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USPTO awards patent to UMD team for process to make gasoline through fermentation; electrofuels

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The inventors are Professor Richard Kohn and Faculty Research Associate Dr. Seon-Woo Kim from the University of Maryland (UMD). The direct consumption of hydrogen or electricity by microorganisms that produce fuels is often referred to as “electrofuels”. Earlier post.)

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Berkeley Lab researchers develop Bchain protocol to make blockchain more robust

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Over the past few years, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of California at Davis (UC Davis) and University of Stavanger in Norway have developed a new protocol, called BChain, which makes blockchain even more robust.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the District of Columbia, Maryland and northern Virginia will develop. use; produce a technical reference manual for utilities and policy makers to. University, North. Carolina Solar Center. University of Central. Project activities include: harmonizing. assessment and labeling. Greater Washington. Coalition, Inc.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). Colorado State University. Ultra-Efficient Turbo-Compression Cooling Colorado State University (CSU) will develop a waste heat driven cooling system with team members Barber- Nichols and Modine, which utilizes an ultra-efficient turbo-compressor powered by exhaust flue gas.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” There will never be a cap-and-trade bill passed by the United States Senate.

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