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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. A well-established downstream syngas-to-synfuel conversion process, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, converts the syngas to liquid synfuel for a total projected cost of less than $4/gallon.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

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JUNE 16, 2021

A study by a team of researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to conventional water splitting and offers almost no advantage. Additionally, H 2 O is needed for water splitting.

Water

Water Hydrogen Store Wind

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. Qian Wang et al.

Water

Water CO2 Solar Convert

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

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JUNE 11, 2020

In Germany, BSE Engineering and the Institute for Renewable Energy Systems at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences (IRES) have demonstrated the conversion of wind power into renewable methanol. The team uses green electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolysis step. FlexMethanol.

Wind

Wind Conversion Power Powered

DOE awarding $52.5M to 31 clean hydrogen projects

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JULY 8, 2021

million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies and support DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative ( earlier post ) to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector. Clean hydrogen production, including biological and electrochemical approaches.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

Japan team reports pathway to green ammonia: photocatalytic conversion of nitrogen with water

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JULY 30, 2017

Researchers in Japan report that a commercially available TiO 2 with a large number of surface oxygen vacancies, when photo-irradiated by UV light in pure water with nitrogen—successfully produces ammonia (NH 3 ). As a result of this, NH 3 is produced from water and N 2 under ambient conditions by using sunlight as energy source.

Water

Water Conversion Japan Green

Purem by Eberspaecher introduces efficient exhaust technology for hydrogen engines

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MAY 25, 2022

In addition, the metered addition of the urea-water solution can cause particles to form. The applied technology is based on the well-established expertise of Purem by Eberspaecher in the development and production of exhaust-emission conversion systems for applications with fossil fuels.

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Exhaust Hydrogen Engine Conversion

Toyota and DIFFER partner on direct solar production of hydrogen from humid air, rather than water

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research ( DIFFER ) is partnering with Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to develop a device that absorbs water vapor, and splits it into hydrogen and oxygen directly using solar energy. This first prototype achieved 70% of the performance that is obtained when an equivalent device is filled with water.

Water

Water Hydrogen Solar Toyota

Argonne team combines two protein complexes to make hydrogen fuel from water

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have combined two membrane-bound protein complexes to perform a complete conversion of water molecules to hydrogen and oxygen. An open-access paper describing their work is published in the journal Chemical Science. Utschig, Sarah R. Soltau, Karen L.

Water

Water Hydrogen Fuel Solar

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. To further enhance this effect, they proposed a layered reverse-flow reactor concept.

Conversion

Conversion Water Gas Hybrid

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The feed-stock reduction is achieved primarily by supplementing the process with oxygen and hydrogen produced by water electrolysis units that are powered by clean wind and solar generated electricity. DGF’s cellulosic feedstock does not impair food supply and is essentially water neutral.

France

France Fuel Louisiana Water

Alstom to supply Italy’s first hydrogen trains

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This zero-emission train emits low levels of noise, with exhaust being only steam and condensed water. The iLint is special for its combination of different innovative elements: clean energy conversion, flexible energy storage in batteries, and smart management of traction power and available energy.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Supplies Italy Energy Storage

New photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system doubles efficiency of solar water splitting

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MAY 4, 2018

Researchers in Canada have demonstrated a new photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system that can enable efficient, unassisted overall pure water splitting without using any sacrificial reagent. overall water splitting reaction. These free charges split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. … in neutral (pH?~?7.0)

Water

Water Solar Hydrogen Carbon

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

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. The generation of hydrogen from water using sunlight could potentially form the basis of a clean and renewable source of energy.

Houston

Houston Water Solar Universal

2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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JUNE 29, 2019

water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. African Clean Energy (Lesotho) produces cookstoves that reduce smoke emissions and solar electricity for small electronics and LED lighting. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels.

