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MAY 31, 2014

Black carbon emissions and BC emissions intensity per year. A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 Black carbon has two deleterious effects on the environment. Credit: ACS, Wang et al. Click to enlarge. teragrams/year in 1960 to 9.1

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JULY 21, 2010

Coiled platinum before (left), and after (right), carbon capture @ 750 °C in molten carbonate. Carbon dioxide fed into the electrolysis chamber is converted to solid carbon in a single step. split carbon dioxide, fed into a molten lithium carbonate electrolyte, via electrolysis.it Credit: ACS, Licht et al.

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JUNE 24, 2020

COBRA incorporates environmental impact studies to help ensure that the carbon footprint of the end product is reduced, by eliminating cobalt and other toxic or scarce elements, while using metal components with recyclability of more than 95%. Useful cycle life of >2000. >4.5V voltage window enabling stable SEI/CEI formation.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Warburg Pincus LLC, a leading global private equity firm, will invest up to $355 million in First Green, a newly formed enterprise focused on commercializing early-stage advanced technologies in the carbon value chain. marketplace between the advanced technologies and innovations related to the carbon. investment banking firm.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Source: Wolfgang Knorr, Bristol University. The analysis indicates that natural carbon sinks are maintaining overall resilience despite recent signs that the carbon uptakes of specific sinks are in decline. While some aspects of the Earth’s “carbon budget” (e.g. While some aspects of the Earth’s “carbon budget” (e.g.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Radiative forcing due to perpetual constant year 2000 emissions grouped by sector for 2020 (left) and 2100 (right) showing the contribution from each species. Some aerosols, particularly sulfates and organic carbon, can make clouds brighter and cause them to last longer, producing a cooling effect. From Unger et al., Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Global sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general, according to a new analysis appearing in the open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Credit: Smith et al.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

A research team at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability using a one-dimensional Li-confinable porous hollow carbon host. Janghyuk Moon at Chung-Ang University for theoretical validation of the effectiveness of this material’s design.

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JULY 9, 2021

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has joined the HiQ-CARB consortium to provide the lithium-ion battery industry with sustainable and high-performance carbon additives. Acetylene black is carbon black derived from acetylene gas.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly coupled to changes in global temperature, according to new findings published in the journal Science. Algae use photosynthesis to harvest the energy of the sun, converting carbon dioxide and water into the organic molecules required for growth.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK). The study, which also involved the University of East Anglia (UK) and other global institutions, is part of the annual carbon budget update by the Global Carbon Project.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

A team from Zhejiang A&F University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and Stanford University have developed a binder-free, flexible, and free-standing electrode comprising an unprecedented 92% silicon content for Li-ion batteries. The structure shows an ultrahigh electrode-specific capacity of 2700 mAh g ?1

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JANUARY 30, 2010

Decadal warming rates arising from (i) greenhouse gases and aerosols alone (black); (ii) that obtained including the stratospheric water decline after 2000 (red); and (iii) including both the stratospheric water vapor decline after 2000 and the increase in the 1980s and 1990s (cyan). Credit: Solomon et al., Click to enlarge.

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MAY 29, 2012

The researchers tested various levels of emission reduction plans—a global carbon tax of $10, $30 or $50. These scenarios show that, even more modest and realistic goals require near universal participation of major greenhouse gas emitters, Paltsev says. The various taxes would slow warming to 3.5,

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JULY 28, 2009

The UK has launched a new research program aiming to strengthen the supply chain for the UK’s aero-engine industry and accelerate the development and introduction of low carbon aircraft engine technology. The total cost of the project including government and industry investment is expected to be around £90 million (US$148 million).

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JULY 21, 2011

The authors analyzed measurements from several independent sources—satellites and several types of ground instruments—and found a definitive increase in stratospheric aerosol since 2000. The increase in aerosols since 2000 implies a cooling effect of about 0.1 watts per square meter—enough to offset some of the 0.28

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. HTL uses subcritical water as the chemical driving force to convert biomass to a carbon-rich biocrude.

