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BASF and leading Asian universities establish joint research network targeting functional materials for the automotive and other industries

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BASF has established the research initiative “Network for Advanced Materials Open Research” ( NAO ) together with seven leading universities and research institutes in China, Japan and South Korea. The cooperation has a long-term focus, with ideas and projects developed and established jointly by the partners.

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Proof-of-principle of cost-effective methane cracking technology for H2 production without CO2; 50% cleaner than SMR, comparable to electrolysis

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Methane cracking itself is not an entirely new idea: in the last two decades, many experiments in different institutions have been carried out that have proven its technical feasibility. The compared hydrogen production technologies were steam methane reforming (SMR) and water electrolysis coupled with renewable electricity.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Thirty-five students and several faculty members from the Ohio State University engineering college , in Columbus, designed an environmentally friendly solution.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. The system uses electricity to heat air, which is then circulated through an exchanger that heats water and distributes it to multiple buildings in the city’s Hiedanranta district (Figure 2).

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer.

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Top 10 Electric Motor Manufacturing Companies in India

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The Idea is to give an overview of the Best electric Motor brands in India that user can think of buying it and these brands are more trusted, reliable, and cost effective. Asynchronous motors, also known as induction motors, are the most commonly used motors in the world and find applications in cranes, fans, water pumps, and lifts.

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NYSERDA awards $4.6M to 17 transportation projects; support for Syracuse U supercritical diesel injection project

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Among the awards is support for a Syracuse University (with BorgWarner of Ithaca) project to prepare, inject and combust supercritical (SC) diesel fuel. Stony Brook University seeks to improve vehicle fuel economy with a thermoelectric generator that would capture energy previously lost through heat exhaust. Earlier post.).

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