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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

announced that the ultra-deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 has set a new world record for the deepest water depth by an offshore drilling rig of 10,385 feet (3,165 meters) of water while working for ONGC off the East coast of India. Transocean Ltd.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. —Maoqi Feng, SwRI.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft analysis of data from its Pavillion, Wyoming ground water investigation, indicating that ground water in the aquifer contains compounds likely associated with gas production practices, including hydraulic fracturing. Background.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

environmental program remains on track to meet its 2018 goals of reducing energy and water consumption as well as the share in waste, CO 2 and solvent emissions at all Volkswagen plants throughout the world by 25% compared with 2010 levels by 2018. The Volkswagen brand’s “Think Blue.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Globally 131 million tons of ammonia were produced in 2010. Globally 245 million tons of CO 2 were released by the ammonia industry in 2010 equivalent to about 50% of the UK CO 2 emissions (495.8 is well known that some higher plants can synthesize ammonia or its derivatives directly from air and water at room temperature.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Production is now underway from the Cardamom development, the second major deep-water facility Shell has brought online in the US Gulf of Mexico this year, following the start-up of Mars B in February. Auger was Shell’s first deep-water tension-leg platform. —Marvin Odum.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Petrobras has broken a new domestic record for exploratory drilling by reaching a water depth of 2,990 meters (9,810 feet, or 1.86 The deepwater discoveries made in Sergipe-Alagoas Basin since 2010 have revealed a new extremely promising exploration frontier. Only six exploration wells across the world have exceeded this depth.

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JULY 2, 2012

2010 NO x emissions (all sectors) and ceilings for 12 EU countries exceeding their limits. The accompanying report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) confirms an initial assessment published earlier this year, showing 12 EU Member States exceeded limits under the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive in 2010.

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By 2025, vehicles and components are to be produced in a way which is 45% more environmentally compatible than in 2010, the reference year for the current Think Blue. in environmental impact: energy -23.5%; CO 2 - 28.6%; waste -58.6%; water -27.5%; and solvent emissions -7.6%. environmental program. Earlier post.). To date, Think Blue.

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MAY 21, 2015

The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will invest nearly $50 million to improve water efficiency and conservation in California and 11 other western states. WaterSMART is the US Department of the Interior’s sustainable water initiative. These investments have conserved enough water to meet the needs of more than 3.8

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APRIL 30, 2010

[(PY5Me 2 )Mo(CF 3 SO 3 )] 1+ reacts with water to form. In addition, our catalyst does not require organic additives, and can operate in neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water, the most abundant source of hydrogen on earth and a natural electrolyte. PY5Me 2 )MoO] 2+ and H 2. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

billion tonnes of CO 2 ) in 2010 for the first time. in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. each year between 2000 and 2010—three times the rate of increase during the 1990s. of the share of rich countries in 1990 to 16% in 2010. parts per million.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Water usage per engine will be among the lowest at any Ford manufacturing facility worldwide, delivering an anticipated annual saving of 17.5

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JULY 23, 2010

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new catalyst—iron-centered tetraamido macrocyclic ligand (Fe-TAML)—that efficiently catalyzes water oxidation. Water oxidation is the second of two requisite half-reactions in the photolysis of water, the other being the reduction of protons to dihydrogen. At pH 0.7,

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MAY 15, 2010

The WJ Daytech/AFVTech CNG Hot Rod made its debut at the recent Alternative Fuels and Vehicles ( AF&V 2010 ) show in Las Vegas. Electric water pump, and axle-mounted Delphi alternator (leaving nothing but the crankshaft turning in the front of the engine) sending all that HP to the wheels. The “Gasser” CNG Hot Rod. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Twelve European Union Member States exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, according to recent official data for 2010 reported to the European Environment Agency (EEA). In some instances the limits were exceeded by significant amounts. Finland exceeded its ammonia ceiling.

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APRIL 12, 2013

liter EcoBoost is the first engine from Ford to incorporate a computer-controlled clutch on the belt-drive water pump, which further improves efficiencies by reducing warm-up time. A water-cooled charge air cooler is added to offer a more efficient feed of air into the engine. liter EcoBoost in 2010, the 1.6-liter

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Petrobras has confirmed the presence of oil and gas accumulations in the ultra-deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas basin, after completing a lined well formation test in the BM-SEAL-11 concession in Block SEAL-M-426. This is the first exploratory project in ultra-deep waters on the Sergipe state side of the basin. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 18, 2015

BMW is making water pump wheels for its racers for German Touring Car Masters (DTM) and Z4 GT3 customer cars using additive manufacturing (3D printing); 500 3D-printed water pump wheels are currently in use. Water pump wheel made on a 3D printer for German Touring Car Masters (DTM) and Z4 GT3. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Chemists from Emory University and the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry have developed a stable and fast homogeneous water oxidation catalyst (WOC), considered a crucial component for generating hydrogen using only water and sunlight, that is easily prepared from readily available salts and oxides of earth abundant elements.

