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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers.

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U Delaware team demonstrates efficient direct ammonia fuel cell for vehicles

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Source-to-tank cost comparison of carbon-neutral transportation fuels. As a nitrogen-based liquid fuel, ammonia is cheaper to store and distribute than hydrogen and avoids the carbon dioxide emissions of other liquid fuels, which are expensive to capture. Zhao et al. Assisted by a $2.5-million

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New study finds gasoline stations vent up to 10x more benzene fumes than previously thought

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By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11 In previous work, Hilpert and colleagues documented the release of gasoline as fuel is stored and transferred between tanker trucks, storage tanks, and vehicle tanks, and how these spills can contaminate the surrounding environment.

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LaunchPoint completing SBIR project on electromechanical valve actuator for fully variable valve system

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The stored energy is then released to accelerate the valve on the next transition while also ensuring a soft landing. For example, the NO x reduction is predicted to be two orders of magnitude lower in comparison to a conventional SI engine with almost zero particulate matter emissions. Source: LaunchPoint. Click to enlarge.

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BMW Q2 recruit penetration grew greater than 40%

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Leasing is a good gross sales instrument for sellers to develop emblem commitment and store consumers inside the BMW ecosystem. in comparison with a future previous. Our number one function is to assistance BMW franchised sellers through developing alternatives to store extra cars in our franchised community.

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DOE awards U-Mich team $1.2M to synthesize and characterize promising MOFs for high-density H2 storage

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Theoretical total (adsorbed + gas phase H 2 at 77 K and 35 bar) volumetric and gravimetric density of stored H 2 in ∼4000 MOFs mined from the CSD. For comparison, the region bounded by the dashed lines represents the DOE 2017 targets for H 2 storage systems.

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UW-Madison engineer collaborating with entrepreneur on 6-cycle, external combustion engine; could be up to 30% more efficient than standard diesel

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The pair has received $850,000 in grants to support the fabrication and testing of a prototype of the K6 engine; Shedd says he expects to have a prototype running by late fall or early winter. The engine incorporates a modified Brayton cycle ( earlier post ) into a continuous combustion engine system. —Timothy Shedd. —Tim Shedd.

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