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MARCH 1, 2018

The Department of Energy announced a funding opportunity totaling $3 million to support projects between US industry and DOE national laboratories related to improving materials in severe or complex environments through the new High Performance Computing for Materials in Applied Energy Technologies ( HPC4Mtls ) Program. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 19, 2014

They identified four potential modes of water resource degradation: (1) shallow aquifers contaminated by fugitive natural gas (i.e., They identified four potential modes of water resource degradation: (1) shallow aquifers contaminated by fugitive natural gas (i.e., Credit: ACS, Vengosh et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2015

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the sum total of water lost while the plant is growing, either from evaporation through the plant stem itself (a process called “transpiration”), or from water evaporated off of the plant’s leaves or the ground. —Hamilton et al.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

have demonstrated for the first time that genetically engineered marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing industrially relevant products such as enzymes or biofuels. What our research shows is that we can achieve in marine species exactly what we’ve already done in fresh water species. Earlier post.).

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JULY 26, 2021

MPS base unit can be customized with any of the more than 250 commercially available work attachments and tools that lift, grab, push, extract and haul. With all-wheel-drive and autonomous capabilities, the MPS can be deployed in a range of operating environments, especially in those that are unsafe for personnel. The DANNAR 4.00

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JUNE 6, 2023

This system mitigates the risks associated with future fuels, such as ammonia, which can be hazardous to both health and the environment unless handled and stored with great care. With WARMS, typical emissions comprise nitrogen (N 2 ) and water (H 2 O), with ammonia (NH 3 ) emissions less than 30 ppm.

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MARCH 18, 2015

Now the slick but dry state is becoming famous for water: that precious element that both resolves the drought problem and also makes it possible to pump more oil out of the ground. At the same time, the new technology uses no chemicals, rendering it quite possibly the ‘greenest’ water processing technology in operation today.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Technologies such as pressurized alkaline or high-temperature electrolysis are already being installed in industrial environments. However, commercially available membranes lack sufficient stability in alkaline environments, which have limited the widespread adoption of AEM in electrolysis applications.

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MARCH 10, 2012

A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. Automobile tire rubber in general consists of approximately 40?60%

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

verdeX production also uses less water, partly by capturing all storm water at the facility, utilizing it in production and returning it to the environment. When complete, US Steel’s new $3-billion facility currently under construction in Osceola, Ark.,

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JULY 8, 2015

In collaboration with the farming community of the Indian Creek Watershed in central Illinois, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are finding ways to meet three agrarian land management objectives simultaneously: maximizing a farmer’s production; growing feedstock for bioenergy; and protecting the environment.

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APRIL 30, 2010

[(PY5Me 2 )Mo(CF 3 SO 3 )] 1+ reacts with water to form. In addition, our catalyst does not require organic additives, and can operate in neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water, the most abundant source of hydrogen on earth and a natural electrolyte. PY5Me 2 )MoO] 2+ and H 2. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 25, 2011

The US Department of the Interior released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States. Click to enlarge. —Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. —Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor. million homes.

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MARCH 19, 2018

The microbial biosensor cell will generate high voltage spikes when availability of organic compounds increases. Plus if we are able to develop this system on a larger scale, the same unit would be able to treat the waste and to remediate the soil and water that has been contaminated. —Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Ph.D.,

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APRIL 16, 2014

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have discovered a new photocatalyst, Sn 3 O 4 , which facilitates the production of hydrogen fuel from water, using sunlight as an energy source. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Applied Materials & Interfaces. Source: NIMS. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 3, 2021

physically moving the macroalgae between deep nutrient-rich water at night and shallow depths within the photic zone during the day to optimize growth. 13 C values suggesting that the depth-cycled kelp were not nitrogen-deficient and assimilated nutrients from deep water. The researchers used a depth-cycling approach—i.e.,

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APRIL 4, 2022

A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. This unique set of data casts doubt then over the internal dynamics of the gyre.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Thanks to the expertise of several project partners, HyFlexFuel proved that HTL biocrudes can be successfully upgraded to drop-in fuels in an industrially-relevant environment, achieving hundreds of hours of continuous operations. —Daniele Castello of Aalborg University.

