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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces that could reduce CO 2 emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 billion in 5 years while reducing overall UK emissions by 2.9%.

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Carbon Emissions Cleaner Gas-Electric

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The amount of methane released into the atmosphere as a result of coal mining is likely approximately 50% higher than previously estimated, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The authors point out that less coal production doesn’t translate to less methane.

Coal

Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine

DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas. University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

Coal

Coal Universal North Dakota Power

NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A NASA-led team of scientists has uncovered strong evidence that coal soot from a rapidly industrializing Europe caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps that began in the 1860s, a period often thought of as the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). Black carbon is the strongest sunlight-absorbing atmospheric particle.

Coal

Coal Carbon Climate Europe

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

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JUNE 30, 2012

Robert Blanchette, University of Minnesota) Click to enlarge. Coal deposits—the fossilized remains of plants—were formed during a 60-million year period from around 360 to 300 million years ago. Once you have white rot you can break down lignin, the major precursor of coal. Punctularia strigoso-zonata.

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Coal Production IDEA Carbon

New membrane technology for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture begins pilot-scale test

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JANUARY 27, 2015

A new carbon capture technology sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for economically capturing 90% of the carbon dioxide emitted from a coal-burning power plant has begun pilot-scale testing. Post-combustion carbon capture has presented unique challenges for researchers. and will continue for 2–3 months.

Carbon

Carbon Illinois Coal Gas-Electric

Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

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MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Kemp.

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Universal Grid Carbon Engine

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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JULY 8, 2012

A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. The paper by researchers from Peking University and Environment Canada appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Major emission areas are marked. Click to enlarge.

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2007 Carbon China Emissions

Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Emissions Carbon

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Comparison of coal consumption and CO 2 emissions for co-production and separate production of liquids and power. Conventional CTL plant gasifies coal to produce a syngas which is then converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to products. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions. Source: Mantripragada and Rubin. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Oil Prices CO2 Gas-Electric

Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

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JUNE 1, 2015

Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. Their results are presented in an open access paper published in the journal ACS Central Science.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Carbon Lithium Sulfur Energy

Newcastle Univ. researchers say expansion of Panama Canal could help reduce carbon footprint of marine industry

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JANUARY 24, 2012

In a paper published this month in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering , Paul Stott and Dr Peter Wright of Newcastle University, UK, suggest that the $6-billion Panama Canal expansion program offers the marine industry as a whole an opportunity to reduce its environmental impact.

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Panama Mariner Industrial Industry

DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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JULY 20, 2014

The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas. Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems.

Energy

Energy Future Oil Gas

Purdue Team Develops High Pressure, High Temperature Gasifier in Pursuit of More Efficient Synthetic Fuels Production

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Source: Purdue University. Researchers at Purdue University have developed a facility aimed at learning the chemical kinetic processes in coal and biomass gasification to improve thermodynamic efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of the technology. We want to show that our system is flexible for using coal and biomass.

Coal

Coal Fuel Gore Production

Study Finds Wind Power Could Meet Chinas Entire Projected Power Demand for 2030

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

A study by researchers at Harvard University and Tsinghua University shows that there is enough wind in China to generate electricity to supply the nation's entire projected demand for 2030 (about twice what is used now) at reasonable prices per kilowatt-hour. The paper was published in the 11 September issue of the journal Science.

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Wind China Power Powered

Liquid Light unveils cost-advantaged catalytic process to make chemicals from CO2

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MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light unveiled its new process for the production of major chemicals from carbon dioxide, showcasing its demonstration-scale “reaction cell” and confirming the potential for cost-advantaged process economics. A 625kTa plant would have a 15 year net present value of more than $850 million to a licensee.

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Light CO2 Wind Renewable

Spatially explicit life cycle assessment of 5 sun-to-wheels pathways finds photovoltaic electricity and BEVs offer land-efficient and low-carbon transportation

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JANUARY 4, 2013

According to the findings by the team from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , even the most land-use efficient biomass-based pathway (i.e.,

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Transportation Carbon Conversion Li-ion

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

Researchers produce hydrogen from water and charcoal mix at room temperature using laser pulses

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have produced a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas by irradiating a mixture of carbon powder and distilled water with intense nanosecond laser pulses at room temperature. The carbon or charcoal powders were dispersed in distilled water at a ratio of 25.8

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Water Hydrogen Carbon Gas

Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Advanced Coal Technologies. China is rapidly deploying supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal combustion plants, which have fewer emissions and are more efficient than conventional coal plants because they burn coal at much higher temperatures and pressures. The most efficient US plants are about 40% efficient.