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2019 Lesotho Conversion Aspen

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The 22 selected projects fall into five topic areas for the “Bioenergy Technologies Office Scale-Up and Conversion” funding opportunity ( earlier post ): Scale-Up of Biotechnologies. Affordable, Clean Cellulosic Sugars for High Yield Conversion. Separations to Enable Biomass Conversion. Residential Wood Heaters.

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Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric

DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Earlier post.) Establishing robust online data portals that capture and share the results of non-proprietary research.

Water

Water Hydrogen Production Green

Chemours plans $200M investment to expand capacity and advanced technology for Nafion ion-exchange materials

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Chemours’ investment will support growing market demand for clean hydrogen generation using water electrolyzers, energy storage in flow batteries, and hydrogen conversion to power fuel cell vehicles of the future. The investment will focus on the Nafion ion exchange materials technology platform.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Hydrogen United States Conversion

Chemours investing $200M to expand Nafion production in France

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JANUARY 12, 2023

It will support growing market demand for clean hydrogen generation using water electrolyzers, energy storage in flow batteries, and hydrogen conversion to power fuel cell vehicles, and contribute to European and broader global efforts to enable the clean energy transition.

France

France Production Hydrogen Economy

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

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MARCH 19, 2021

Clean hydrogen is an essential complement to electrification on the path to net zero. With large-scale, low-cost production of clean hydrogen, H2Teesside could support the conversion of surrounding industries to use hydrogen in place of natural gas, playing an important role in decarbonizing a cluster of industries in Teesside.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Clean Cleaning

Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

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MAY 13, 2021

Expanding the use of salt caverns for hydrogen energy storage in other regions offers a significant opportunity to create an infrastructure for clean energy resources throughout the US to benefit industries such as power, transportation and manufacturing that are targeting net zero carbon emissions. Texas Brine gas storage cavern wellhead.

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Mitsubishi Texas Hydrogen Power

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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JUNE 15, 2023

The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures with participation from investors Aramco Ventures; Eni Next, the corporate venture arm of Italian energy company Eni; United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund; and Braavos Capital alongside existing investor Kiko Ventures (IP Group’s cleantech investment platform), and University of Oxford.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Financing Hydrogen

ICCT study finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach to remove naphthalenes from petroleum jet fuel for contrail abatement

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MARCH 25, 2023

prepared for the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has found that hydrotreating is an inexpensive approach to produce near-zero naphthalenes petroleum jet fuel (PJF) for contrail abatement. L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that produce the bulk of aviation jet fuel worldwide.

Fuel

Fuel Exhaust Conversion Water

New nickel-gallium catalyst could lead to low-cost, clean production of methanol; small-scale, low-pressure devices

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MARCH 3, 2014

If hydrogen production is to be distributed and produced in small-scale devices, it would be attractive if the subsequent conversion of H 2 into a liquid fuel could also be performed in simpler, low-pressure decentralized units. We’d like to make the catalyst a little more clean.

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Low Cost Clean Cleaning Production

Georgia Tech team develops highly efficient multi-phase catalyst for SOFCs and other energy storage and conversion systems

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MARCH 17, 2018

The catalyst is also readily applicable to other energy storage and conversion systems, including metal-air batteries, supercapacitors, electrolyzers, dye-sensitized solar cells, and photocatalysis. The ions meet to make water, which exits the fuel cell. An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal Joule.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Georgia Conversion Saudi Arabia

UW Madison chemists discover new way to harness energy from ammonia

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The electrochemical conversion of ammonia to dinitrogen in a direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) is a necessary technology for the realization of a nitrogen economy. We discovered chemical compounds that catalyze the conversion of ammonia to nitrogen at room temperature, without any applied voltage or added chemicals.

Energy

Energy Wisconsin Hydrogen Gas-Electric

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. There are several ways to do such conversions, including electrochemical, thermocatalytic, photothermal, or photochemical processes—each with their own problems or challenges.

MIT

MIT CO2 Carbon Conversion

Klimatklivet awards Liquid Wind €15M toward production of eMethanol

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The new facility will upcycle carbon dioxide emissions and combine this with green hydrogen, made from renewable electricity and water to produce eMethanol. International partners contributing to the design and production of the eMethanol plant include Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Haldor Topsoe, Siemens Energy, Uniper and Worley.

