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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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JUNE 24, 2019

Using its scientific expertise and collection of geological specimens, the Museum is collaborating with leading researchers to identify resource and environmental implications of the transition to green energy technologies including electric cars. Energy cost of metal production: This choice of vehicle comes with an energy cost too.

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Ammonia-salt solvent pretreatment for biomass could significantly reduce cost of cellulosic biofuels

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Similar processes could greatly reduce the cost of producing biofuels from waste biomass like corn stalks and leaves. Image: Shih-Hsien Liu/ORNL and Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University–New Brunswick. —lead author Shishir P. The ammonia-salt based solvent system quickens the conversion of cellulose into sugars using enzymes.

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Researchers calculate social cost of German nuclear phase-out at $12B/year; 70% from increased mortality risk

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JANUARY 27, 2020

In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a team from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) calculate that the social cost of the phase out of nuclear electricity production in Germany is approximately $12 billion per year.

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Researchers split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Tianjin University have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the shortage of freshwater resources. Resources Guo, J., A cm −2 at 1.87 V V and 60 °C.

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Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Now, a team from the University at Buffalo, Southern Illinois University, University of South Carolina and Brookhaven National Laboratory reports a highly active and stable Ru-free catalyst from earth-abundant elements for efficient carbon-free hydrogen generation via ammonia decomposition. Resources. Tabassum, S.

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Study finds air pollution and GHG costs of crude-by-rail nearly 2x pipeline costs; much larger than spill and accidents costs

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that the air pollution and greenhouse gas costs of shipping crude by rail are nearly twice as large as those for oil pipelines. The issue of the relative costs of moving these products by rail and pipelines extends to those products as well.

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BMW i Ventures invests in GenXComm to increase speed and lower cost of 5G rollout; microphotonics-based full-duplex, high-speed communication

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JULY 29, 2020

This is computationally intensive, increasing system size and resource utilization. This secondary processing is significantly less resource intensive than traditional digital-only cancellation approaches.

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Talon Metals drills 101.71 meters of 3.04% nickel equivalent at Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota

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AUGUST 22, 2023

The drill hole was completed in partnership with a research team from Columbia University that is funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program that funds novel approaches to enhanced metal recoveries within the mining industry.

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Volkswagen and Stanford University develop modified ALD process to increase Pt/C fuel cell catalyst efficiency, improve durability

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volkswagen and Stanford University have developed in partnership a new catalyst production process to reduce the comparatively high cost of automotive fuel cell technology. One of the biggest cost drivers for fuel cells is the use of the precious metal platinum as a catalyst to operate the fuel cell.

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Electric transit bus maker Proterra enters university market with order from ASUM

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Battery-electric transit bus manufacturer Proterra has entered the university market with its first order from the Associated Students of the University of Montana ( ASUM ) Transportation for two Proterra 40-foot Catalyst Fast Charge buses and one semi-autonomous fast charger for its UDASH routes.

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Researchers find capillary-fed electrolysis cell can deliver hydrogen at 98% cell energy efficiency

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MARCH 21, 2022

In an open access paper published in Nature Communications , researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia report that their capillary-fed electrolysis cell demonstrates water electrolysis performance exceeding commercial electrolysis cells, with a cell voltage at 0.5 2 and 85 °C of only 1.51 kWh/kg hydrogen (vs. Hodges et al.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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JANUARY 12, 2023

—Jennifer Homendy. Electric vehicles powered from a clean grid are an essential step in the right direction. A focus on driving lighter, safer, cleaner and less can ensure a better future for everyone. —Shaffer et al.

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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. They report on their work in a paper in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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APRIL 10, 2017

The development is the latest in an ongoing effort at UW–Madison to create commodity chemicals currently derived from petroleum out of biomass. These bio-derived chemicals could serve as high value co-products of the biofuels manufacturing process, improving the economics of the cellulosic bio-refinery. Brentzel, Kevin J. Christos T. 201700178.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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Agilent Technologies and University of Houston collaborate to advance petroleum research

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

and the University of Houston will work together to further understanding of the geology and composition of crude oil. In addition, improvements in the methods used to characterize crude oil will allow it to be processed more efficiently, which can improve the yield from each barrel and lower the cost of refined products.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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JANUARY 9, 2015

In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. 14 Other Entities: Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI); Abaris Training Resources, Inc.; Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.;

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement will reduce both the costs of critical materials and the environmental impacts of production. DOE funding: $2,272,112; costs share: $2,272,112; Total costs: $4,544,224. Standard Lithium DOE share: $500,000; Cost share: $156,380; Total costs: $656,380.

