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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

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IPG’s project will demonstrate the role of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in bringing EV charging to high-use and remote locations through clean, cheap, grid-independent power generation. It operates at high temperatures—above the temperature for spontaneous reaction from any fuel—to enable combustion without a flame.

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Simple, Cheap and Portable: A Filter-free Desalination System for a Thirsty World

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With climate change exacerbating water scarcity globally, seawater desalination is stepping in to fill the void. What’s more, it has a completely filter-free design. The most notable feature of the unit is its unfiltered design. The unit’s one-button operation requires no technical knowledge.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

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You also wanted to know how semiconductors will play a part in combating climate change. Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design Chung-Kuan Cheng et al. In 2022, a schism in the chip design world and at Google erupted into the open. When a version was leaked ahead of a major conference, things got ugly.

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First snapshots of CO2 molecules trapped in MOFs shed new light on carbon capture

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Scientists across the globe engineer more than 6,000 new types of MOF particles per year, looking for the right combinations of structure and chemistry for particular tasks, such as increasing the storage capacity of gas tanks or capturing and burying CO 2 from smokestacks to combat climate change. The MOF they studied is called ZIF-8.

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Nissan and ENEL announce V2G system, launch smart grid trials in Europe

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At the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this week, Nissan announced the development of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system which will allow drivers to operate as individual energy hubs with the ability to store, use or return electricity to the grid. Earlier post.).

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The Coming Construction Boom

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Concurrently, rising sea levels caused by climate change will swamp many coastal cities throughout the world, forcing them to rebuild parts of themselves on higher ground. But the identical mounting components meant that rectangular designs were pretty much all that could be produced.

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