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Proton OnSite awarded contract for~$1.8M, lead role in DOE Advanced Water Splitting Benchmarking Project

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million to participate in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Water Splitting Benchmarking Project. Proton is directly responsible for the AEM and PEM pathway and will develop a series of Best Practice documents and databases for advanced water splitting research, and roadmaps for further development of each pathway.

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The new Tesla Model X is hiding an understated but incredible secret

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Fortunately, and as shared online by electric vehicle enthusiast @tempermanant , Tesla’s application documents to the EPA have provided some hints as to what exactly changed between last year’s Model X series and this year’s refreshed flagship SUV. . The company has just not been highlighting them yet.

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DOE to award up to $20M for further studies on methane hydrates; projects worth up to $80M

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Methane hydrate—molecules of natural gas trapped in a cage of frozen water molecules—represents a potentially vast methane resource for both the United States and the world. As two points of comparison, total US proved natural gas reserves were 322.7 Field Programs for Marine Hydrate Characterization.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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But it paled in comparison to the destruction about to be unleashed. The violent vertical thrusts of the quake ruptured gas lines and water mains. It has to be manually reset after water mains and gas lines have been checked and, if necessary, repaired. Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum The estimated 7.9-magnitude

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PNNL team presents new insight into H2 production by cyanobacterium Cyanothece

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Although direct biophotolytic H 2 production has been documented and studied for decades, significant challenges remain for the development of microbial strains and conditions that can directly and efficiently use sunlight and water to produce H 2. billion years ago.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this narrative with facts and sources. So as you can see there is absolutely no comparison, an ICE car emits insane amounts of GHG’s compared to EV’s and we have not even featured ICE car manufacturing emissions in the discussion. No EV owner denies this.

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Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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Comparison of biomass-to-wheel (BTW) efficiency for different biomass utilization scenarios. Each element can be analyzed separately and adjusted individually; most of which have data well-documented in literature. Transportation and distribution of the sugar/water slurry or sugar slurry could easily use available infrastructure.

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