China, Resource and Water

New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Researchers have developed a nickel-stabilized, ruthenium dioxide (Ni-RuO 2 ) anode catalyst for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. The Ni-RuO 2 catalyst shows high activity and durability in acidic OER for PEM water electrolysis. Illustration by Zhen-Yu Wu. 2 , suggesting potential for practical applications.

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China team develops highly active catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol-water

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JANUARY 2, 2021

Methanol–water reforming could prove to be a promising solution for hydrogen production/transportation in stationary and mobile hydrogen applications. MoC produces an active interfacial structure for water dissociation, methanol activation, and successive reforming processes with compatible activity. 0c10776.

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Ni-Li Water Hydrogen Production

Novel inexpensive cobalt-nickel electrode for efficient water and urea electrolysis; yolk-shell nanoparticles

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Both half reactions of water electrolysis—hydrogen and oxygen evolution—are unfortunately slow and require a lot of power. The material can be used as either an anode or a cathode, and demonstrates high activity and stability in the production of hydrogen and oxygen in the electrolysis of water. Zhang, S.L., and Lou, X.W.

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Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, questions remain about the size of the resource, the potential rate of decline, the potential for regeneration, and sustainability of production. The Salton Sea geothermal system is the primary potential geothermal resource for lithium in the United States, and it’s a world-class resource. With nearly $1.2

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Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers in China report using air oxidation–water leaching to recover lithium selectively from spent LiFePO 4 (LFP) material, in which the high leaching efficiency of lithium and the good separation effect of lithium and iron were achieved simultaneously. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Hao Jin et al.

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Water Batteries Battery Cheap

Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

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MARCH 27, 2021

As water-splitting technologies improve, often using porous electrode materials to provide greater surface areas for electrochemical reactions, their efficiency is often limited by the formation of bubbles that can block or clog the reactive surfaces. As a result, there were substantial changes of the transport overpotential. 2021.02.015.

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US/China team develops robust, stable Ni/Fe OER catalyst for water-splitting at low overpotentials

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JUNE 2, 2018

A team from the University of Houston and Hunan Normal University in China has developed an active and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst for water splitting that meets commercial crtieria for current densities at low overpotentials. to deliver 200 mA cm -2 , unsatisfactory for the commercial requirements of 1.8-2.4

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Cambridge study finds globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The first large-scale study of the risks that countries face from dependence on water, energy and land resources has found that globalization may be decreasing, rather than increasing, the security of global supply chains. As a result, countries place pressures on natural resources both within and beyond their borders.

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Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

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MAY 5, 2020

Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The current flows to the catalysts that turn water into hydrogen and oxygen, with a sunlight-to-hydrogen efficiency as high as 6.7%. It utilizes water and sunlight to get chemical fuels. Illustration by Jia Liang.

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Low Cost Solar Water Polymer

Mangrove Lithium CEO Talks Lithium Resources, Refining, & Localization

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 10, 2023

I recently talked with Mangrove Lithium CEO and cofounder Dr. Saad Dara about lithium resources, lithium refining, and localization of the EV battery supply chain for another episode of CleanTech Talk. In his initial PhD work, Dr. Dara was focused on water […].

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. Photosynthesis is the process by which chloroplasts in plants and some organisms use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create food or energy.

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Convert Carbon Fuel Water

Dongfeng Honda to build a dedicated EV production plant; 120,000 units/year

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, announced that Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Overhead view of rendering of Dongfeng Honda’s new EV plant.

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New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

A research team led by Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute Of Science And Technology (DGIST) Professor Jong-Sung Yu in Korea, with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar light.

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Dongfang Electric reports successful test of direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

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JUNE 7, 2023

China-based Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) reported successful testing of non-desalinated seawater electrolysis technology for hydrogen production powered by offshore wind. The floating hydrogen production platform Dongfu One is sited in an offshore wind farm in East China’s Fujian province. Resources Xie, H.,

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Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

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JULY 4, 2023

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) announced that the Green Hydrogen Pilot Project in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, has begun producing green hydrogen to replace natural-gas-based hydrogen in its refinery in Xinjiang. With an annual hydrogen production and utilization capacity exceeding 4.5

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DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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JUNE 5, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

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All Audi production sites will manufacture all-electric vehicles by 2029

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

For example, Audi and its partner FAW are currently building a site in Changchun (China) where models based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) technology platform will be locally produced. Virtual assembly planning saves material resources and makes innovative, flexible collaboration possible across locations.

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New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

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JUNE 24, 2017

Scientists in the US and China have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO) via the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. Its synergy with adjacent Mo sites in α-MoC can effectively activate water at low temperature. —Yao et al.

