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Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

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The US states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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Immediately following the Silvertip Pipeline failure, PHMSA issued ExxonMobil a Corrective Action Order directing the company to take a number of measures to ensure its safe restart and continued operation.

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Researchers design nanoparticles for cost-effective hydrogen production process

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Researchers at the University of Arkansas, with colleagues from Brookhaven National Lab and Argonne National Lab, have found that nanoparticles composed of nickel and iron are more effective and efficient than other more costly materials when used as catalysts in the production of hydrogen fuel through water electrolysis. —Manso et al.

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Galvanic, IBAT testing proves Smackover brine is DLE compatible

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The catch is identifying lithium that can be harvested economically and in a way that doesn’t harm the environment. I’ve written here in the past about my company’s Smackover prospect in southwest Arkansas. We can find the lithium.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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One of these, the Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), aims to enhance or increase the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by changing the design. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). DOE: $695,000 Non-DOE: $206,853 Total: $901,853 (23% cost share). Arizona State University.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. The I-40 Collaboration of Clean Cities, a partnership across Arkansas and. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. effort to develop templates and best practices for permitting AFV refueling. petroleum reduction strategies. Center for. Transportation and. INCOG Tulsa Area.

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