Wind

Wind Sweden Production Climate

Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Blue World Technologies’ complete system includes a methanol reformer for fuel conversion, DC/DC for power conversion and fuel cell stack for power production. The combination can be done without the implementation of expensive and cumbersome clean-up technologies which enables a simple and cost-effective system design.

Fuel

Fuel Production Hydrogen DC

Researchers Develop Urea Electrolysis for Conversion of Urine and Urea to Hydrogen

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JULY 3, 2009

Researchers at Ohio University have developed a new technology that accomplishes the direct conversion of urine and urea to pure hydrogen via electrochemical oxidation with an inexpensive nickel catalyst. A voltage of 0.37V is required to split the molecule, compared to the 1.23V needed to split water. Hydrogen production from urine.

Conversion

Conversion Hydrogen Ohio Water

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The calculations of reaction energetics suggest that Cu and Fe in the binary system can work in synergy to significantly deform the linear configuration of CO 2 and reduce the high energy barrier by stabilizing the reaction intermediates, thus spontaneously favoring CO 2 activation and conversion for methane synthesis.

CO2

CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Twelve’s jet fuel, produced using its carbon transformation technology in partnership with Fischer-Tropsch conversion experts Emerging Fuels Technology ( earlier post ), is a fossil-free fuel that offers a drop-in replacement for petrochemical-based alternatives without any changes to existing plane design or commercial regulations.

Fuel

Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

Enerkem proposes CAD$875-million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec; 33 million gallons per year

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The water electrolysis plant will require an investment of about $200 million from Hydro-Québec, which will be the sole shareholder. Enerkem’s proprietary thermochemical process enables the conversion of this carbon into biofuels and renewable chemicals, made from methanol, which is the project’s intermediary product.

Waste

Waste Hydrogen Alternative Fuels Renewable

Berkeley Lab copper catalyst yields high-efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The work is the latest in a round of studies coming out of Berkeley Lab tackling the challenge of creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good use. What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said.

Conversion

Conversion CO2 Fuel Carbon

Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Here, two SCR catalytic converters work together to split nitrogen oxides into water and nitrogen using AdBlue urea solution. The catalytic converter installed further away from the engine performs the main share of nitrogen oxide conversion specifically at high loads and correspondingly high exhaust gas temperatures.

Diesel

Diesel Exhaust Convert Emissions

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The open-access paper is published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management: X. Given that renewable electricity, for example, excess wind power, can be transformed into hydrogen, there is some optimism that the hydrogen economy will form a fundamental part of a clean and sustainable future. doi: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2019.100016.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Transportation Water Conversion

Rochester researchers demonstrate robust photogeneration of hydrogen in water using semiconductor nanocrystals and a nickel catalyst

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Researchers at the University of Rochester (New York) have developed a robust and highly active system for solar hydrogen generation in water using semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and a nickel catalyst. The nanocrystals were capped with DHLA (dihydrolipoic acid) to make them water-soluble. for light-to-chemical energy conversion.

Water

Water Hydrogen Light Solar

EPA to award up to $5M for projects to reduce diesel emissions at ports

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Eligible diesel vehicles, engines and equipment may include drayage trucks; marine engines; locomotives and non-road engines; and equipment or vehicles used in the handling of cargo at a marine or inland water port. These awards will be in addition to EPA’s annual National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) Funding Assistance Program.

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EPA Diesel Emissions Mariner

Carbon2Chem project completes first phase, receives €75M from German government toward phase 2

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Involving 16 further partners, the project, which is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has over the past four years gathered fundamental insights into the conversion of steel mill process gases into chemical products.

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Climate Hydrogen Water Conversion

DOE launches new Lithium Extraction Prize

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APRIL 1, 2021

The prize was launched during NextGen Geo, a live virtual event uniting geothermal industry professionals, geosciences students, and clean energy entrepreneurs for a series of panel discussions on hot topics related to geothermal and renewable energy. Advancements that reduce energy and water consumption rates.

