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T&E study finds EU has replaced Russian oil barrel-for-barrel as continent fails to cut demand

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Since the EU imposed sanctions on Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, there has been a redrawing of the global oil map, a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. Instead of cutting demand, Europe has simply replaced imports from Russia with oil from other producing countries.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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Our new technology could help to drive down the cost of biofuels so that they eventually replace fossil fuels in transport and aviation—a much happier situation for the environment and one we are all working towards. —Professor Andrew Livingston of Imperial’s Department of Chemical Engineering.

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Los Alamos-led study finds how to improve natural gas production in shale; hydrocarbon transport within nanopores

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A new hydrocarbon study led by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to access the valuable energy resource more easily. Their open-access study is published in Nature’s new Communications Earth & Environment journal.

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T&E study claims EU’s biofuels policy has wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands

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Europe’s demand for biodiesel for cars and trucks has likely wiped out forests the size of the Netherlands since the introduction of the EU’s green fuels law in 2010, according to a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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IIASA study proposes solid air hydrogen liquefaction as efficient addition to hydrogen liquefaction supply chain

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—lead author Julian Hunt, a researcher in the Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program In their paper, the authors also address the ongoing debate in industry and academia to find the best alternative to transport hydrogen by sea. —Julian Hunt Resources Hunt, J.,

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New smelting reduction process to recover Co, Ni, Mn, and Li simultaneously from Li-ion batteries

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Xianfeng Hu, Elsayed Mousa, Yang Tian, Guozhu Ye (2020) “Recovery of Co, Ni, Mn, and Li from Li-ion batteries by smelting reduction - Part I: A laboratory-scale study,” Journal of Power Sources doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228936. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. —Hu et al. —Hu et al.

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Cheap, Easy, and Underutilized Online Communication for Nonprofits

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A separate air cooling system ensures a constant thermal environment in the battery compartment. In arriving at this design, developers applied experience they had gained in numerous design studies. ft 3 ), under the rear bench seat and in the center tunnel of the underbody (between the front seats). As in the Up!

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