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PNNL, NETL and Chinese Academy Begin Cooperative Work on Coal Conversion, Emissions Capture and Carbon Storage

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Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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Through Power to X (PTX), the conversion of renewable energy to other usable forms, green e-methanol is an optimal solution for Denmark to store excess renewable power, stabilize its national power grid, and produce a sustainable carbon neutral renewable fuel.

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CRI ETL project in China will recycle 150,000 tons of CO2/year to make 100,000 tons of methanol

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Chinese petrochemicals corporation Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals Co. The cost of the project is estimated around US$35 million (RMB 225 million). ltd has signed an agreement with Icelandic technology company Carbon Recycling International (CRI) to design a chemical plant based on CRI’s Emissions to Liquids (ETL) technology.

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‘EVs have been around for a much smaller time than ICE, so best practices are still evolving’ | Autocar Professional

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How does zero based costing for the automotive industry work for ICE and EVs? Vaibhav Kumar: There are three aspects to controlling this cost. First is understanding the direct material cost of the bought-out subsystems in order to be able to pay a fair price for it. to 25x of direct material cost.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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Despite issues with the efficiency and cost of hydrogen as a fuel, FCEV remains in the conversation as a technology for long-haul trucking applications, where a greater range is required, though the viability of this technology is dependent on the production of low-cost green hydrogen. Today, subsidies have been greatly reduced.

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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

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The project involved researchers from UH, along with those from Sam Houston State University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Texas State University, Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, and Sichuan University. Even with an improved solar-to-hydrogen efficiency rate of around 5%, the conversion rate is still too low to be commercially viable.

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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The need for bringing down the costs of captured CO 2 and stimulating its potential uses, among them methanol production. Another key factor is proximity of the CO 2 emission source to the hydrogen and methanol production sites, in order to avoid the elevated costs of transporting both types of gas.