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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under current policies, home energy storage systems would also often increase carbon emissions, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. —lead author Oytun Babacan, a postdoc at the School of Global Policy and Strategy.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

According to the latest report from the United Nations (UN), the global population in 2018 was 7.6 Credit: The University of Hong Kong. The country had undergone the biggest urban expansion in the period, between 2001 and 2018, its BUA increase accounted for 47.5% billion and the urban population was 4.2

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volkswagen and Stanford University have developed in partnership a new catalyst production process to reduce the comparatively high cost of automotive fuel cell technology. The material is conventionally distributed as particles on carbon powder. —Xu et al. As a result, two-dimensional growth of Pt nanoparticles can be realized.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Rio Tinto has committed to invest $10 million with the world’s largest steel producer China Baowu Steel Group over the next two years in low-carbon steelmaking projects and research. In 2018, Rio Tinto completed the divestment of its coal assets, becoming the only major mining company not producing fossil fuels. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fiber that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material.

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JUNE 26, 2018

A international team of researchers, led by Lancaster University in the UK and Jilin University in China, reports the first organically synthesized sp?sp sp 3 hybridized porous carbon, OSPC?1. The new carbon shows electron conductivity, high porosity, the highest uptake of lithium ions of any carbon material to?date

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MARCH 6, 2018

in 2007 to exceed 14% of the 2016-level worldwide GHGE by 2040, accounting for more than half of the current relative contribution of the whole transportation sector, according to a new study from McMaster University in Canada. Belkhir and Elmeligi (2018) Click to enlarge. —Belkhir and Elmeligi (2018). 2017.12.239.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2018

A team led by Kanazawa University in Japan has developed a cleaner method for the recycling of several rare earths (REs) such as yttrium (Y) and europium (Eu) used as phosphors in fluorescent lamps (FLs). Rare-earths (REs) are key components for the transition to a greener energy profile and low carbon society. 2018.08.049.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The researchers say the differences observed in people exposed to higher levels of black carbon were comparable in magnitude to those associated with smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for 15 years. Lead researcher Dr Carrie Pistenmaa Aaron performed this work as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. —Dr Aaron.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

Researchers at Jiangsu Normal University in China have devised a boron-doped carbon-sulfur (BCS) aerogel with consecutive “core-shell” stuctures as a binder-free cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. Boron doped carbon sheets can restrict the shuttle of LiPS n via effective physical confinement and chemical interaction.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

A two-year study led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found large trucks to be the greatest contributors to black carbon emissions close to major roadways. Black carbon—commonly called soot—is a marker for exposure to diesel exhaust which is known to have negative health effects. Jonathan M.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The analysis combines process engineering, spatial optimization, and lifecycle assessment to consider the technical, economic, and institutional feasibility of near-term carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Mach (2018) “Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719695115.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Founded in 2018, Zap Energy’s technology stabilizes plasma using sheared flows rather than magnetic fields to confine and compress the plasma. We see fusion technology as a promising low-carbon future energy source. Resources. “ The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Researchers in New Zealand have shown that investing in cycle lanes and walkways encourages people to drive less and cuts carbon emissions. The researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Victoria University studied the impact of new cycling and walking paths built in New Plymouth and Hastings in 2011.

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JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Note the different scaling used in the graphs. McCollum et al.

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MARCH 10, 2018

Startup Mattershift says it has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter nm-diameter CNTs traversing a large-area nonporous polysulfone film.

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DECEMBER 29, 2018

Researchers at the Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene in China have synthesized onion-like nanospheres of carbon encapsulated few-layer MoS2 nanosheets for use as an anode material in Li-ion batteries. The nanocomposite delivers a specific capacity of 1119?mAh 2018.12.055.

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APRIL 6, 2018

The Stanford Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) was established at Stanford more than 40 years ago to bring together leading experts and decision makers from government, industry, universities, and other research organizations to study important energy and environmental issues. What might be the effect of a carbon tax on revenue from other taxes?

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MARCH 12, 2018

Researchers at The University of Western Ontario (UWO) have discovered a new conductive phase during the carbon-coating process of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material that can improve the electrochemical performance of lithium-ion batteries. Surface conductive phase formation during carbon coating process. (a)

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have now shown that the lightweight superconductor MgB 2 (magnesium diboride)—the average mass/atom of which is comparable with carbon—as a metallic sulfur host fulfills both electron conduction and polysulfide immobilization properties. 2018.09.024.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers from Western University, Canadian Light Source, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a novel solid-phase Li-S transformation mechanism that enables high energy Li-S batteries in conventional Li-ion carbonate electrolytes. Schematic of a lithium sulfur battery in carbonate-based electrolyte.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Researchers at Columbia University have solved the first piece of the puzzle; they have proved that CO 2 electroreduction begins with one common intermediate, not two as was commonly thought. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 1802256115.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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JULY 9, 2020

Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy. Nat Energy (2020).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) is calling for research proposals from Japan for 2018 under the Hydrogen Research Initiative established in 2017. It recognizes that pairing carbon-free hydrogen systems with renewable energies contributes to energy sustainability. Earlier post.). Hydrogen carriers. Hydrogen applications.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. In 2018, Lithium Americas completed a pre-feasibility study (PFS) on a two-phase project with a production capacity designed to reach 60,000 tpa of battery- quality lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3 ) and 46-year mine life. Earlier post.). Thacker Pass.

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. A paper on their work appears in the journal Matter.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted its Triennial Strategic Research Plan. It acts as a resource for those interested in CARB’s research priorities for the 2021-2024 fiscal years, informing sister agencies, universities and communities of the agency’s priorities.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

The study was led by former CABBI Postdoctoral Researcher Caitlin Moore and her advisor, Carl Bernacchi, Plant Physiologist with the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Energy sorghum falls somewhere in between.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Researchers from Washington State University and Tufts University have “ unambiguously ” shown for the first time that individual Pt atoms on a well-defined Cu 2 O film are able to perform CO oxidation (i.e., Carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. —Jean-Sabin McEwen. Therrien, Alyssa J. Therrien, Alyssa J.

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JULY 27, 2018

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), with colleagues from North Carolina State University and the University of Connecticut, have engineered the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima to produce 46% more hydrogen per cell than the wild type. The team’s highest reported yield—5.7 00998-18.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Nyobolt owns the exclusive IP rights to the original niobium anode invention by leading Cambridge University battery scientist Professor Clare Gray; the company now has a presence in the UK, the US and Asia. 2018) “Niobium tungsten oxides for high-rate lithium-ion energy storage.” Griffith et al. Griffith, K.J., Wiaderek, K.M.,

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APRIL 6, 2018

A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

The Rice University lab of chemist James Tour has shown that thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. Here, it is shown that lithiated multiwall carbon nanotubes (Li?MWCNTs) You just coat a lithium metal foil with a multi-walled carbon nanotube film.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The results of the study were published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. The results of the study were published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Besides electricity, the study found that households exposed to air pollution consumed more natural gas.

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JULY 6, 2020

In practical terms, this high GWP means that 1 t of SF 6 released to the atmosphere is equivalent to the release of 23,500t of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Peter Simmonds at the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues calculated annual emissions of SF 6 between 1978 and 2018. —Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

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