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Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

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MARCH 18, 2021

Researchers from Sun-Yat Sen University in China report in an open-access paper in ACS ES&T Engineering the development of a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel, getting rid of a contaminant while producing something useful. —Wu et al. ACS EST Eng. 1c00003.

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First Hualong One Gen III reactor in commercial operation

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JANUARY 31, 2021

Unit 5 of China’s Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the first project to adopt China’s indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology Hualong One (HPR 1000), has been put into commercial operation, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. in-containment refuelling water storage tank. active systems; Green line

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Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this regard, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted significant interest as a cost-effective means to convert sustainable solar energy into valuable chemicals. Photocatalytic water splitting has attracted great interest as a means of cost-effective conversion of sustainable solar energy to valuable chemicals. Credit: DICP.

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Aclara produces first sample of high purity heavy rare earths concentrate from its pilot plant in Chile

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JUNE 7, 2023

Aclara Resources, a development-stage company that focuses on heavy rare earth mineral resources, has started the continuous operation of its newly constructed pilot plant for the Penco Module near Concepcion, Chile. Chile, Brazil, US, and China, while the second patent has recently been filed and is pending approval.

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FPSO vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project successfully sets sail for project site

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JANUARY 24, 2023

GTA—a bp-Kosmos partnership—is an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) project based on upstream gas production in 2.850km-deep waters on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal. Tortue Phase 1 will produce gas from an ultra-deepwater subsea system and mid-water floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

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China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

China's space program , long trailing in the footsteps of the U.S. Chang'e-5 , a complex sample-return mission, returned to Earth with young lunar rocks, completing China's three-step "orbit, land, and return" lunar program conceived in the early 2000s. and Soviet (now Russian) programs, had registered an international first.

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Shenge signs offtake MoU for ~60% of Australia-based rare-earth miner VHM’s production from Goschen

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Goschen is one of the world’s largest rare earth deposits (413,107 tonnes of contained TREO) with an accompanying world-class mineral sands resource (Proved and Probable Ore Reserve of 198Mt within a 629Mt Mineral Resource). Once in production, Goschen is expected to have well in excess of 20 years life of mine (LOM).

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Australia Production Water Purchase

New catalyst supports ultra-low-temperature water-gas-shift reaction for hydrogen production

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JULY 6, 2017

Researchers from China and the US have synthesized gold layered clusters on an α-MoC substrate to create an interfacial catalyst system for the ultra-low-temperature water-gas shift (WGS) reaction for the production of high-purity hydrogen and concomitant utilization of carbon monoxide (CO). —Yao et al.

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Water Hydrogen Gas Production

Ford targeting 30% reduction in water used per vehicle by 2015

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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Caterpillar Foundation awards $12.5M grant to World Resources Institute (WRI) for sustainable cities initiative; focus on key urban centers in China, India and Brazil

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JANUARY 9, 2012

million grant to the World Resources Institute (WRI) to advance the progress of environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. —Professor Zou Ji, China Country Director for WRI. China, India, and Brazil are among the world’s most rapidly urbanizing nations.

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Tesla Germany looking to independently search for water for Giga Berlin: report

Teslarati

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Recent reports from Germany have suggested that Tesla is now looking to independently search for water sources for Gigafactory Berlin, its Model Y factory in Grünheide (Oder-Spree). If Giga Berlin were to expand, it would likely need more water for its operations. . “There is not enough water here.

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First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

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JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. The region contains Europe’s largest lithium resource and one of the largest worldwide.

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New molybdenum-coated catalyst produces hydrogen from water-splitting more efficiently; preventing the back reaction

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MAY 7, 2017

Water-splitting systems require a very efficient catalyst to speed up the chemical reaction that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, while preventing the two gases from recombining back into water. Therefore, inhibition of these back reactions is of paramount importance for photocatalytic water splitting.

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Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

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APRIL 7, 2022

Since then, Veolia has more than 450 installations worldwide for mills in Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa and several European countries. Veolia Group designs and provides solutions for water, waste and energy management.

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CATL-SC officially launches operation of phase 1 of $4.7B Yibin traction battery production project

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JUNE 21, 2021

The Yibin production base is an important part of CATL’s global layout, and it is being developed to become CATL’s most important traction battery production base with strategic significance in Southwest China. CATL-SC is heading on the global stage. Robin Zeng, chairman of CATL.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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APRIL 6, 2011

Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. A new EIA-sponsored study by Advanced Resources International, Inc. Click to enlarge.

