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New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil

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Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. the system boundary problem); and.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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Iowa State University (Ames, IA) - Modular Catalytic Reactors for Single-Use Polyolefin Conversion to Lubricating Oils from Upcycled Plastics (LOUPs) – DOE Funding: $2,500,000. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) - Hybrid Chemical-Mechanical Separation & Upcycling of Mixed Plastic Waste – DOE Funding: $2,498,539.

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Never Mind the Torque Talk, Feel the Romance 

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As relayed by Majella Waterworth to David Waterworth Conversations collected at the AEVA EV experience day in Cleveland, Queensland, 26th September 2021. Two young men were enamored by our Tesla Model 3. Majella showed them the tech and then got the comment: “I couldn’t afford this and an expensive engagement ring for my fiancé.”

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Gas2 secures £5.5M in funding to further catalytic ceramic membrane gas-to-liquids technology

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By contrast, Gas2’s GTL process involves a single step during the syngas generation and is aiming to have one single step for conversion into liquid hydrocarbons during the Fischer-Tropsch stage. Step 2 uses two Fischer-Tropsch units arranged in series, to convert the syngas to liquid fuel products. Gas2 GTL process. Click to enlarge.

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Satellite-data derived study finds meeting renewable fuel targets is theoretically feasible, but would change significantly impact agriculture mix

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The analysis found that while the EISA energy targets are theoretically feasible, meeting these targets utilizing current technology would require significant displacement of current crop harvest or conversion of rangeland. Cleveland, Sasha C. —Smith et al. William Kolby Smith, Cory C. Reed, Norman L. Miller, and Steven W.

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AMP Electric Thinks Soccer Moms Want Electric Equinoxes; Do They?

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Based in Cleveland, the company hopes to sell electric conversions of "best of class" vehicles in several segments to early adopting consumers who are willing to pay for all-electric.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom). FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000.