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

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Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a membrane-based extraction system for the production of biofuels which uses less than 25% of the energy of current processes and produces ten times more biofuel with more than 99.5% The open-access findings are published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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As nickel is used in the production of EV batteries, any sanctions placed on Russian nickel will cause EV manufacturing prices to increase further, threatening adoption and decarbonization. The evolving situation in Russia and Ukraine has already caused unprecedented increases in the price of nickel.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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Better battery testing tech could jumpstart the used EV market To be fair, Unico says that the BAT300 series is intended for applications where expensive, research-level tools deliver more than what’s needed, but cheap, entry-level tools don’t do quite enough. One possible application is the used vehicle market.

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January’s Secret: It’s the Best Month

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Airline traffic slackens, which means cheap flights. A quick survey by Mr. Kelly showed $467 as the price of a coach ticket from New York to London; the cost for that same flight in June was $745. People are spent after the holidays,” said Brian Kelly, who runs the travel website The Points Guy. And there are great deals.”

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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The UK-based energy developer's just broken ground on a new four-acre battery storage site outside London, its third such site. Harmony Energy seems pretty pleased. Its second just came online with 68 MWh storage capacity and a 34 MW peak, with the site comprising 28 Tesla Megapack batteries.

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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Ward and published in the London-based Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1958. Experience in the aluminum industry shows that it is actually fairly cheap to make the electrolysis device, Allanore said. Hoar and R.G. We’re not speaking about 20 or 30 years of investment at several billion [dollars].

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

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Citroen C1 lease prices Citroen C1 new and nearly new prices. The £16,800 purchase price of the ev’ie, more than twice the price of most versions of the standard C1, is a daunting proposition, as it’s a lot of money for a city car. However, once you’ve shelled out to buy one, you’ll find that running it is cheap.

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