article thumbnail

Study finds paved surfaces in Houston worsen air quality

Green Car Congress

Paved surfaces in the Houston area keep the city warmer than more natural surfaces. ““The very existence of the Houston area favors stagnation.” The research team combined extensive atmospheric measurements with computer simulations to examine the impact of pavement on breezes in Houston. Credit: UCAR.

Houston 247
article thumbnail

ARPA-E awarding $100M to second SCALEUP cohort of 8 projects

Green Car Congress

The selected projects, sponsored by private companies across seven different states, will develop novel technologies that enhance existing clean energy infrastructure, such as aircraft electrification, rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging, and advanced floating offshore wind turbine technologies. Award amount: $20,000,000). municipal utility.

Wind 199
article thumbnail

Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

Houston chapter leads toward clean energy in Texas. The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We We now produce more wind energy than any other state by a large margin.”. Chapter meetings.

Oil 98
article thumbnail

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif.

article thumbnail

Sandia study finds underground geologic storage of hydrogen could boost transportation, energy security

Green Car Congress

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the US will need to produce and store large amounts of cost-effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

Hydrogen 210
article thumbnail

New robust triple-layer bifunctional catalyst for water splitting with earth-abundant materials

Green Car Congress

A new robust and highly active bifunctional catalyst developed by Rice University and the University of Houston splits water into hydrogen and oxygen without the need for expensive metals such as platinum. The lower you can get it, the closer you come to making it as efficient as possible for water splitting. Click to enlarge.

Water 150
article thumbnail

Rice team develops plasmonic photocatalyst for one-step light-driven conversion of H2S to hydrogen and sulfur

Green Car Congress

Known as the Claus process, it produces sulfur but no hydrogen, which it instead converts into water. The plasmonic hydrogen sulfide remediation technology has been licensed by Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup company with more than 60 employees, whose co-founders include Halas and Nordlander.

Light 243