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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Salt caverns such as the one depicted here could provide a low-cost solution for the geologic storage of hydrogen. Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it economically possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for a growing fuel cell electric vehicle market.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

a leading producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US. Based in Houston, Texas, Archaea Energy is a leading RNG producer, operating 50 RNG and landfill gas-to-energy facilities across the US, producing around 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d) of RNG. Renewable natural gas.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The HPC4Mtls Program is part of a larger HPC4 Energy Innovation Initiative, a DOE-wide effort comprising the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the Office of Nuclear Energy, and the national laboratories. VTO Funding: $300,000; In-Kind Contribution: $75,997; Total Value: $375,997.

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JANUARY 10, 2021

Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Hydrogen Contaminant Detector, $150,000 Skyre, Inc., Tustin, Calif.

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JULY 10, 2010

The high-efficiency heat interchange system was developed in 1994 when I was Chairman of Xytel-Bechtel in Houston. In addition to the new algal process, its current agenda includes: HarvestGas – oxyblown/pressurized fluidized bed gasifier for making synthesis gas from biomass. Synthesis gas and hydrogen from infrastructure fuels.

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Renewable Fuel Production Oil 199

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) in Des Plaines, IL, recently added a new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. IH 2 technology is a catalytic thermochemical process that promises to be a very cost-effective route to produce liquid transportation fuels from renewable resources.

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Conversion Houston Renewable Gasoline 307

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JUNE 23, 2015

IH 2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermochemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. The IH 2 process was developed by Gas Technology Institute (GTI). Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable gasoline from the IH 2 process (GTI RG) compared to petroleum gasoline and diesel. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with CRI/Criterion Inc., High-quality renewable gasoline and diesel products are produced. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Production Gasoline Renewable 199

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Renewable Low-Z Wall for Fusion Reactors with Built-In Tritium Recovery - $1,750,000. The University of California, San Diego, seeks to address this issue by developing a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices that contains a slurry composed of carbon, ceramics, and a volatile binder. University of Houston.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

IH 2 technology involves use of internally generated hydrogen and a series of proprietary catalysts. Based on assessments by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., GTI has licensed the IH 2 technology to CRI Catalyst Company (CRI), in Houston, Texas. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.

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IDEA Wind Energy Storage Fusion 111

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Rice University researchers and colleagues at Princeton and Syzygy Plasmonics have developed a plasmonic photocatalyst for the direct decomposition of hydrogen sulfide gas into hydrogen and sulfur, as an alternative to the industrial Claus process. A paper on the work appears in ACS Energy Letters. —Naomi Halas.

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Light Hydrogen Conversion Houston 243

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. Partial hydrogenation of bio-oil to intermediates. —Iisa et al.

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Oil Fuel Hydrogen Conversion 246

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

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JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 per million Btu. Small business: BioAmber, Inc.,

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JULY 3, 2012

Three pathways to renewable jet fuel: FT (left); hydrogenated oil (center); ATJ (right). Gevo produced the ATJ fuel from isobutanol at its hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant near Houston, Texas, in partnership with South Hampton Resources. Source: Gevo. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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