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JULY 18, 2020

We observed an enrichment of molecules lighter than 170 daltons corresponding to a carbon number of 12 or a boiling point less than 200 °C in the permeate. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has invested approximately $10 billion in projects to research, develop and deploy lower-emission energy solutions. Imperial College London. Johnson, Scott J.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have developed a technique to grow aligned nanoforests of manganese dioxide nanorods with an optimal crystal structure (?-MnO The chemical capacitors made with Meng’s manganese dioxide nanorods hold more energy plus they yield even more power than a comparable carbon-based physical capacitor.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. We need both a policy like a carbon tax and to put more R&D money into renewables.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK launched the first bus in the UK to run on biomethane gas. Originally powered entirely by diesel, the Mercedes-Benz engine has been adapted by the Hardstaff Group ( earlier post ) to run for 60-80% of the time on low-carbon biomethane.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Per capita transport CO 2 emissions are decomposed into the product of two terms: per capita LDV use (horizontal axis, veh-km person -1 yr -1 ) and propulsion carbon intensity (vertical axis, g CO 2 veh-km -1 ). L/100 km) plug-in hybrid electric cars fueled on a mix of cellulosic biofuels and low-carbon grid electricity. Sager et al.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Discharge–charge performance of lithium-oxygen batteries with (a) GNSs, (b) BP-2000, and (c) Vulcan XC-72 cathodes at a current density of 75 mA g -1. mAh g -1 —the highest capacity of any carbon-based materials in lithium-oxygen batteries reported so far, according to the team. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

In addition to CO 2 , other compounds such as ozone (O 3 ) precursors (nitrogen oxides (NO x =NO+NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) and aerosols such as black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) are emitted by ships. 1 of the total ship emissions in 2007. —Lud et al.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

times as energy intensive to produce as conventional diesel, which restricts the current financial and environmental feasibility of algae production, according to a new life cycle analysis by a team from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Currently, algae-derived-biodiesel is up to 2.5

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AUGUST 1, 2010

BATT is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Vehicle Technologies and is managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of its Carbon Cycle 2.0 The awardees include two national laboratories, five universities, and one private non-profit research institute. Binghamton University. Drexel University.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. —David Victor, director of the Laboratory on International Law & Regulation at the University of California San Diego. GE Energy Flare Gas Reduction Study.

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APRIL 26, 2012

In a report on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) production research published in 2000, the DOE described ASP: The alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) process evolved from the early studies on micellarpolymer flooding.

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MAY 15, 2014

While natural gas can reduce greenhouse emissions when it is substituted for higher-emission energy sources, abundant shale gas is not likely to substantially alter total emissions without policies targeted at greenhouse gas reduction, according to a new study by two researchers at Duke University.

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MAY 1, 2009

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are proposing a new process for producing synfuel from biomass using concentrating solar energy as its main energy source. For comparison, they also modeled the production of methanol using only biomass as a fuel and also using coal as source of both carbon and energy.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The cell charger array constructed at the Dahn laboratory, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University. The Keithley 2750 and 2000 devices are high-precision voltmeters, and. the Keithley 220 devices are programmable current sources. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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APRIL 4, 2016

Swedish-Finnish steel company SSAB, mining company LKAB and power company Vattenfall have launched an initiative to develop a steel production process that emits water rather than carbon dioxide. Brindle (2000) “ Theoretical Minimum Energies To Produce Steel For Selected Conditions ”. Resources. Fortini H.W.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Reviewers included Dr. Martin Patel of Utrecht University and Michael Levy of the American Chemistry Council. bushels per acre, which represents a 12% increase over the data (1998-2000 average) used in the current US LCI database; Each bushel of soybeans harvested reduces greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalents) by 32.6

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient, and, to date, can be recharged more than 2000 times, showing how several of the problems holding back the development of these devices could be solved.

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APRIL 1, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. ” Goodenough invented lithium cobalt oxide cathode materials while at Oxford University. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Moving goods by road consumes about 50% of all diesel produced; 80% of the global net increase in diesel use since 2000 comes from road freight. Given the different geographic, economic, regulatory and infrastructure conditions, a set of road freight decarbonization strategies for each region is more suitable than a universal approach.

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