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Sandia team boosts hydrogen production activity by molybdenum disulfide four-fold; low-cost catalyst for solar-driven water splitting

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The improved catalyst has already released four times the amount of hydrogen ever produced by MoS 2 from water. —co-author Jeff Brinker, Sandia Fellow and University of New Mexico professor. Water splitting is a challenging reaction. It can be poisoned, stopping the molly reaction after some time period.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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Develop a novel photocatalyst particle-based slurry reactor with the potential for low-cost renewable hydrogen production via solar water splitting. Develop a new class of anion exchange membranes with high oxidative-stability for use in cerium redox-flow batteries and with potential for use in fuel cell applications.

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EBI study concludes potential contribution of microalgae biofuels in US will be modest due to resource constraints and cost

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low cost system designs, high. productivity algae cultivation, high oil content, low cost harvesting and processing).” ” In all five cases, water and nutrients (N and P) are supplied by municipal wastewater, which also provides some of the carbon needed for algae growth. their sizes.”

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. The team intends to demonstrate high-purity (greater than 98% by volume, preferably above 99.5%

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid. Public Service Company of New Mexico.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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million of non-Federal cost sharing. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology , Soccoro, N.M.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. DigiCollect LLC (New York, New York). Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979. Alkaline Water Electrolysis, $100,000. Sparkz (Knoxville, Tennessee).