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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Nacero to invest $6B in low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in PA; Nacero Blue and Nacero Green

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Texas-based fuel company Nacero ( earlier post ) will build its second low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in Newport Township, Pennsylvania. Nacero Blue will be cost-competitive with traditional gasoline and can reduce the lifecycle carbon footprint of a car or truck’s fuel in half. The Penwell facility will also produce blue hydrogen.

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OSU team develops process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare earth elements

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In an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Engineering Science , the team reports that the process successfully cleaned clean coal mine drainage while producing rare-earth elements in samples from various rivers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Coal mine drainage (CMD) impairs tens of thousands of kilometers of U.S.

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UGI and Vertimass in 15-year agreement to produce renewable fuels in the US and Europe; $500M investment; propane and SAF

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Possibly debottleneck processes to increase throughput with little additional costs other than for feedstock. Other benefits include the ability to lower plant water usage, reduce overall energy consumption, and drop GHG emissions to levels required for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Advanced Biofuel category.

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MIT Researchers Engineer Viruses as Scaffolds for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation

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Angela Belcher, has engineered a common bacteriophage virus (M13) to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. Angela Belcher.

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Aquion Energy closed $35M D round; aqueous hybrid ion batteries for stationary storage

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Specifically developed for the requirements of both small and large-scale stationary energy storage applications, Aquion’s products and solutions offer a combination of high performance, low cost, operational safety, and sustainability. The batteries have shown high cycle life of more than 5,000 cycles at high rates, (100% DoD).

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Panda Power Funds jointly to develop 1,000 MW coal to natural gas conversion project; Marcellus Shale gas

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Panda Power Funds has entered into a joint venture with Sunbury Generation LP to develop, finance, construct and operate a 1,000 megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power project near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The project has also received its water use and land development permits.

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