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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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Based on studies conducted by national labs and academic researchers, the DOE calculated that interregional transmission in the United States must expand as much as fivefold to maintain reliability and improve resilience to extreme weather and provide access to low-cost clean energy. National Transmission Needs Study,” U.S.

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

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AFC has run thousands of hours of system and electrode tests, and in some instances has run comparison tests to ascertain the severity of the problem of CO 2 contamination in KOH. In fact the by-product that this power generation plant does produce is in high demand, and that is clean demineralized water.

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Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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In an open-access paper in the RSC journal Energy and Environmental Science , the researchers suggest that their study provides a disruptive approach for petrochemical manufacturing, shifting the paradigm from thermal chemical practice to a clean energy regime. Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a)

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Hitting the Road Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to drive an Ioniq 6 AWD for a few hours at a media launch program in Scottsdale, Arizona, where we averaged an impressive 3.8 Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. Story by John Faulkner.

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