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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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The technologies work as a system that converts organic waste into renewable hydrogen gas for use as a biofuel. The system combines biology and electrochemistry to degrade organic waste—such as plant biomass or food waste—to produce hydrogen. —Alex Lewis, CEO.

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SEAT to invest €3B in conversion of Martorell plant for the production of small EVs

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SEAT will invest €3 billion in the conversion of its Martorell plant for the production of small EVs. SEAT has designed a strategic plan that includes five main pillars: people and organization, electrification and product, production end to end (E2E), digitalization and sustainability. The plant has a total surface area of 2.8

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GTI partners with Purdue’s CISTAR Center on conversion of shale resources to valuable liquid fuels

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Innovations in catalysts, separation processes, and reactor designs can enhance conversion efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Industrial and university partners will contribute additional funding and critical resources, augmented with expertise from national laboratories and national and international research organizations.

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Columbia University engineers make breakthrough in understanding electroreduction of CO2 for conversion to electrofuels

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Recent research in electrocatalytic CO 2 conversion points the way to using CO 2 as a feedstock and renewable electricity as an energy supply for the synthesis of different types of fuel and value-added chemicals such as ethylene, ethanol, and propane. —lead author Irina Chernyshova.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones.

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NREL modifies organism to produce ethylene via photosynthesis: alternative to fossil-fuel based ethylene for chemicals and transportation fuels

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PCC 6803—and demonstrated that the organism remained stable through at least four generations, producing ethylene gas that could be easily captured. The organism produced ethylene at a high rate and is still being improved. into a cyanobacterium— Synechocystis sp. —Ungerer et al.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Lead organization. Solar-Concentrating Photovoltaic Mirrors Arizona State University will develop a curved mirror made of solar cells to collect both direct and diffuse sunlight for conversion to electricity and heat. This design can provide a low-cost way to utilize the diffuse portion of the solar spectrum. Earlier post.).

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