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Li-ion Wyoming Lithium Ion Corporation

Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Ultra-Reliable Radio

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JULY 8, 2022

It’s an ideal location for JWST to observe the universe without obstruction and with minimal orbital adjustments. Quadrature phase shift keying can double a channel's data rate, at the cost of more complicated transmitters and receivers. It’s a point of gravitational equilibrium located about 1.5

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DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Jacopo Buongiorno et al.

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MIT Power Powered Energy

UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

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MAY 1, 2013

Researchers at the University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute (CMI) discovered a major new lithium resource near Rock Springs during a geological carbon dioxide storage site characterization project sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Presently, the US imports more than 80% of the lithium used domestically.

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Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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US DOE to award up to $38M to 32 projects to advance technology and reduce cost of geothermal energy

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Thirty-two projects in 14 states will develop and test new ways to locate geothermal resources and improve resource characterization, drilling, and reservoir engineering techniques. This project will reduce resource exploration costs by developing a processing technique for a variety of geophysical and geological parameters.

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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. The authors acknowledge funding from Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. —Mohan et al. 2c07030

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Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions

Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Researchers from Japan’s NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), the University of Tokyo and Hiroshima University have jointly conducted a techno-economic analysis for hydrogen production from photovoltaic power generation (PV) utilizing a battery-assisted electrolyzer. This approximately converts to US$1.92 to US$3.00/kg

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Low Cost Hydrogen Solar Japan

Kyushu University team develops platinum-free fuel cell with enzyme-inspired NiRu catalyst

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

A group led by Professor Seiji Ogo from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, has published details of an experimental fuel cell that uses a nickel-ruthenium (NiRu) catalyst instead of platinum. Ruthenium and nickel are significantly less expensive than platinum, an the catalyst could reduce the cost of fuel cells. Integrity Exports.

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New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. In the recycling industry, the cost of recycling is key. —Hongfei Lin.

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Study finds relying on “local food” a distant dream for most of the world

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APRIL 20, 2020

A study by an international team of researchers led by Aalto University finds that less than one-third of the world’s population could currently meet their demand for food with food produced in their local vicinity. The paper is published in the journal Nature Food. The share was 22% for tropical cereals, 28% for rice and 27% for pulses.

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Study finds resource constraints should not be a limiting factor for large-scale EV battery production

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JUNE 17, 2011

C) Extraction costs of the elements in the couples, calculated from the USGS prices of the elements. Lifetime system cost, and other factors, will likely limit scale up more than. resource constraints, they found. What is the cost of the elements in the couple (in $/kWh)? Resource potential. Source: Wadia et al.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Led by Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM). This technology could lower the cost of low carbon hydrogen by over 20% and has become the basis for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) analysis. Led by Cranfield University. Contract value: £7.44

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind

Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

A new study by a team from San Jose State University and Stanford University has found that—even under heightened damage estimates—the additional mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C C (relative to 2.0 °C) An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal PLoS ONE. 0239520.

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San Jose Climate Change Climate Global

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

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MARCH 10, 2013

Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. We find that annual material resource production places tight limits on Li-ion, VRB and PHS development and loose limits on NaS and CAES.

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Energy Storage Grid Cost Of Energy

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

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JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario. —Allison Weis. 2013.10.017.

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Wind PHEV Cost Of Charging

New hydrogen storage material could enable smaller, cheaper, more energy dense systems for vehicles; Kubas binding

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MAY 20, 2019

An international team of researchers, led by Professor David Antonelli of Lancaster University, has discovered a new material made from manganese hydride that could be used to make molecular sieves within hydrogen fuel tanks. —Professor Antonelli, Chair in Physical Chemistry at Lancaster University. wt% and 197 kgH 2 m ?

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Study finds EVs are traveling less than half the US fleet average

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A team from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley combined billions of hourly electricity meter measurements with address-level EV registration records in California—home to about half of the EVs in the United States. The takeaway here is not that EVs should never or will never be our future.

