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JUNE 16, 2021

A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to conventional water splitting and offers almost no advantage. Additionally, H 2 O is needed for water splitting.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research ( DIFFER ) is partnering with Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to develop a device that absorbs water vapor, and splits it into hydrogen and oxygen directly using solar energy. In this project, DIFFER and TME are exploring an innovative way to produce hydrogen directly out of humid air.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Researchers in Israel have designed a separate-cell photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting system with decoupled hydrogen and oxygen cells for centralized hydrogen production. Conceptual illustration of a solar hydrogen refueling station with distributed PEC solar cells producing oxygen and a centralized hydrogen generator.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Michael Grätzel at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland has developed a highly efficient and low-cost water-splitting cell combining an advanced perovskite tandem solar cell and a bi-functional Earth-abundant catalyst. conversion efficiency from solar energy to hydrogen, a record with earth-abundant materials.

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APRIL 14, 2020

the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water ( earlier post ), is working with Suzhou GH New Energy Co. a division of GCL Poly, in China to make the final modifications to the solar cells required to manufacture the Gen 1 hydrogen production panels to be used in demonstration pilot plants.

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MAY 6, 2022

The NREL scientists analyzed solar thermochemical hydrogen (STCH) production, which can be potentially more energy-efficient than producing hydrogen via the commonly used electrolysis method. Electrolysis needs electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. A conceptual solar thermochemical hydrogen production platform.

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JULY 1, 2025

During the first five months of 2025, only 34 percent of the capacity of all of Cuba’s power plants, based on 2023 numbers, was available on an average daily basis. The government had trouble paying the high leasing prices, so the ships’ operators withdrew from Cuba’s waters, taking hundreds of megawatts with them.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

One environmental concern of the downstream sector is that of water consumption at lithium brine facilities, which operate in some of the driest areas on the planet. Brine operations use solar, chemical, and/or physical means to produce refined lithium products for use in the battery sector. Source: Roskill.

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JUNE 19, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report that frames an integrated challenge and opportunity space around the water-energy nexus for DOE and its partners and lays the foundation for future efforts. Present day water and energy systems are tightly intertwined. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 13, 2019

A cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable way of making hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight is closer with new research from the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies. Most solar cells currently on the market are made of silicon; these are expensive to make and require a lot of very pure silicon to manufacture.

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JULY 17, 2013

The primary goal of this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000949 ) is to provide disruptive new solar conversion and storage technology options to enable a much higher penetration of solar energy generation into the US energy mix. a) Hybrid solar converter (award Categories 1A and 1B). b) Hybrid storage system (award Category 2).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The life-cycle water consumption of fuel cell electric vehicles using hydrogen produced from natural gas with steam methane reforming is almost 50% less than the life-cycle water consumption of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles using gasoline, according to a study by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) have demonstrated a method of direct hydrogen production from air— in situ capture of freshwater from the atmosphere using hygroscopic electrolyte and subsequent electrolysis powered by solar or wind with a current density up to 574 mA cm ?2.

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MAY 6, 2020

During the energy sector’s transition to carbon neutrality, wind, solar, and battery storage will form an increasing share of power systems. There will, however, also be a need for renewable fuels to enable long-term storage in persistent low wind and solar weather conditions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Hybrid systems of floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the technical potential to produce a significant portion of the electricity generated annually across the globe, according to an analysis by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This is really optimistic.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

A team from UCLA and colleagues from Tarbiat Modares University and Shahed University in Iran have devised an integrated solar-powered system for both electrochemical energy storage and water electrolysis. A paper on their work is published in the journal Energy Storage Materials. Wh kg −1 with specific power of 37.9

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The prototype system is made up of three interconnected, new-generation, crystalline silicon solar cells attached to an electrolysis system that does not rely on rare metals. crystalline Silicon (c-Si) solar cells show high solar-to-electricity efficiencies, and have demonstrated stabilities in excess of 25 years.

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APRIL 15, 2013

Joule, the developer of a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), has extended its solar CO 2 conversion platform to produce renewable gasoline- and jet fuel-range hydrocarbons. 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. accommodates all standard Caterpillar, Bobcat or John Deere attachments and is submersible in up to four feet of water. Full and semi-autonomous options also available.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The proceeds of the investment round will accelerate the company’s growth and support the scaling and commercialization of Synhelion’s solar fuels technology. Synhelion is developing two pathways to solar fuels: Redox splitting. The thermochemical splitting of CO 2 and water in a two-step redox reaction yields carbon-neutral fuels.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A team at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) has successfully integrated solar heat into a solid oxide electrolyzer. The experimental setup of the prototype system consisted of a solar simulator, a solar steam generator, a steam accumulator and a solid oxide electrolyzer. Schiller et al. A small fraction (0.58

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Researchers at Rice have demonstrated an efficient new way to use solar energy for water splitting. Structure and mechanism of operation of plasmonic photocathode for plasmon-mediated direct electron injection to drive solar-to-chemical energy conversion. (a) b) Energy schematic of the structure. —Robatjazi et al.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Recent breakthroughs in separations and catalysis, along with long-trend reductions in solar and wind electricity costs, have significantly increased the potential for cost-competitive renewable fuels from direct air capture (DAC) of CO 2. The separation of ethanol and other fuel products from water. —Rob McGinnis.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Hydrogen is produced on site by a 200kW electrolyzer that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen components and has the capacity to produce up to 80kg of hydrogen per day.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In AW-Energy’s concept, wave energy complements solar power production to enable large-scale green hydrogen. Our WaveRoller process enables a green hydrogen plant to achieve much higher production capacities at reduced costs by complimenting wave energy with solar or wind. —Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy Oy.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The work, presented in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers a unique, highly efficient, and inexpensive route for solar fuels synthesis. The solar-powered catalyst is made from abundant materials and works in a configuration that could be mass-produced. 1 under air mass 1.5 —Zhou et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Benefits from the capture include odor reduction, improved water quality and future distributed renewable energy production. SunPower: residential solar with energy storage. Combining solar with energy storage will help provide homeowners peace-of-mind and opportunity to access back-up power during a power outage.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The renewed generation facility will be owned by IPA and operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Stored renewable hydrogen can provide power when wind and solar availability are limited due to prevailing weather conditions and time of day, as well as provide seasonal energy storage from renewable energy sources.

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MARCH 9, 2014

A new study by Berkeley Lab researchers at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ) shows that nearly 90% of the electrons generated by a new hybrid photocathode material designed to store solar energy in hydrogen are being stored in the target hydrogen molecules (Faradaic efficiency). Earlier post.) —Gary Moore.

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JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. Until now, however, the technology has mainly been found in the laboratory because the costs of producing solar hydrogen were simply too high. Joule doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.006

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MAY 20, 2021

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions. -ft. With the ability to offload 9.6

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JULY 30, 2017

Researchers in Japan report that a commercially available TiO 2 with a large number of surface oxygen vacancies, when photo-irradiated by UV light in pure water with nitrogen—successfully produces ammonia (NH 3 ). As a result of this, NH 3 is produced from water and N 2 under ambient conditions by using sunlight as energy source.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. Atmospheric water harvesting draws water from humidity in the air. The material is a hydrogel, a polymer network that naturally retains a lot of water.

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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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JULY 30, 2020

although there are some available power plants in the WECC the electric power could not be delivered to the load centers because of transmission limitations. No new hydropower generation is expected because hydropower generation is energy limited—no more water is expected in the Columbia River system.

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APRIL 15, 2015

Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. For the North American shale boom, the lack of water is suffocating. How we can turn toilet water into tap water.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Scientists from a team spanning Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. Earlier post.).

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