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Fraunhofer analysis finds battery-electric trucks have energy cost advantage over hydrogen trucks

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In a recent analysis, Fraunhofer ISI concludes that battery-electric drives will become established in heavy-duty applications in the commercial vehicle sector and that fuel cells will remain a niche application. The decisive factor for the switch to battery-electric vehicles is the energy cost advantage compared to hydrogen and diesel.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

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ICCT study finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach to remove naphthalenes from petroleum jet fuel for contrail abatement

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A study by MathPro Inc., The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that produce the bulk of aviation jet fuel worldwide. The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 USD/gallon (~€0.03/L) USD/gallon (~€0.03/L)

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New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

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The chemical process employed by the scientists also could reduce costs and energy requirements for producing liquid hydrocarbons and other chemicals used by industry. The conversion normally requires significant amounts of energy in the form of high heat—a temperature of at least 700 ?C,

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DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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This discovery paves the way for sustainable, low-cost hydrogen that could be produced locally rather than in massive centralized plants. The new study is a culmination of that work. It also demonstrates that photocatalysis can be efficiently performed with inexpensive LED photon sources. —co-author Naomi Halas.

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