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

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Biofuels can be produced by fermenting waste biomass and recovering the fuel from the fermented solution using an extractant. By combining our ultra-thin membrane with a highly efficient extraction liquid we can significantly reduce the cost of producing biofuels, which is an important step to driving down their overall price.

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We’re the New Renewables

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But the net-zero target would never have been reachable without innovations in renewable- energy generation that let structures generate power on- site. But with a price tag topping US $1 million each, it is easy to see why there is an urgent push for production innovation to bring the cost way down. Gabriela Hasbun

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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The switch from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector accounts for the majority of the progress the US has made in reducing emissions over the past decade. Natural gas generation made up much of the gap last year, as it has consistently in recent years, due to extremely cheap gas prices. year-on-year.

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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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Our research proved that poplar coppice can be a good option to meet the cheap, high-volume criteria of biofuel feedstock. Additionally, other tree parts go to waste when only the trunk is used, making the process more inefficient and wasteful. That’s the problem.

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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

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That’s more than seven times higher than the price in 2019. Hence, cheap EVs coming your way (well, not in the US, at least not yet anyway). But behind the scenes “is a struggling overall economy that many economists say could see even greater waste down the road because of the state-led industrial drive,” she said.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). The renewable energy community may prefer “areas of concern” over the term schism, but significant issues were reiterated.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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These initiatives have largely focused on renewable electric power generation, distribution, and storage. A Battery for Heat Made from Sand Noted chemical engineer Donald Sadoway is quoted as saying: “If you want to make a dirt-cheap battery, you have to make it out of dirt.” Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We

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