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Faraday Institution commits a further $31M to battery research to deliver commercial impact

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APRIL 2, 2021

Although mass manufacture has made lithium-ion batteries cheaper, cost and durability remain obstacles to the widespread adoption of battery electrical vehicles. Recycling and reuse (ReLiB) , led by Dr Paul Anderson, University of Birmingham, with researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Leicester, Newcastle and UCL.

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Commercial Lithium Ion Batteries Battery

Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The researchers from UC Santa Barbara, Université de Montréal, University of British Columbia and University of Bern used survey data from Canada and Switzerland—the only countries with climate rebate programs—to show low public awareness and substantial underestimation of climate rebate amounts in both countries.

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Carbon Tax Price Switzerland

SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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APRIL 11, 2023

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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DOE to award ~$96M for bioenergy research and development

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Topic areas within this FOA will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s objectives of reducing the price of drop-in biofuels; lowering the cost of biopower; and enabling high-value products from biomass or waste resources.

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Waste Water Low Cost 2020

CSIRO and partners launch $68M Hydrogen Industry Mission

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MAY 26, 2021

The research mission is intended to help drive down the cost of hydrogen production to below $2 per kilogram, making the fuel more affordable and helping to position Australia to lead the world in exporting hydrogen by 2030. Development is underway at a new facility in Clayton, Victoria, with Swinburne University and the Victorian Government.

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Hydrogen Industrial Industry Australia

WPI-led team develops dry-print process to make better, cheaper electrodes for Li-ion batteries

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MAY 22, 2023

Smith Dean’s Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, said the new process could be scaled up and reduce electrode manufacturing costs by up to 15%, while also producing electrodes that can charge faster than conventionally produced electrodes. Resources Liu, Yangtao et al. 2023.04.006

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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee. 2019.05.024.

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Renewable Energy Portland Climate Change

New diamine-appended MOFs can capture CO2 for half or less of the energy cost of current materials

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MARCH 12, 2015

Because MOFs are solid, the process also saves the energy costs of heating the water in which amines are dissolved. Last summer, Long co-founded a startup, Mosaic Materials, to use the new technology to reduce the cost of chemical separations, with plans in the works for a pilot study of CO 2 separation from power plant emissions.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

Ammonia-salt solvent pretreatment for biomass could significantly reduce cost of cellulosic biofuels

Researchers calculate social cost of German nuclear phase-out at $12B/year; 70% from increased mortality risk

Researchers split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen

Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

Study finds air pollution and GHG costs of crude-by-rail nearly 2x pipeline costs; much larger than spill and accidents costs

BMW i Ventures invests in GenXComm to increase speed and lower cost of 5G rollout; microphotonics-based full-duplex, high-speed communication

Talon Metals drills 101.71 meters of 3.04% nickel equivalent at Tamarack Nickel Project in Minnesota

Volkswagen and Stanford University develop modified ALD process to increase Pt/C fuel cell catalyst efficiency, improve durability

Electric transit bus maker Proterra enters university market with order from ASUM

Researchers find capillary-fed electrolysis cell can deliver hydrogen at 98% cell energy efficiency

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

Agilent Technologies and University of Houston collaborate to advance petroleum research

University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Ultra-Reliable Radio

DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

UW researchers discover major lithium resource in Wyoming; potential integrated brine production/CO2 storage system

Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

US DOE to award up to $38M to 32 projects to advance technology and reduce cost of geothermal energy

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

Kyushu University team develops platinum-free fuel cell with enzyme-inspired NiRu catalyst

New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

Study finds relying on “local food” a distant dream for most of the world

Study finds resource constraints should not be a limiting factor for large-scale EV battery production

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

Stanford study quantifies energetic costs of grid-scale energy storage over time; current batteries the worst performers; the need to improve cycle life by 3-10x

CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

New hydrogen storage material could enable smaller, cheaper, more energy dense systems for vehicles; Kubas binding

Study finds EVs are traveling less than half the US fleet average

Faraday Institution commits a further $31M to battery research to deliver commercial impact

Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

DOE to award ~$96M for bioenergy research and development

CSIRO and partners launch $68M Hydrogen Industry Mission

WPI-led team develops dry-print process to make better, cheaper electrodes for Li-ion batteries

Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

New diamine-appended MOFs can capture CO2 for half or less of the energy cost of current materials

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