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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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Ample natural gas resources exist to support demand growth, but greater gas infrastructure development is needed to support growth in the medium term. Low-carbon gas. Potential magnitude of resource and landed cost of hydrogen in Germany, 2050. —Ashish Sethia, global head of commodities at BNEF. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Researchers use quantum computing method to optimize molecular photoswitches for solar energy harvesting

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The MOST project aims to develop and demonstrate a zero-emission solar energy storage system based on benign, all-renewable materials. Resources Andreas Erbs Hillers-Bendtsen, Jacob Lynge Elholm, Oscar Berlin Obel, Helen Hölzel, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Kurt V. This corresponds to a closed cycle of energy capture, storage and release.

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New process produces renewable diesel from blends of C5- and C6-derived platform molecules from biomass

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A team from Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) reports in the journal ChemSusChem on a process that uses platform molecules derived from hexoses (5-methylfurfural) and from pentoses (2-methylfuran, or Sylvan) from lignocellulosic biomass to produce a high quality diesel. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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New simple, energy-efficient process for the direct production of renewable diesel from biomass waste

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Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste.

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CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

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By complementing electrification, a mixed technology approach allowing use of renewable fuels could deliver a 50% CO 2 reduction by 2030, while maintaining jobs and creating value-add. By contrast, Central Eastern European countries will shape the run-down of ICE vehicle production.

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New efficient biphasic catalytic process for conversion of biomass to dense jet-range fuels

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Now, researchers from the University of Nevada and Washington State University have developed a novel efficient biphasic tandem catalytic process (biTCP) for synthesizing cycloalkanes from renewable terpenoid biomass (such as 1,8-cineole). A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Biphasic catalysis (i.e.,

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EEA: Higher EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 due to economic recovery and cold winter

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Nonetheless, emissions growth was somewhat contained by continued strong growth in renewable energy sources. However, the increase could have been even higher without the fast expansion of renewable energy generation in the EU. As in previous years the growth in the use of renewable energy sources continued in 2010 with a 12.7%

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