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MAY 16, 2021

During their experiments, the scientists happened to notice that a strange odor developed when commercial cement was mixed with water. Of the organic matter present in cement, phthalates have the highest effect on deterioration more than phosphates and AE water reducing agents. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. Cobra electric supercharger. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Pending regulatory approvals and equipment availability, the hub’s first phase is planned to enter commercial service by 2025. The region features multiple naturally occurring underground salt formations that can support development of large caverns, allowing for the safe and effective storage of several years’ worth of green hydrogen.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Data are summarized and classified in three main sections: hydrogen as a free gas in different environments, as inclusions in various rock types, and as dissolved gas in ground water. Hydrogen has been detected at high concentrations, often as the major gas, in all types of geologic environment.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SABIC’s NORYL GTX 9500 resin retains a better balance of mechanical properties when exposed to heat and humidity typical of automotive under-hood environments, than polyamide (PA) resins (PA66 and PA6), as well as comparable high flow and high-temperature performance. SABIC’s new NORYL GTX 9500 resin is available globally.

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MARCH 17, 2021

Artificial intelligence-designed "robot playground" outdoor obstacle course for testing robots on stairs, rocks, and water, surrounded by motion capture cameras. Ford recently purchased several Digit robots, the first commercially available robot with arms and legs, to work with humans and in human spaces.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Projects will work to reduce the LCOE through multiple approaches, including increasing generation efficiency, increasing rotor area per unit of equivalent mass, lowering operation and maintenance costs, minimizing potential impacts on the surrounding environment, and maximizing system reliability. Westergaard Solutions, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 10, 2023

It is stored in the soil, water and living organisms, impacting the entire food chain. According to a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), emissions of mercury to the atmosphere increased by an estimated 20% from 2010 to 2015. This toxic heavy metal is then washed into streams and lakes when it rains.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Eni currently makes use of approximately 50% of the used cooking oil available in Italy and, in part thanks to RenOils-member regeneration companies, will extend its capacity to produce high-quality biofuel from this waste in the company’s bio-refinery in Venice, at Porto Marghera, and soon also in Gela.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

A limited quantity of Bird Bikes are available to order now direct from Bird, and will be broadly available from leading US retailers this fall. Commercial-grade aluminum alloy frame provides increased durability for urban environments. Safety certified and IP65+ water resistant battery increases security and safety.

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AUGUST 23, 2009

In the US, producing one gallon of ethanol from switchgrass consumes approximately the same net amount of water as does producing a gallon of gasoline from conventional crude or oil sands oil, according to a study by Argonne National Laboratory researchers presented at the 238 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society last week.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Livent employs an innovative method that emphasizes sustainable water use and minimizes the impact on local ecosystems and communities. The BMW Group sources critical raw materials like lithium and cobalt directly from producers and makes them available to its battery cell suppliers.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Europe must dramatically cut its water consumption and use water more efficiently if it is to avoid the worst impacts of water shortage, the European Environment Agency ( EEA ) warns in a new report, “Water resources across Europe—confronting water scarcity and drought”. “

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MARCH 17, 2022

The act specifies that such hubs should be selected by DOE based on mix of feedstock available to produce hydrogen, available users of hydrogen, geographic locations, and potential effects on employment, among other considerations.

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APRIL 4, 2010

Humberto Blanco-Canqui of Kansas State University found that removal of more than 50% of crop residue can have negative consequences for soil structure, reduce soil organic carbon sequestration, increase water erosion, and reduce nutrient cycling and crop production, particularly in erodible and sloping soils.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The inoperable boiling water reactor plant serves as a training ground to prepare for radiological and nuclear incidents and disaster scenarios. Perception techniques to detect people, vehicles and other objects are also available based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The hackathon took place Oct. —Eric Thorn.

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JULY 23, 2012

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 20 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. Earlier post.) The sale will include approximately 3,800 blocks, covering roughly 20.5

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MARCH 6, 2020

The company’s patented technology allows the production of renewable hydrogen as well as the direct conversion of water and CO 2 into raw material for petrochemical products. Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyzer for use in industrial environments as part of the E-CO2MET research and development project.

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