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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. Resources Navid Attarzadeh, Debabrata Das, Srija N. who led the study. —Attarzadeh et al. Chintalapalle, Susheng Tan, V. 3c00781

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Fraunhofer researchers develop new low-cost dry-film electrode production process

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In order to protect operators and the environment, elaborate precautions for occupational safety and reprocessing are necessary. First, they mix the active materials, intended later to release the stored energy, with additives to create a paste. In this process they add organic solvents, which are expensive and usually toxic. 2019.05.033.

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Japan V2G demonstrator project using EVs as virtual power plant resource; METI funding

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—have been selected by the Ministry for Economy, Transport and Infrastructure (METI) to receive grants under METI’s FY2018 Sustainable open Innovation Initiative (SII) to help fund “A Demonstrator Project for A Virtual Power Plant Utilizing Consumer Energy Resources (V2G Aggregator Project)”.

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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This one-step nitrogen-fixation strategy to produce ammonia is eco-friendly and low cost, which converts widely available starting materials into a value-added product. Resources Xiaowei Song, Chanbasha Basheer and Richard N. —Song et al. 2301206120

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SwRI, UTSA researchers show biochar is low-cost, effective method to treat fracking water

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This is particularly important in areas where water resources are scarce. It is made from materials such as wood chips, paper, leaves, soybean oil, corn oil and other forms of agricultural waste heated to high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. and its environs.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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American Battery Technology Company , Large-Scale Demonstration of Domestic Manufacturing of Low-Cost and Low- Environmental Impact Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide from Unconventional Domestic Sedimentary Resources, $57,744,831. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575.

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