Energy

Energy China Clean Cleaning

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Area of Interest 1: SOFC Core Technology Research. Multi-Gas Sensors for Enhanced Reliability of SOFC Operation.

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Fuel South Carolina Low Cost West Virginia

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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APRIL 11, 2012

Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). Surprisingly, this situation is reversed at high temperatures in molten carbonates, which allows the endothermic, electrolytic one pot synthesis, and precipitation of CaO. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon

ASTM approves 7th annex to D7566 sustainable jet fuel specification: HC-HEFA

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MAY 14, 2020

In FY2017, IHI Group began, in partnership with Kobe University, the NEDO supported R&D project “Development of Production Technologies for Bio jet fuels / Pilot scale test on once through production process” to produce algae-based biofuel, using the hyper-growth Botryococcus braunii. via hydrolysis from lignocellulose).

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Fuel Oil Convert Hydrogen

IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

Oil

Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy

Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

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MAY 23, 2022

The findings suggest that in addition to carbon dioxide, there are other compounds in need of attention and regulation. The nature of clouds can change a lot depending on the type and amount of particles present, so having these particles making and changing cloud composition in the upper atmosphere could significantly impact climate.

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Emissions Climate Pollution Climate Change

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Edwards (2010) Turning carbon dioxide into fuel.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2

New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A team from the Texas A&M University campus in Qatar (TAMU-Qatar) and Caltech has developed a new way to make synthetic rubber; once this material is discarded, it can be easily degraded back to its chemical building blocks and reused in new tires and other products. Many of the non-degradable scrap tires get stockpiled in landfills.

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Qatar Convert Philadelphia Coal

The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The first signs of a green revolution in the shareholder-investors universe are there, as investors have forced Dutch oil and gas major Shell to officially change its strategy, investing in more renewable energy and energy storage. The demise of IOCs, as we know them right now, could come sooner than many may expect.

Oil

Oil Industrial Industry Financing

Reaction Design Upgrades ENERGICO for Use in Liquid-Fueled Turbine Applications; Detailed Chemistry for Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuels

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JUNE 14, 2010

At this week’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbo Expo presented by ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Reaction Design’s Dr. Chitral Naik will present the results of a two-year liquid-fuel model-development program funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Earlier post.).

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Design Fuel Gas Alternative Fuels

Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

A study previously issued by the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta suggested that “the choke point for the province’s oil sands expansion may not be the huge carbon dioxide emissions arising from mining and processing the sticky, bitumen containing tar sands, as is widely assumed, but a lack of water.”.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Clean Cleaning

Study finds that worldwide SO2 emissions rose between 2000-2005 after decade of decline; China, shipping topped growth

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The largest contributors to uncertainty at present, the authors said, are emissions from China and international shipping. The radiative forcing change wrought by sulfate aerosols may be second only to that caused by carbon dioxide, albeit in the opposite direction [i.e., Emissions were distributed on a 0.5°

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2005 2000 Emissions China

Study finds PHEVs will reduce net emissions of CO2 and NOx; upward pressure on SO2

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has modeled the net emissions in two regional transmission operators (PJM and NYISO) from PHEVs under different scenarios for future power generation; different size battery packs; charging strategies (home, work and smart); and PHEV fleet percentages between 0.4 L/100 km) efficiencies. Peterson, J.

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PHEV Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The integrated catalytic approach presented in this report can be tuned to produce different targeted distributions of organic small molecules that fit seamlessly into the existing petrochemical infrastructure. The width of the vertical arrows represents the product carbon yield from a particular field. Credit: Science , Vispute et al.

Oil

Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel

MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

The study by a team of researchers based at MIT has identified a suite of policy and investment strategies that could accelerate innovation in the United States, helping to meet growing energy needs affordably and reliably, reducing carbon emissions and alleviating insecurity over energy supplies. Innovation should become that focus.

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Climate Change MIT Climate Energy

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. For example, the study found that the availability of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has a major impact on the lowest cost passenger vehicle fuel and technology choice.

