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MARCH 4, 2021

The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

million, with Catalus Capital serving as the lead investor, along with Amplify Capital and How Women Invest, and others to support commercializing and scaling its technology. The company has also received additional grant financing from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and others.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. The €50-million investment is supported by a grant from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment.

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He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. The shower head would then automatically turn the water off, turning it back on again when the person moved back into range. With such a device, he thought, people could enjoy a long shower without wasting water.

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MAY 19, 2022

— to drive methanol-based hydrogen generation technology and commercialize e1NA’s technology throughout Greater China. e1NA has granted the JV an exclusive license for Greater China and will have a 10% direct ownership interest in the JV. e1China, an affiliate company of e1NA will have a 20% ownership interest in the JV.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS)—a high-speed, chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water—will launch a subsidiary in Hong Kong and grant it a master license for the People’s Republic of China. —Jean-Louis Kindler, OriginOil Director and Chief Commercial Officer.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

A University of Alberta spinoff company, Forge Hydrocarbons, is commercializing a patented lipids-to-hydrocarbons (LTH) process developed by David Bressler, a researcher in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. Bressler made his initial discovery in 2004 with funding from an NSERC Discovery grant.

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JULY 9, 2015

The California Energy Commission approved more than $10 million in grants for four projects demonstrating advanced medium- and heavy-duty vehicle technologies utilizing battery-electric or fuel-cell electric powertrains that will enhance market acceptance and lead to vehicle production and commercialization.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

the public-private consortium behind the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) grant, “Securing the Future of Natural Rubber—an American Tire and Bioenergy Platform from Guayule,” reported several key advancements emerging from the group’s work over the past year. At its recent annual meeting in Albany, Calif., Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

million loan guarantee and a $97-million grant through the Department of Energy to support construction of the Hugoton facility. The Hugoton plant opening also marks the first commercial deployment of Abengoa’s proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis technology, which turns biomass into fermentable sugars that are then converted to ethanol.

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APRIL 30, 2010

[(PY5Me 2 )Mo(CF 3 SO 3 )] 1+ reacts with water to form. In addition, our catalyst does not require organic additives, and can operate in neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water, the most abundant source of hydrogen on earth and a natural electrolyte. PY5Me 2 )MoO] 2+ and H 2. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 3, 2021

physically moving the macroalgae between deep nutrient-rich water at night and shallow depths within the photic zone during the day to optimize growth. 13 C values suggesting that the depth-cycled kelp were not nitrogen-deficient and assimilated nutrients from deep water. The researchers used a depth-cycling approach—i.e.,

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DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. For the NSF I-Corps grant, Yang and his team are working under the mentorship of Terri L. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 28, 2023

HADC is a special purpose energy company that will commercialize e1’s proprietary methanol-to-hydrogen generation technology for fuel cell applications within the aerospace sector including: Grid independent charging of electric aircraft.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability. Two awards will advance flexible operation of light-water reactors with integrated hydrogen production systems. These projects, valued at $26.9 Total Award Value: $12,500,000.

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JUNE 7, 2023

The extensive testing program carried out during 2021 and 2022 validated the water treatment requirements for the Penco Module flowsheet, thereby satisfying the objective to minimize the freshwater requirements of the process plant through maximizing the recycling of the process liquors within the plant.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Proton Technologies is commercializing the process. This heat causes the nearby hydrocarbons—and any surrounding water molecules—to break apart (thermolysis).Thermolysis, Thermolysis, gas reforming and water-gas shift have been used in commercial industrial processes to generate hydrogen for more than 100 years.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A team of researchers at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea University, and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a new type of multilayered (Au NPs/TiO 2 /Au) photoelectrode that could boost the ability of solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen.

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. A total of more than $1.6 million was awarded to 11 projects, each lasting up to two years.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

announced that the first phase of its Green Crude Farm, a commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational. The initial phase also includes all the necessary mechanical and processing equipment needed to harvest and extract algae and recycle water for the 300 acre Green Crude Farm. Click to enlarge. acre and 2.2

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MARCH 8, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. Other extraction methods are not currently commercially viable at this scale. The technology.

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MARCH 4, 2022

So, Markus Brinkmann, Markus Hecker, Steve Wiseman and colleagues wanted to see whether this contaminant poses a risk to a broader range of commercially, culturally and ecologically important fish species. The researchers exposed juvenile brook trout, rainbow trout, Arctic char and white sturgeon to varying levels of 6PPD-quinone. 2c00050.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The California Energy Commission approved $8 million in grants to two biofuel companies stemming from a solicitation issued earlier this year (PON-13-609: Pilot-Scale and Commercial-Scale Advanced Biofuels Production Facilities). It also includes other emerging feedstocks such as algae.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. Image credit: Feng He. Click to enlarge. —Feng He. doi: 10.1039/C4EE03431G.

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DECEMBER 21, 2013

It increases our belief that they are able to find oil and gas in commercial quantities. The province includes an area of approximately 500,000 square kilometers, most of which underlies less than 500 meters of water offshore east of Greenland between 70° and 82° North.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Ben Wiley, a professor of chemistry at Duke University and his team are investigating how nano- and microstructured porous electrodes can improve the productivity of hydrogen generation in a zero-gap, flow-through alkaline water electrolyzer. The water electrolysis performance of the Ni MF felt as a function of the cell potential.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Albemarle’s vision for the ATP spans from novel lithium materials and manufacturing processes to new product commercialization in close partnership with strategic customers. Albemarle expects initial occupancy of the new facility by early 2025 and completion of the ATP campus by late 2026.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Japan-based leading classification society ClassNK has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new H 2 /CO 2 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Chiyoda Corporation.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The two prevalent commercial methods for extracting lithium are hard rock mining and evaporation ponds. Mining is environmentally harmful—it scars landscapes, adversely affects ecosystems and habitat, is water- and energy-intensive, and can pollute air and water resources.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

The Commissioners of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted unanimously to grant the air quality permits necessary for the $3.5 Among the environmental features of the project is Tenaska’s commitment to use dry cooling technology to reduce Trailblazer’s water use by 90%. The project has also been awarded a $7.7-million

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MARCH 1, 2023

The Tonopah Flats lithium-rich sedimentary claystone readily disaggregates when suspended in water. In October 2022, ABTC with its partners, DuPont Water Solutions, University of Nevada, Reno, and Argonne National Laboratory, was notified that its proposal for its $115-million commercial scale refinery project was selected for funding.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While most oil spills in US waters are small, spilled crude oil can still cause damage to sensitive areas such as beaches, mangroves and wetlands. The BSEE is funding the project with a $960,493 grant to UH researchers Zheng Chen, Bill D. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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JULY 26, 2020

Small businesses receive Phase II grants for principal research and development efforts based on the technical feasibility demonstrated in Phase I projects. This grant may lead to a first-ever cost-effective application of CO 2 direct air capture technology. Phase II awards range up to $1,150,000 for two years. manufacturing industry.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The process could create an entirely new value chain to economically produce aluminum of a quality that far exceeds the purity of the commercial-grade aluminum produced in a smelter. The technology also retains all the water from the original feedstock. The process reduces water consumption by up to 35%. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Anelise Lara, the head of Petrobras’ refining, announced that the company is ready to begin production of renewable diesel from soy or other edible oils at commercial scale. Petrobras will expand investments in the segment as soon as it is granted a permit, Lara said.

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APRIL 28, 2021

The Small Fast Harbor Craft Project, led by Zero Emission Industries’ ( ZEI ) (formerly Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine) will test a commercial marine vessel modified to incorporate a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. Supported boat speeds range from a few knots to more than 50 knots.

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