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MARCH 9, 2016

Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses. —Cohan and Sengupta (2016). Graphic by Tanyia Johnson/Rice University.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

billion core hours represents 1,000-fold growth in computational resources provided to award recipients. Despite continued upgrades, expansions, and advances in computing power, demand for leadership-class resources such as Mira and Titan continues to exceed availability. Today’s collective allocation of 5.8

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MAY 9, 2016

A University of Illinois study drawing from over 20 years of data shows that sulfur levels in Midwest watersheds and rivers have steadily declined, so much so that farmers may soon need to consider applying sulfur. At some point, farmers are going to have to fertilize with sulfur. —U of I biogeochemist Mark David. David, Lowell E.

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MARCH 21, 2016

This could make it more attractive to make olefins from alternative sources of carbon, such as biomass, natural gas, or coal. Increasing demand and decreasing oil reserves are causing scientists to turn their attention to coal, natural gas, shale gas, and biomass as sources of raw material.

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JUNE 1, 2016

In a paper describing the kraft recovery process, Honghi Tran from the University of Toronto and Esa K. This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. 2016) “Green Diesel from Kraft Lignin in Three Steps” ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201600172. Globally over 1.3

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MAY 23, 2022

The presence of ammonia was first discovered in the upper troposphere in 2016 using the analysis of averaged MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) infrared limb-emission spectra. Bertozzi, B. 2022) “Synergistic HNO 3 –H 2 SO 4 –NH 3 upper tropospheric particle formation.”

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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. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. —Covert et al.

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JULY 3, 2017

This growth is expected to lead to a significant increase in carbon dioxide emissions of nearly 900 million tonnes through 2050, or about the same level of emissions growth as from coal use in the power and the entire industry sector combined.

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JULY 27, 2016

Wolfgang Schuhmann of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum describes the results of their work together with colleagues from the Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr and the Technical University of Bratislava in an open-access paper published in Nature Communications.

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JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. million tonnes in 2050, due to existing control requirements and the shift away from coal-fired generation.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 10 11 –5.17×10

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APRIL 9, 2016

The team from Carnegie Mellon University led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek accounted for regional differences in emissions due to marginal grid mix; ambient temperature; patterns of vehicle miles traveled (VMT); and driving conditions (city versus highway). —Yuksel et al.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. That’s why part of our plan is to provide new and better incentives that promote rapid, responsible development of these resources. In fact, the Air Force is aiming to get half of its domestic jet fuel from alternative sources by 2016.

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MAY 13, 2010

After the initial transition period, revenues go into a Universal Refund that will increase until all revenues not spent to reduce the deficit are refunded directly to consumers. Industrial sources will not enter the program until 2016. Regulatory Predictability. Expanding manufacturing. The American Power Act.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The energy stored within hydrogen has been imparted from electrical energy through the electrolytic hydrogen production process or more likely in the refinement of fossil fuels such as coal seam (methane) gas – both are energy intensive processes in themselves. . Fletcher, S., Hill and Wang. Lambert, F.,

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APRIL 4, 2016

Conventional direct reduced iron is produced by the reduction (removal of oxygen) of iron oxide lumps or pellets at 800-1050 °C—below the melting point of iron (1536 °C)—by interaction with reductants (H2+CO) derived from natural gas or coal. The HYBRIT project has an almost 20-year timeline: Pre-feasibility study from 2016-2017.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

The F-T wax can be manufactured using renewable energy and any carbon-containing resources including biomass, CO 2 , natural gas, coal—and the resulting carbon residue from the hydrogen-depleted wax. Resources. —Gonzalez-Cortes et al. Gonzalez-Cortes, D. Slocombe, T. Aldawsari, B. Kuznetsov, E. Liberti, A.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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JANUARY 11, 2020

Researchers from Rice, UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), describe the low-energy, low-temperature syngas production process in a paper in Nature Energy. Syngas is a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas that can be made from coal, biomass, natural gas and other sources. Martirez, J.M.P.,

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JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. It is much more than that. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. Instead of drastically scaling up power-grid infrastructure, our work at the University of Vermont has focused on how to coordinate demand in real time to match the increasingly variable supply.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In 2016, TSMC engineers demonstrated that they could send power around the batteries, eschewing the 24/7 conversions. TSMC has since signed more such contracts and has invited its suppliers to collaborate, pooling resources for bigger power-purchase deals. Taiwan’s previous president, Tsai Ing-wen, vowed in 2016 to phase out nuclear.

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. This reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density.

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