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Hydrogen Low CO2 Available Fleet

Oxford team suggests realizing EV revolution will require much better understanding of consumer behavior, policy and industry support

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MAY 1, 2012

At present, BEVs are sold as a complete purchase, purchase of vehicle and lease of battery, and combined lease of vehicle and battery. Although in theory electrifying transportation can achieve deep cuts in CO 2 emissions, in practice, BEV deployment will be ineffective with high-carbon electricity. —Tran et al.

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Industrial Industry Climate Change Grid

Study Finds Doubling of Atmospheric CO2 from Pre-Industrial Levels Could Result in Dissolution of Coral Reefs

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MARCH 10, 2009

Researchers at the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem warn that if atmospheric carbon dioxide reaches double pre-industrial levels, coral reefs can be expected to not just stop growing, but also to begin dissolving. Coral reefs may be the canary in the coal mine.” —Ken

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CO2 Industrial Industry Carbon

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

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JULY 29, 2010

Jacobson at Stanford University. Results of the study suggest that soot is second only to carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. Jacobson found that the combination of the two types of soot is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide. Dessler et al., 2008] and methane [Schutz et al.,

Global

Global Ozone CO2 Pollution

IPCC Scientist Says Climate Change Likely to Accelerate More Quickly and Be More Damaging Than Predicted

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Without decisive action, climate change this century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to Professor Chris Field of Stanford University, and a leading member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Chris Field.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Tundra Carbon

Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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MAY 6, 2019

In an opinion piece in the journal Nature , a team from the US and Europe suggests that the transition to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers, and that it is therefore necessary to put geopolitics at the heart of debates about the energy transition. abating carbon will create losers. —Goldthau et al.

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Carbon Europe Climate Change Saudi Arabia

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Eventually, they’ll add equipment to spray tiny aerosol particles of calcium carbonate, the compound found in limestone, blackboard chalk, and Tums antacids. Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.).

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. Historical scenario. (A) Credit: ACS, Brandt et al. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. Getting these models adopted beyond the academic setting presents a lot of challenges.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). of all three fuels, but emits more black carbon (15 mg mi ?1

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Pollution

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

NASA-led study suggests coal soot shrank Alpine glaciers in mid-1800s

Comparative genome study finds ancestral fungus may have influenced end of coal formation; potential resource for biofuel production

New membrane technology for Post-Combustion Carbon Capture begins pilot-scale test

Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

Stanford team develops new ultrahigh surface area 3D porous graphitic carbon material for improved energy storage

Newcastle Univ. researchers say expansion of Panama Canal could help reduce carbon footprint of marine industry

DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

Purdue Team Develops High Pressure, High Temperature Gasifier in Pursuit of More Efficient Synthetic Fuels Production

Study Finds Wind Power Could Meet Chinas Entire Projected Power Demand for 2030

Liquid Light unveils cost-advantaged catalytic process to make chemicals from CO2

Spatially explicit life cycle assessment of 5 sun-to-wheels pathways finds photovoltaic electricity and BEVs offer land-efficient and low-carbon transportation

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Researchers produce hydrogen from water and charcoal mix at room temperature using laser pulses

Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

ASTM approves 7th annex to D7566 sustainable jet fuel specification: HC-HEFA

IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

New approach for synthetic rubber for degradable tires: converting cyclopentene to polypentenamers

The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

Reaction Design Upgrades ENERGICO for Use in Liquid-Fueled Turbine Applications; Detailed Chemistry for Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuels

Algae harvesting company OriginOil’s second CLEAN-FRAC licensing agreement targets Canadian oil sands market; urban algae demo project in Paris

Study finds that worldwide SO2 emissions rose between 2000-2005 after decade of decline; China, shipping topped growth

Study finds PHEVs will reduce net emissions of CO2 and NOx; upward pressure on SO2

Tunable high-yield catalytic approach converts pyrolysis oil to bio-hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks including fuel additives

MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

Oxford team suggests realizing EV revolution will require much better understanding of consumer behavior, policy and industry support

Study Finds Doubling of Atmospheric CO2 from Pre-Industrial Levels Could Result in Dissolution of Coral Reefs

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

IPCC Scientist Says Climate Change Likely to Accelerate More Quickly and Be More Damaging Than Predicted

Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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