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MAY 8, 2010

Researchers from UC Davis and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have uncovered more detail about the functioning of cobalt as a water-splitting catalyst. In 2008, MIT chemists, led by Professor Dan Nocera, reported that a simple cobalt catalyst could split water at neutral pH to produce oxygen, protons and electrons.

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JANUARY 9, 2016

of the energy consumed for the reported water electrolysis. De-Liang Long, Ryo Tsunashima, and Leroy Cronin (2010) “Polyoxometalates: Building Blocks for Functional Nanoscale Systems” Angew. In the current work, protons from biomass diffuse to the cathode and are reduced to hydrogen. A cm −2 —only 16.7% doi: 10.1039/C5EE03019F.

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MAY 12, 2010

Daniel Nocera and his associates have found another formulation, based on inexpensive and widely available materials, that can efficiently catalyze the splitting of water molecules using electricity. Nocera (2010) Nickel-borate oxygen-evolving catalyst that functions under benign conditions. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Mircea Dinc?,

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. Achieving sales of 1.5

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APRIL 29, 2011

A novel water cleaning technology currently being tested in field demonstrations could help significantly reduce potential environmental impacts from producing natural gas from the Marcellus shale and other geologic formations, according to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). milligrams per liter.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Aisin) plan to provide 60 2010-model residential, solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) cogeneration systems jointly developed by Osaka Gas Co., The 2010 models have overcome the technological development issues identified through earlier test programs to achieve greater energy savings and CO 2 reductions. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 17, 2010

A new study co-authored by CSIRO (Australia) scientists Paul Durack and Dr. Susan Wijffels finds evidence that the world’s water cycle has already intensified. The stronger water cycle means arid regions have become drier and high rainfall regions wetter as atmospheric temperature increases. Tags: Climate Change Water.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

While hot or warm water processes are used to extract bitumen from Canadian oil sands, the application of these methods to the processing deposits found in the Western United States, notably Utah, has not been commercially successful, the researchers noted, because of the consolidated nature of the deposits and the high viscosity of the bitumen.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Volkswagen Marine will exhibit its marine diesel engine line-up at “ boot 2010 ” in Düsseldorf (23-31 January 2010). Builders of large offshore sailing yachts like Oyster, Bénéteau, Jeanneau and Nautor are now installing specially adapted Volkswagen Marine “Blue Water Engines” into long-distance cruisers. The Greenline 33.

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JULY 31, 2011

A new biological water purification facility developed by Siemens generates enough methane gas to power its own operations. The pilot facility for this process, which is located at a site run by Singapore’s Public Utilities Board, has been operating in an energy-neutral manner since June 2010.

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MAY 14, 2010

Schematic representation and operating principles of the lithium–water electrochemical cell used for hydrogen generation: (1) external circuit and (2) inside of lithium–water electrochemical cell. the high-school chemistry demonstration of the violent reaction between sodium and water.). sea water) by using sunlight.

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APRIL 12, 2010

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. Yoon Sung Nam, Andrew P. Pollom Jr, David A. Weitz and Angela M.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Pickett at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) has introduced an efficient, robust photoelectrode made of common, inexpensive materials for the production of hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight. 2010) Water Splitting by Visible Light: A Nanophotocathode for Hydrogen Production. —Thomas Nann.

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JUNE 28, 2011

rise, as 2010 was one of the two warmest. Source: State of the Climate in 2010. Worldwide, 2010 was one of the two warmest years on record, according to NOAA’s just-released 2010 State of the Climate report. Geographical distribution of notable climate anomalies and events occurring around the planet in 2010.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

The R&D center will focus primarily on water chemistry and biomass utilization applications. The center will start operations in the end of 2010. The new center is a continuum for the Center of Water Efficiency Excellence, which Kemira initially established together with VTT in Finland.

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Energysheds for 20 selected US cities in 2010. Energysheds are analogous to watersheds, in which communities use more locally derived water to improve efficiency and decrease their dependence on water transported from long distances. From: DeRolph et al.

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