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

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Scottish gas reforming company Gas2 has secured £5.5 million) of funding to further the development of the next generation of gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology including the construction of a pilot reactor plant. Step 1 produces syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) in 2 stages from a combination of natural gas and oxygen.

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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

Baua Electric

A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. EVs were most cost competitive in cities with high gas prices, low electricity prices, moderate climates, high annual mileage, direct purchase incentives, and—for owners with home charging—time-of-use electricity rates.

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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. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. 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.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Like many of the residents that come to our EV Ride & Drive events or email me for advice on what EV to buy, I appreciate the many advantages EVs have over internal combustion engine-powered ones. We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern.

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Army Research Lab team working to design piston engines optimized for JP-8

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In the late 1980s, the DOD issued a “Single Fuel Forward” policy calling for use of JP-8 fuel to reduce the significant logistic burden associated with managing and transporting multiple fuels on the battlefield—albeit with Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) internal combustion piston engines originally. before joining ARL in 2010.).

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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Amanda Stevenson/NASA Because of cosmic radiation, travel in deep space requires greater protections and capabilities than those needed for the International Space Station, which orbits just a few hundred kilometers above the earth, within the Earth’s magnetic field. and the electric propulsion thrusters are being tested in Cleveland.

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