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Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey collaborate on sustainable methanol

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Carbon Recycling International (CRI) and Johnson Matthey (JM) have agreed on a long-term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCO methanol catalysts in CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL) CO 2 -to-methanol plants. Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal.

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Researchers develop highly efficient organometal halide perovskite photoelectrodes for water splitting

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Unfortunately, OHP-based photoanodes suffer from two undesired losses that limit their efficiency: An internal loss resulting from a recombination of photogenerated charge carriers (required for electricity generation) within the anode itself, which, in turn, hinders water splitting.

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Agenda Of International Road Freight Conference Makes It Clear Battery-Electric Will Dominate

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At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.

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Infineon Technologies AG to acquire International Rectifier for approximately $3 billion

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Infineon Technologies AG and International Rectifier Corporation signe d a definitive agreement under which Infineon will acquire International Rectifier for $40 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3 billion. Infineon’s and International Rectifier’s product portfolios are complementary.

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8 Things To Know About Electric School Bus Repowers

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An electric repower — sometimes referred to as an electric conversion or retrofit — involves the removal of a vehicle’s internal combustion. continued] The post 8 Things To Know About Electric School Bus Repowers appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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An international panel of judges from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors selected two winners in each of this year’s five prize categories: Carbon Capture & Utilization. CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets.

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Cummins progressing with lightweight downsized T2B2 diesel for pickup; 40% improvement in fuel economy over gasoline V8

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At the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Annual Merit Review meeting in Washington, DC last week, Michael Ruth from Cummins noted that the DOE program target for the project is a fuel economy (CAFE) target of 26 mpg (9.05 However, he added, the internal goal is “ significantly higher, ” and is targeting the GHG limit. Earlier post.).