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Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

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As part of this cooperation, Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery in connection with Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill. Black liquor is the waste byproduct from the kraft pulping process after pulping is completed. Veolia Group designs and provides solutions for water, waste and energy management.

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Raven SR partners with Republic Services to produce commercial green hydrogen from waste in N California, starting summer 2022

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to convert organic waste to produce green hydrogen at a site in Richmond, California. The Raven SR Steam/CO 2 Reformation process also presents a valid alternative to electrolysis converting waste rather than precious and limited water resources for green hydrogen production.

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New protocol for creating single atom iridium catalysts boosts water-splitting performance

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A new way of anchoring individual iridium atoms to the surface of a catalyst significantly increased its efficiency in splitting water molecules, scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University reported in an open-access paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …we

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Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

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a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat. The existing water pump on the vehicle was used to supply coolant to TEG unit. Yamaha Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility Co.,

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SwRI, UTSA researchers show biochar is low-cost, effective method to treat fracking water

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Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. —Maoqi Feng, SwRI.

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Selective confinement of rare-earth-metal hydrates in host molecules

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Reclaiming these elements from electronic waste is becoming more important. Rare-earth-metal ions are also found in bodies of water and in effluent. One reason for this is that they are usually hydrated, meaning that they are bound to water molecules. However, they are hard to separate individually from aqueous solutions.

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Tesla Giga Berlin is the largest taxpayer in Grünheide

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High tech not only in production – at Giga Berlin we recycle up to 100% of our process water in our state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant. Recently, Tesla Manufacturing posted on X that it recycles 100% of its process water, diffusing any concerns about the water supply at Gigafactory Berlin.

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