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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. The cost of doing each is daunting, and the total cost goes up as you concatenate them.” Concatenated costs also include changing multiple personal behaviors.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The selected projects will seek to improve component and system designs to extend operation to an average of about 18 hours per day, a level of production that would make it possible for these plants to displace traditional coal-burning power plants. These improvements will all be made in the hopes of driving down the cost of solar energy.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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The 400 kilowatt SOFC prototype system represents an important advancement in SOFC technology development and demonstration toward the ultimate goal of deploying SOFCs in highly efficient coal-based central generation systems with carbon capture. DOE: $2,500,000 Non DOE: $625,000 Total: $3,125,000 (20% cost share).

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

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Renewable energy was the main source of energy before the discovery of oil, coal, and natural gas. By using renewables for EV charging, GHGs are further reduced by lowering the need to generate power from non-renewable energy sources, such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Contact us to learn more.

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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While the value to the original automotive battery owner is restricted primarily to the elimination of end of service costs (battery extraction, disposal, recycling, etc.), —“Identifying and Overcoming Critical Barriers to Widespread Second Use of PEV Batteries”. —Mike Ferry, Center for Sustainable Energy.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases. Although technological yield gains had offset the losses, the study established a clear and simple correlation between increasing temperatures and crop yields. Earlier post.) and 5.0%.

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