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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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The improved catalyst has already released four times the amount of hydrogen ever produced by MoS 2 from water. Nevertheless, because of the scarcity and cost of Pt, a more abundant alternative is needed for cost-effective implementation. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant. Water splitting is a challenging reaction.

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PNNL study finds US could grow enough algae to produce 25B gallons of fuel per year

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Trade-off analysis map showing the available and least expensive water option for each site. Sites where water supply costs are. Achieving larger production volumes would require the utilization of less water-efficient sites and relatively expensive saline waters, they suggested. —Erik Venteris, first author.

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PNNL, OSU team develops a durable, inexpensive molybdenum-phosphide catalyst for efficient conversion of wastewater & seawater into hydrogen

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Like seawater, the MoP catalyst material is widely available, and therefore, cheap. This integrated design increases productivity and lowers equipment costs. But with the high cost of platinum, the team needed a catalyst that could lower production costs to around two dollars per kilogram of hydrogen.

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

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And so the cost of that right now is really, really high. People who’ve looked at the space have heard people say this is cheap and easy to do, and it is cheap and easy to do relative to transformation of the global economy. Absolutely, but it’s not necessarily cheap and easy to do in an absolute sense.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Remember its PURE D.C.

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

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Charging consumers to more accurately reflect the actual cost of a product--in this case energy--will lead consumers to change their behavior, smart-grid advocates say. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. After a brief reprieve gas is inching back up. Look at the T.

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