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Georgia Tech study projects potential mixed impacts of climate change policies on air quality

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Results of a study by a team from Georgia Tech and their colleagues at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management show that national CO 2 emissions reductions strategies will play an important role in impacting air quality over the US. 2010 and 2048?2052.

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New Self-Assembled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anodes for Li-ion Batteries Offer More Than 5X The Reversible Capacity of Graphite Anodes

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This scanning electron micrograph shows carbon-coated silicon nanoparticles on the surface of the composite granules used to form the new anode. Source: Georgia Tech. Researchers have developed a new high-performance anode structure for lithium-ion batteries based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials. Click to enlarge.

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Life cycle study calculates Algenols algae-to-ethanol process can deliver 67% to 87% reduction in carbon footprint compared to gasoline

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A team from Algenol and Georgia Tech calculated the life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions for three different system scenarios for this proposed ethanol production process, using process simulations and thermodynamic calculations. MJ/MJEtOH down to 0.20 MJ/MJEtOH, and the net life cycle greenhouse gas emissions range from 29.8

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Researchers Find That Microbial Proteins Metal-Binding Capacity More Extensive and Diverse Than Thought; Potential Benefits for Energy and Carbon Sequestration Technologies Among Others

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Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in collaboration with scientists at the University of Georgia developed a robust, metal-based approach to determine all metals an organism assimilates and identify its metalloproteins on a genome-wide scale. —Steven Yannone. Aleksandar Cvetkovi, et al.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The SECARB members began injecting CO 2 at the Alabama test site on 15 June 2010.

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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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In February 2010, the Obama Administration announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $8.33 Vogtle Electric Generation Plant in Burke, Georgia. nuclear reactors. billion loan guarantee for the construction and operation of two AP1000 reactors at Alvin W. —Secretary Chu. Resources.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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The global warming potential of nitrous oxide is 300-fold greater than carbon dioxide; nitrous oxide accounts for some 6% of human-induced climate change, scientists estimate. 2010) Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks. Beaulieu et al. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1011464108. 1011464108.