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Sparc Hydrogen to test photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor at CSIRO

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The Sparc Green Hydrogen process combines concentrated solar (CS) with photocatalytic water splitting. Laboratory proof-of-concept has been successfully established whereby several lab-scale reactor prototypes have been developed and tested under simulated solar concentration. one level closer to a commercially deployable product.

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Mitsubishi Heavy looking to commercialize nuclear microreactors by end of next decade; 500kW output

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The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)is moving ahead with its plans to develop and commercialize nuclear microreactors—reactors small enough to be delivered on trucks—by the end of the next decade. the passive core cooling by natural heat transfer without power source, water source, and operator action.

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Audi Water Balloon Commercial & Audi Skysphere Concept

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The post Audi Water Balloon Commercial & Audi Skysphere Concept appeared first on EV Obsession. The focus here is on sustainability, electrification and digitalization. This transformation requires major as well as minor overhauls throughout the company. […].

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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. Atmospheric water harvesting draws water from humidity in the air. The material is a hydrogel, a polymer network that naturally retains a lot of water.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

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Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The current flows to the catalysts that turn water into hydrogen and oxygen, with a sunlight-to-hydrogen efficiency as high as 6.7%. The concept is broadly similar to an artificial leaf. Illustration by Jia Liang.

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EPFL solar hydrogen system co-generates heat and oxygen

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The hydrogen production rate achieved in this work represents a really encouraging step towards the commercial realization of this technology. The work builds on preliminary research demonstrating the concept on the laboratory scale, using LRESE’s high-flux solar simulator, which was published in Nature Energy in 2019.

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