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University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude

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The team’s results were published in an open-access paper in a new peer-reviewed journal, Chemical Engineering Science X. The Utah team created a new mixing extractor, a reactor that shoots jets of solvent at jets of algae, creating a localized turbulence in which the lipids “jump” a short distance into the stream of solvent.

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Utah, Minnesota team discover highly conductive oxide-based materials; STO/NTO offer “different road to power electronics”

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In this discovery made by the Utah and Minnesota team, the interface between STO and NTO can be at the very least as conductive as gallium nitride and likely will be much more in the future. Their findings were published in an open access paper in the journal, APL Materials, from the American Institute of Physics.

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Enel Green Power and NextChem sign MoU for green hydrogen production in US

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Enel, with a record of project commercialization, extensive development pipeline and large renewable operations footprint in the US, will leverage NextChem’s hydrogen technology and engineering expertise to grow its green hydrogen business in the US. —Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of Enel Green Power.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Greatly Reduced Vehicle Platinum Group Metals Content Using Engineered, Highly Dispersed Precious Metal Catalysts.

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Rivian’s R2 will have a heat pump to help efficiency in winter

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Resistive heating runs an electric charge through a highly resistive coil of wire to generate waste heat. While this works well to rapidly heat a cabin (without needing to wait for the engine to warm up to generate heat, as is the case in gas cars), it’s also relatively energy intense.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. MicroBio Engineering Inc., University of Utah, “Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification with Syngas Fermentation for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels” $2,000,000. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,