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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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This transformational technology uses sCO 2 as a working fluid instead of water to achieve high thermodynamic efficiencies that can potentially exceed advanced steam-Rankine cycles. will lead a team to design, build, and operate a 200 tonne CO 2 /day large pilot capture system at a coal-fired power plant operated by NRG Energy, Inc.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture.

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DOE to award up to $12.4M to 11 projects focused on shale gas and enhanced oil recovery

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These projects include: GE Global Research (Niskayuna, NY) - NORM Mitigation and Clean Water Recovery from Marcellus Frac Water. The process will also yield clean water than can be recycled for beneficial use, and marketable salt byproducts. The total value of the shale-related projects is more than $17.0

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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The team will conduct a series of scale-up experiments to achieve high yields of hydrogen and graphitic carbon in a representative solar environment with 40–50 kilowatt insolation to produce greater than 5 kilograms of hydrogen per day. The investigation will be performed on steels with a range of strength levels (e.g.,

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Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

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Brigham, based in Austin, Texas, has a strong position in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. Brigham has drilled 88 consecutive producing North Dakota wells, with an average early 24 hour peak production rate of approximately 2,800 boe per day.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Better balancing electricity supply from wind or solar energy with demand means that utilities do not need to build "stand-by" power plants that can delivery electricity reliably, Schurr said. "If Where did you pull up that "wind potential of North Dakota" BS from? Look at the T. He states this as a positive of his program.

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