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Dow and X-energy to deploy first advanced small modular nuclear reactor at industrial site

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Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to demonstrate the first grid-scale advanced nuclear reactor for an industrial site in North America. X-energy manufactures its own proprietary version (TRISO-X) to ensure supply and quality control. Earlier post.)

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ARPA-E to award up to $45M to support developing marine CO2 removal industry; SEA CO2

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award up to $45 million in funding to support a new program aimed at facilitating the development of the marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) industry through scalable Measurement, Reporting and Validation (MRV) technologies.

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Chevron New Energies, Crowley invest in marine hydrogen tech company Zero Emission Industries

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Zero Emission Industries (ZEI), a hydrogen technology company for maritime, announced the first close of its Series A funding round. The round is led by Chevron New Energies with additional investment from US-based shipping and logistics company Crowley. ZEI currently offers the ZEP 250, a modular 250 kW hydrogen fuel cell power unit.

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TriGen Energy BV: Carbon capture solutions for the oil industry

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Pieter Kapteijn and Gabriël de Scheemaker, CEO and CFO of TriGen Energy BV, discuss the company’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation (CCUS) technology, and how they contribute to a net zero fossil fuel industry.

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RMI report maps out pathway for zero-carbon steel industry in China

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A new report from RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) finds that it is technically and economically feasible for China’s steel industry to decarbonize by 2050 through demand reduction, steel recycling and switching to green routes. This makes the steel industry the country’s second-largest carbon emitting sector behind power generation.

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Schlumberger and RTI International partner to accelerate the industrialization of NAS carbon capture technology

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Schlumberger has entered into an agreement with RTI International , a nonprofit research institute, to accelerate the industrialization and scale-up of its proprietary non-aqueous solvent (NAS) technology, which enhances the efficiency of absorption-based carbon capture.

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LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

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Highlights of the results include: The GWP of HPEMM produced at Chvaletice, using 100% renewable power, is 64% lower than the estimated GWP of HPEMM produced by the incumbent industry. HPMSM produced via EMM dissolution has a carbon footprint 59% lower at Chvaletice compared to HPMSM produced in China.

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