article thumbnail

USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

Green Car Congress

physically moving the macroalgae between deep nutrient-rich water at night and shallow depths within the photic zone during the day to optimize growth. 13 C values suggesting that the depth-cycled kelp were not nitrogen-deficient and assimilated nutrients from deep water. The researchers used a depth-cycling approach—i.e.,

Mariner 468
article thumbnail

DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Green Car Congress

The United States depends on other countries for nearly all its lithium supply and mining the mineral strains water resources and can harm the environment. University of Utah – Team University of Utah: “Engineered Lithium Ion-Sieve Technology”. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”.

Utah 259
article thumbnail

DOE to award up to $44M to advance enhanced geothermal systems

Green Car Congress

While a small fraction of the United States’ vast geothermal resource can be harnessed via naturally occurring hot water or steam, the vast majority is inaccessible without the creation of human-made EGS reservoirs.

Utah 170
article thumbnail

MCW Energy Group: successful initial testing of extraction of up to 99.9% of hydrocarbon content from oil sands tailings pond samples

Green Car Congress

The analyzed samples consisted of a sand/soil mixture: 41% - 41%; water: 25% - 26%; bitumen: 31% - 32%; cellulose and other impurities: less than 1%. Clean sand/soil and clean water with the solids content of less than 0.36% were obtained as three separate end products of the MCW extraction process.

Oil-Sands 220
article thumbnail

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn.

article thumbnail

EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

Green Car Congress

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is retrofitting 36 school buses with technologies to cut soot and reduce idling. Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District is replacing three school buses and four agriculture engines and converting three irrigation pumps to clean burning electric.

article thumbnail

New Cost-Effective Continuous Flow Technology with Solid Catalyst for Converting Algae Oil to Biodiesel

Green Car Congress

Chemists at United Environment and Energy LLC have developed an energy-efficient, high throughput continuous flow fixed-bed reactor technology for cost-effective algae oil biodiesel production. This is the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil.

Oil 207