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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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Conversely, it reduces emissions to a lesser degree when occurring in a context of decreasing inequality. This reduces energy costs for homeowners who can afford to install solar panels or energy-efficient appliances, but it also serves to drive up the prices of fossil fuel energy as utility companies seek to recapture losses.

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DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

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The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Corn stover and pine forest residues were selected as they are the target (“proof of concept”) feedstocks.

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California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

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To collect data during the demonstration period to provide insights into the performance, operations, and costs of this technology. To build the locomotive and demonstrate its operations in a real-world environment. To support commercialization activities to expand the use of hydrogen in the rail sector.

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DOE BETO releases new strategic plan; biofuels to constitute 25% of US transportation fuels by 2040

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The plan centers around four key opportunities: enhancing the bioenergy value proposition; mobilizing US biomass resources; cultivating end-use markets and customers; and. By 2040, enable large-scale biomass production and conversion that allows biofuels to constitute 25% of the US transportation fuel market. Click to enlarge.

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UK study finds Bio-SNG could offer 90% reduction in lifecycle CO2; lower cost of carbon abatement than electrical solutions for transport applications

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Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. Unlike biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion, Bio-SNG is formed by the conversion of thermally-derived syngas—i.e., Cost of carbon abated. Strategically the UK needs to consider the most cost effective approach for decarbonizing, the report notes.

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Review paper: Graphene and related materials (GRMs) may play major role in energy applications

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review the use of GRMs for energy conversion in solar cells, thermoelectric devices, and fuel cells; and for energy storage in batteries, supercapacitors, and hydrogen production and storage. Graphene, related 2D crystals, and hybrid systems might play a major role in future energy conversion and storage technologies. 1246501.

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New Rutgers non-noble metal catalyst for hydrogen evolution performs as well as Pt in both acid and base

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Here, we show that crystalline Ni 5 P 4 evolves H 2 with geometric electrical to chemical conversion efficiency on par with Pt in strong acid (33 mV dec -1 Tafel slope and ?62 2 , equivalent to ~10% solar photoelectrical conversion efficiency. Platinum is the benchmark material for both devices as it has the best conversion efficiency.

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