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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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Low Cost Carbon Texas Cheap

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

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APRIL 23, 2021

Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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Gasoline Turkmenistan Gas Carbon

Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

To determine what was happening, and the best way to make it happen, the Sandia team used computer simulations generated by coauthor Na Sai from the University of Texas at Austin that suggested which molecular changes to seek. The Texas Advanced Computing Center also added value. Chou, Na Sai, Ping Lu, Eric N. Luk, Bryan Kaehr & C.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Water Production

Greyrock to build small-scale gas-to-liquids plant near Houston

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Greyrock Energy, a company transforming natural gas into premium transportation fuels ( earlier post ), announced a final investment decision (FID) to build a small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facility near Houston, Texas. The plant will be commercially operational by the end of 2015.

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Houston Gas Building Dallas

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

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JULY 10, 2019

OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif.

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Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The plant will convert abundant low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into high-value specialty products (solvents, lubricants and waxes), as well as transportation fuels. Mechanical completion of the plant is expected in late 2015, with start-up in early 2016.

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Building Energy 2013 Gas

Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012, SGC Energia commissioned, started up, and operated a pilot-scale FT process for the demonstration step of its XTLH Fischer-Tropsch integrated process solution in Texas. Additional hiring will take place as the project nears completion in early 2015.

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Louisiana San Antonio Houston 2013

UT Austin team identifies promising new cathode material for sodium-ion batteries: eldfellite

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new cathode material made of the nontoxic and inexpensive mineral eldfellite (NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 ), presenting a significant advancement in the quest for a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.

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Sodium Austin Li-ion Lithium Ion

DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Is advanced thermal insulation technology to a point where DOE should consider pursuing manufacturing related R&D for low‐cost reliable manufacture of MLVSI techniques? The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas.

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Gas Fuel Hydrogen Alternative Fuels

6 DOE-funded applied battery research projects targeting Li-ion cells with >200 Wh/kg for PHEVs and EVs

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JUNE 19, 2014

The projects end in 2015. While HCMR offers high capacity and safety and low cost, it can be challenged by high DC-Resistance, voltage fade upon cycling and poor durability. Penn State/University of Texas at Austin. Penn State/University of Texas at Austin. The Penn State/U Texas project is a $2.4-million

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Li-ion PHEV Ni-Li Batteries

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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MARCH 27, 2017

Until recently, CNTs had not been produced at low energies, nor had they been produced in high yield from CO 2. In 2015 we introduced the efficient transformation splitting of CO 2 by electrolysis in molten carbonates to form carbon nanotubes and nanofibers at high yield.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

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JUNE 17, 2010

The goal is to have an inventory of regulator-approved commercial projects with a total capacity of 400,000 – 500,000 bbls/d net to Cenovus by the end of 2015. Cenovus is among the lowest cost oilsands producers in the industry. These projects would be in various stages of development and production.

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2019 Production Energy Oil

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

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MARCH 10, 2018

For 20 years, researchers have shown that CNT membranes offer tremendous promise for a wide variety of uses including the low-cost production of ethanol fuel, precision drug delivery, low-energy desalination of seawater, purification of pharmaceutical compounds, and high-performance catalysis for the production of fuels.

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Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin

EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.”

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EPA Green Polymer Water

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

Greyrock to build small-scale gas-to-liquids plant near Houston

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

Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

UT Austin team identifies promising new cathode material for sodium-ion batteries: eldfellite

DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

6 DOE-funded applied battery research projects targeting Li-ion cells with >200 Wh/kg for PHEVs and EVs

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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