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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. and its environs. Seven Ohlone College students who are part of the IEEE STEAM (STEM plus arts) Club in Fremont are working with two community volunteers to design a solution. Here are four of the 10 projects.

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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. HydroMINE is safe for the marine environment, and extremely robust. University of Washington. University of Virginia.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE.

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ARPA-E adds five new funding topics to FOA to advance critical energy innovation

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The removal of CO 2 from oceanwater (or other natural waters), or direct ocean capture (DOC), is one method of capturing dispersed CO 2. ARPA-E seeks to establish robust, energy efficient, and low-cost strategies for direct removal of carbon dioxide from ambient air.

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Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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Brookhaven team develops molybdenum-soy catalyst that rivals performance of noble metals for hydrogen production

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The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. One key step is splitting water (water electrolysis). Source: BNL. Click to enlarge. —Chen et al. Contribution of high-school twins.

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DOE awarding $2M to CMU-led project to develop PGM-free cathodes for fuel cells

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million for 30 projects working toward the discovery and development of innovative, low-cost materials needed for hydrogen production and storage and for automotive fuel cells ( earlier post ). The US Department of Energy is awarding roughly $15.8 —Shawn Litster.

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