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MARCH 17, 2009

Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States. With increasing frequency ,” write the Pacific Institute researchers, “ we value energy production over water production. ”. Climate change. by Jack Rosebro. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 19, 2011

A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1067.

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APRIL 9, 2018

In addition to developing economically viable products that utilize CO 2 emissions from power plants, the XPRIZE contest aims to scale up these technologies to a point that can truly impact climate change. There is building consensus that unchecked climate change can lead to a planetary extinction event.

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JULY 20, 2020

Jeong-Myeong Ha of the KIST, used hydrocracking to prepare hydrocracked lignin oil, which was mixed at a ratio of 7:3 with raw lignin oil to reduce substantially the viscosity of the oil to 1/7 (from 750 cp to 110 cp; e.g. the viscosity of water is 1 cp, and the viscosity of cooking oil is 80 cp), allowing it to be used for industrial purposes.

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MARCH 3, 2016

STEP is an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, designed to convert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful carbon commodity. This presents a sustainable route to convert carbon dioxide into materials relevant to both grid-scale and portable storage systems.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Although neither ice sheet is expected to melt completely anytime soon, their incredible scale makes even small changes consequential for the future of our planet. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Because the particles are so small, they can pass easily through a catalytic converter, which is designed to reduce a vehicle’s toxic emissions. Diesel particulate filters therefore are installed in the exhaust system, generally at the exit of the catalytic converter. The goal is to extend the life of these older vehicles, Afrin says.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

UK-based ITM Power has been awarded a grant by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to undertake a £100k (US$160k), 12-month engineering feasibility study of producing synthetic methane using carbon dioxide from industrial processes and hydrogen produced by electrolysis.

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MARCH 13, 2013

Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6 million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

More ambitiously, some are developing hydrogen-powered trains, which rather than emitting greenhouse gases, only produce water vapor and droplets. The technology has the potential to help countries meet greenhouse gas reduction targets and slow the progression of climate change.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The project is slated to use advanced enzyme and microbial techniques to convert 10,000 tons of sugar beets harvested throughout the year into 285,000 gallons of advanced biofuel ethanol. The water in the beets will be captured during processing and recycled so that little water will be used in the plant.

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APRIL 27, 2012

‘Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. —Miettinen et al.

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JUNE 25, 2015

CO 2 + water + renewable energy → e-diesel. Böhni emphasized that the production of climate-neutral fuel is key to climate protection and therefore needs to be given a fair chance; he established the Clean Fuel Now initiative at the Federal Parliament in Bern in late 2014. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 25, 2023

Aircraft consume fuels and emit a range of emissions, including carbon dioxide and water vapor in the form of condensation trails (contrails). The ice crystals in condensation trails form by the condensation of water vapor on small particulate matter (e.g., Earlier post.) soot) present in the engine exhaust.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

The resulting CO can be used to convert water to hydrogen via the water gas shift reaction. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Hydrogen. The reaction also shows a new economical way to oxidize aromatic aldehydes, and could be applied in pharmaceutical synthesis. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

The Algenol fuel production process is designed to convert 1 tonne of CO 2 into 144 gallons of fuel while recycling CO 2 from industrial processes and converting 85% of the CO 2 used into ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. Algal Fuels Biomass Biorefinery Climate Change Fuels India'

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MAY 8, 2013

Methane hydrate—molecules of natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—represents a potentially vast methane resource for both the United States and the world. In addition, methane is itself a potent greenhouse gas, remaining in the atmosphere for about a decade before it is converted to carbon dioxide.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water.

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APRIL 24, 2018

The E3SM project will soon convert to an “open development” project. The goal of the E3SM project is to simulate reliably aspects of earth system variability and to project decadal changes that will critically impact the US energy sector in the near future.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

As climate change edges from crisis to emergency, the aviation sector looks set to miss its 2050 goal of net-zero emissions. Using concentrated solar energy, they were able to produce kerosene from water vapor and carbon dioxide directly from air. Finally, the syngas is processed to kerosene in the gas-to-liquid unit.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. 0.4 ± 0.05. 1.8 ± 0.58. 3.3 ± 0.86.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Researchers at Harvard have created a hybrid water splitting–biosynthetic system based on a biocompatible Earth-abundant inorganic catalyst system to split water into molecular hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 and O 2 ) at low driving voltages. It takes sunlight, water and air—and then look at a tree. —Daniel Nocera.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. Refining of upgraded shale oil. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Combustion of refined liquid fuels.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

The CO 2 will then be pulled to the surface and fed into a turbine that converts heat into electricity. Between five and ten percent of the water injected in these systems is lost as it travels through the pore spaces. As this happens, more water must be added, perhaps from municipal sources that have little to spare.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. Imagine this hopeful, and not impossible, energy scenario for the year 2040.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The technology also retains all the water from the original feedstock. The process reduces water consumption by up to 35%. When combined with a decarbonized grid, these two technologies enable a pathway to a zero-emissions alumina refining system. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. The carbonation reaction will convert REE-bearing silicate minerals to REE-bearing carbonate minerals. The technologies use electricity to extract valuable metal ions from the surrounding mineral matrix at sub-boiling temperatures.

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APRIL 11, 2019

Hydrogen generation: Hydrogen can be generated by water electrolysis using MW-scale electrolyzer technology, utilizing renewable electricity to produce pressurized high purity H 2 and O 2 gases. In many ethanol production and biogas processes. CO 2 is readily available. Compression: Reaction gas is prepared by mixing H 2 and CO 2.

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JULY 29, 2010

However, climate models to date have mischaracterized the effects of soot in the atmosphere, according to Jacobson, director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program. We have to start taking its effects into account in planning our mitigation efforts and the sooner we start making changes, the better. Jacobson at Stanford University.

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MAY 8, 2009

The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We Elliott Campbell. Campbell et al. Resources. Campbell, D. Lobell, C.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group. An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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JUNE 13, 2015

However, the technologies that have released the new supplies—hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—have also unleashed anxieties about contaminated drinking water, induced earthquakes and lenient regulation. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

It can also convert captured anthropogenic CO 2 , generated by burning fossil fuels, to CO and O 2 via high-temperature electrolysis. Calculated potential needed to electrolyze carbon dioxide or water. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Methanol Solar. High temperature is accessible through excess solar heat. Licht, 2009.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Actions such as the debt tender offer and the issuance of 0% convertible notes earlier this year, together with anticipated broader access to capital from the new sustainable financing framework, are consistent with Ford’s objectives to further strengthen its balance sheet and financial flexibility and return its credit ratings to investment grade.

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JULY 23, 2010

The Lenfest/Risø team notes that high temperature electrolysis makes very efficient use of electricity and heat (near-100% electricity-to-syngas efficiency), provides high reaction rates (no need for precious metal catalysts), and the syngas produced can be catalytically converted to hydrocarbons in well-known fuel synthesis reactors (e.g.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

This kind of climate condition typically brings wetter-than-normal conditions in some tropical regions and cooler sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Starting in mid-2007, scientists noticed La Niña conditions beginning, waning and then intensifying in early 2008.

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