post ). South Dakota State University was the lead institution for the more than $20-million project which began in 2007.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

While barely a drop in the bucket for biofuels, Pike says, this represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 72%, roughly on par with early development in the biodiesel industry. Both regions will benefit from rapidly expanding biofuels markets, ample land and water resources, and cheap labor, Pike suggests.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Engineers at Iowa State University have developed a hybrid process that combines bio- and electrocatalysis to convert glucose into bio-based unsaturated nylon-6,6—which has the advantage of an extra double bond in its backbone that can be used to tailor the polymer’s properties. Their study is published in the 12 Feb. Suastegui et al.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Stuart Licht, a chemistry professor at the George Washington University, and his team of researchers are among the finalists announced today in the $20-million Carbon XPRIZE competition. The C2CNT process can utilize CO 2 captured directly from the air or from an industrial smokestack. Stuart Licht. Click to enlarge. —Dr.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Thus lignin binds exactly where it is least desired for industrial purposes. During pretreatment, acid, water, and heat work to remove non-cellulosic biomass from plant material. In total, the simulation tracked nine cellulose fibers, 468 lignin molecules, and 54 enzyme molecules in a rectangular water box.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Since 2002, according to the industry association for strippers [ National Stripper Well Association , NSWA], these marginal wells have generated more than 2.9 Stripper wells also don’t cost a lot to operate—perhaps $2,000 a month by some estimates, mostly for electricity and water disposal. billion barrels of oil and 18.8

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MARCH 18, 2016

The project, funded by the government agency IWT, ran from February 2012 to January 2016 and was a partnership between Ghent University, University of Antwerp, University of Liège and Atlas Copco. The Rankine Cycle transfers waste heat to a working fluid at a constant pressure. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 21, 2015

Governor Jerry Brown’s office informed the university this month that the fueling facility had received the certification, known as California Type Approval. is the largest such facility on a university campus in the United States and produces hydrogen on site. Source: Dr. David Blekhman. Click to enlarge. The station is grid-tied.

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MARCH 9, 2016

The results, reported in Advanced Materials , might help with a wide variety of applications, including making pure oxygen for fuel cells, using that oxygen in a fuel cell, removing oxygen in food packaging, making oxygen sensors, or for other industrial processes. It is costly and uses a lot of energy to chill gases. Banerjee, D.,

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

In a new paper in the journal Nature Materials (in an edition focused on materials for sustainable energy), a team from Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has reviewed milestones in the progress of solid-state photoelectrocatalytic technologies toward delivering solar fuels and chemistry. —Montoya et al.

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JULY 27, 2016

According to their study, artificial pentlandite is just as efficient as the platinum electrodes commonly used today for the electrolytic production of hydrogen from water, but is lower cost. Further financial support came from the Chemical Industry Fund in the form of a Liebig Stipend. A team headed by Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel and Prof.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Electric vehicle coalition. Berkshire Hathaway Energy. California Air Resources Board. ChargePoint.

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Floating NPPs can provide a reliable power supply not only to remote settlements, for example, in the Far North and Far East regions, but also to large industrial facilities such as oil platforms. The concept takes advantage of two mature technologies: light-water nuclear reactors and offshore oil and gas drilling platforms.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly efficient homogeneous Ru-based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH 3 OH) from CO 2 and H 2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h −1 at 145 °C). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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MAY 9, 2017

2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University. Enhancement of environmental learning focused on flagship species in the Amami Islands, educating residents on the proper methods of keeping pets, and optimization of the tourism industry. Organization.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

By analyzing the spectra of the solvent (water) and a spectator neutral molecule with numerical simulations of the electric field, we discern the shape of the EDL profile. The experiment featured neutrally charged pyrazine molecules (dark blue) suspended in a water-based electrolyte, composed of potassium hydroxide.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. 5b00400.

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MAY 26, 2016

Pasha’s terminal is adjacent to Wilmington, a community recognized by the state as disproportionately impacted by industrial pollution. Improving the health, quality of life, and local economy of California’s most burdened communities is a critical element of the project. Components include a 1.03 megawatt photovoltaic rooftop array, a 2.6

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I teach technology and information systems courses at Northeastern University in Boston. Nevertheless, this law as well as Moore’s Law remain a centerpiece in both the IT industry and academic computer science research. This bold move on Big Blue’s part created a new family of computers that revolutionized the computer industry.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It will also include a small spacecraft capable of "hopping" to explore shadowed craters for evidence of potential water ice, a resource that, if present, could be used in the future for both propulsion and supplies for astronauts. Chang'e-7 will target a lunar south pole landing and consist of an orbiter, relay satellite, lander, and rover.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

In addition to seeking more heavy-duty applications for the RunWise hybrid system—such as transit—McGrew said that the company is working on a new generation of the product that should launch in 2016 for Class 4-6 delivery trucks—e.g., For a long time, McGrew noted, the refuse industry was predominantly rear load.

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JULY 20, 2021

John Snow's 1854 Broad Street map of cholera contagion in London was not only instrumental in identifying lessons learned—the most important being that cholera was transmitted via the water supply—but also in improving policymaking during the crisis. China enters world markets as major exporter of industrial products. military bases.

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