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UNEP and partners launch Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities; role of public transport

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JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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CritMET team examines distribution of germanium and gallium in deep-sea crusts

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MAY 16, 2022

A deep-sea ferromanganese crust, a potential unconventional resource of critical high-technology metals. In 2020, 66% of global germanium production came from China; for gallium, Chinese market dominance is even greater at 97%. The results have now been published in two journals: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Chemical Geology.

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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In Hubei Province, China, in January 2023, Honda began demonstration test driving of commercial trucks equipped with the next-generation fuel cell system in collaboration with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., To enable sustainable space activities, it is necessary to reduce the need to resupply these resources from Earth as much as possible.

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Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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Low Cost Water Hydrogen Energy

Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Bamboo, the composition of which is highly similar to energy grasses used for biofuel production such as switchgrass, is an interesting potential feedstock for advanced bioethanol production in China due to its natural abundance, rapid growth, perennial nature and low management requirements. Click to enlarge. million tons in 2008.

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Yunnan Investment Group and BYD to open new energy vehicle plants in Southwest China

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Yunnan Investment Holdings Group and BYD intend to open new energy vehicle manufacturing plants in Yunnan Province, expanding BYD’s EV and new-energy businesses into southwest China and neighboring Asian countries. China) promise to support strong growth in manufacturing. —Yunnan Authorities.

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China Plans Near-Earth Asteroid Smash-and-Grab

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AUGUST 10, 2021

China is looking to build on its recent moon sample return success by attempting to retrieve material from an ancient near Earth asteroid. The mission will follow in the footsteps of the Japanese Hayabusa 1 and 2 missions, and NASA's OSIRIS-Rex , while presenting new and greater challenges for China.

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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Most REEs are exploited in carbonatite deposits (the largest known carbonatite is the Bayan Obo in China), but scientists still debate how and why they form due to their complicated mineralogy, element composition and geologic history. Vegetation appears red, grassland is light brown, rocks are black, and water surfaces are green.

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Volkswagen opens new plant in Ningbo; 16th in China, with annual capacity of 300,000 units

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Production has begun at the Volkswagen Group’s new plant in Ningbo, China—the Group’s 105 th plant worldwide and its 16 th in China. This new, state-of-the-art factory is further proof of the Volkswagen Group’s comprehensive commitment in China. For example, steam from the condensers is used to heat water in Ningbo.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. Methanol in China. It will also allow us to promote advanced methanol technology in Europe.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

China team develops highly active catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol-water

Novel inexpensive cobalt-nickel electrode for efficient water and urea electrolysis; yolk-shell nanoparticles

Berkeley Lab leading investigation to quantify and characterize Salton Sea’s geothermal lithium resources

Efficient recovery of lithium from spent LiFePO4 batteries via air oxidation–water leaching at room temperature

Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

US/China team develops robust, stable Ni/Fe OER catalyst for water-splitting at low overpotentials

Cambridge study finds globalized economy making water, energy and land insecurity worse

Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

Mangrove Lithium CEO Talks Lithium Resources, Refining, & Localization

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

Dongfeng Honda to build a dedicated EV production plant; 120,000 units/year

New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

Dongfang Electric reports successful test of direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

All Audi production sites will manufacture all-electric vehicles by 2029

New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for converting water and CO to hydrogen and CO2

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

First Hualong One Gen III reactor in commercial operation

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

Aclara produces first sample of high purity heavy rare earths concentrate from its pilot plant in Chile

FPSO vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project successfully sets sail for project site

China Aims for a Permanent Moon Base in the 2030s

Shenge signs offtake MoU for ~60% of Australia-based rare-earth miner VHM’s production from Goschen

New catalyst supports ultra-low-temperature water-gas-shift reaction for hydrogen production

Ford targeting 30% reduction in water used per vehicle by 2015

Caterpillar Foundation awards $12.5M grant to World Resources Institute (WRI) for sustainable cities initiative; focus on key urban centers in China, India and Brazil

Tesla Germany looking to independently search for water for Giga Berlin: report

First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

New molybdenum-coated catalyst produces hydrogen from water-splitting more efficiently; preventing the back reaction

Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

CATL-SC officially launches operation of phase 1 of $4.7B Yibin traction battery production project

Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

UNEP and partners launch Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities; role of public transport

CritMET team examines distribution of germanium and gallium in deep-sea crusts

Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

Yunnan Investment Group and BYD to open new energy vehicle plants in Southwest China

China Plans Near-Earth Asteroid Smash-and-Grab

Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

Volkswagen opens new plant in Ningbo; 16th in China, with annual capacity of 300,000 units

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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