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CSIRO and partners to test Direct Injection Carbon Engine to reduce brown coal emissions by up to 50%

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DICE involves converting coal or biomass into a water-based slurry (called micronised refined carbon, MRC) that is directly injected into a large, specially adapted diesel engine. The fuel burns to produce intense temperature and pressure in the engine, which provides highly efficient power to turn electrical generators.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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National Research Council Report on Americas Energy Future Highlights Vehicle Efficiency Technologies, Conversion of Biomass and Coal-to-Liquids Fuels, and Electrifying the Light Duty Fleet with PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

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Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. By 2035, cellulosic ethanol and/or coal-and-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15% of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (1.7–2.5 emissions, according to the report.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Thanks to that savvy M&A move, Total is not only currently developing the largest energy storage facility in France, but it is also providing batteries for diverse industries including electric vehicles, military vehicles, medical applications, and even to the oil and gas sectors.

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MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage

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Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms. Geologic pumped hydroelectric storage works by pumping water to a reservoir behind a dam when electricity demand is low. Earlier post.). MIT has filed for a patent on the system.

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Perspective: Shoddy Environmental BookkeepingBiofuels and Indirect Land Use Change

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The basic idea behind ILUC is that biofuels use crops that might otherwise go to traditional uses, such as animal feed. Let’s say an automaker makes more battery-powered electric vehicles, thus using more nickel for the batteries. Battery-operated vehicle use rises, and therefore electricity consumption rises. Not so fast.

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ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The second round is focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels, carbon capture, and batteries for electric vehicles. Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST). Areas of focus included under the new funding opportunity include: Electrofuels.

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