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Supplies Industrial Industry Waste

Synhelion raises CHF 22M (US$23.6M) to support scaling of solar fuel production

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The thermochemical splitting of CO 2 and water in a two-step redox reaction yields carbon-neutral fuels. The thermochemical reaction to turn CO 2 and water into syngas takes place at 1,500 °C. This ultra-clean solar fuel closes the carbon cycle. Synhelion is developing two pathways to solar fuels: Redox splitting.

Solar

Solar Fuel Production Carbon

Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil a new hydrogen train design for the UK

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The train, codenamed Breeze, will be a conversion of existing Class 321 trains, reengineering some of the UK’s most reliable rolling stock. This proven and reliable Class 321 is an excellent fit in terms of characteristics, fleet size and availability for conversion to a Hydrogen Multiple Unit (HMU).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Design Conversion Fleet

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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MARCH 11, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected 33 small businesses to work directly with DOE national labs to accelerate the commercialization of new clean energy technologies. Water Power. Renewable Power Conversion, working with SNL. The department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is investing nearly $6.7

Clean

Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

Study finds direct seawater splitting has substantial drawbacks to conventional water splitting, offers almost no advantage

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Successful demonstration of FlexMethanol conversion of wind power to methanol

DOE awarding $52.5M to 31 clean hydrogen projects

Japan team reports pathway to green ammonia: photocatalytic conversion of nitrogen with water

Purem by Eberspaecher introduces efficient exhaust technology for hydrogen engines

Toyota and DIFFER partner on direct solar production of hydrogen from humid air, rather than water

Argonne team combines two protein complexes to make hydrogen fuel from water

NCSU team develops catalyst for thermal hybrid water-splitting and syngas generation with exceptional conversion; H2 gas and liquid fuels

Air France KLM signs 210M gallon SAF offtake agreement with DG Fuels

Alstom to supply Italy’s first hydrogen trains

New photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system doubles efficiency of solar water splitting

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

2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

DOE awarding nearly $65M for biofuels research to reduce airplane and ship emissions

DOE’s $10M Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium accelerating development of green hydrogen production

Chemours plans $200M investment to expand capacity and advanced technology for Nafion ion-exchange materials

Chemours investing $200M to expand Nafion production in France

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

ICCT study finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach to remove naphthalenes from petroleum jet fuel for contrail abatement

New nickel-gallium catalyst could lead to low-cost, clean production of methanol; small-scale, low-pressure devices

Georgia Tech team develops highly efficient multi-phase catalyst for SOFCs and other energy storage and conversion systems

UW Madison chemists discover new way to harness energy from ammonia

MIT researchers propose mechanism for overcoming bottleneck in electroreduction of CO2

Klimatklivet awards Liquid Wind €15M toward production of eMethanol

Blue World Technologies starting production of methanol fuel cells

Researchers Develop Urea Electrolysis for Conversion of Urine and Urea to Hydrogen

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

Twelve produces first batch of E-Jet fuel from CO2 electrolysis; partnership with USAF; electrifying fuel, not planes

Enerkem proposes CAD$875-million biofuel plant in Varennes, Québec; 33 million gallons per year

Berkeley Lab copper catalyst yields high-efficiency CO2-to-fuels conversion

Volkswagen 2.0 TDI diesel for Euro 6d; SCR twin-dosing

IISA study proposes using airships for efficient cargo or hydrogen transportation

Rochester researchers demonstrate robust photogeneration of hydrogen in water using semiconductor nanocrystals and a nickel catalyst

EPA to award up to $5M for projects to reduce diesel emissions at ports

Carbon2Chem project completes first phase, receives €75M from German government toward phase 2

DOE launches new Lithium Extraction Prize

Synhelion raises CHF 22M (US$23.6M) to support scaling of solar fuel production

Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil a new hydrogen train design for the UK

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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