article thumbnail

CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

Green Car Congress

This installation will be based on a set composed of two small reactor units (400 MW th each) supplying a heat storage device, useful to best manage the variations in electrical power needed by industries. Stellaria aims to develop a molten chloride salt reactor (MSR). MSRs use molten salts as the heat transfer fluid.

article thumbnail

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. A well-established downstream syngas-to-synfuel conversion process, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, converts the syngas to liquid synfuel for a total projected cost of less than $4/gallon.

Hydrogen 475
article thumbnail

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

P Catalyst uses a molten salt carbon capture and electrochemical transformation method to reprocess the CO 2 -rich flue gases from heavy industry emitters, biogenic origin and even direct air captured (DAC) CO 2. From every 3.7 tons of CO 2 , one ton of carbon material is produced.

Carbon 366
article thumbnail

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

Green Car Congress

UP Catalyst uses CO 2 -rich flue gases from heavy industry emitters as a feedstock for producing sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite, a critical raw material both in the EU and the US. UP Catalyst uses a molten salt carbon capture and electrochemical transformation method to reprocess the CO 2.

article thumbnail

Rio Tinto Alma smelter site for first commercial demo of ELYSIS GHG-free aluminum smelting technology

Green Car Congress

Aluminum production accounts for roughly 1% of global greenhouse-gas emissions each year, via a two~step process: refining of aluminum oxide powder from bauxite ore and conversion to aluminum in smelters. Earlier post.). However, nearly 20% of the emissions are from the production and degradation of the carbon anodes used during smelting.

article thumbnail

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Cars That Think

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. body that governs the industry, representatives doubled down on carbon-reduction ambitions, setting a net-zero emissions goal for 2050.

article thumbnail

ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

Green Car Congress

The team will adapt semiconducting materials used in today’s light-emitting diode (LED) industry to enable high-temperature operation. Solar-Concentrating Photovoltaic Mirrors Arizona State University will develop a curved mirror made of solar cells to collect both direct and diffuse sunlight for conversion to electricity and heat.

Solar 300