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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. Nickel, however, is not as quick and effective at breaking down water into hydrogen. who led the study. Every day, I passed this same plant.

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Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

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GW of Silyzer 300 polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers that will use renewable energy to separate hydrogen from water, resulting in approximately 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. We face a time of incredible expansion in hydrogen production amid global supply chain challenges.

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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

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Mitsubishi Power Americas and Texas Brine Company are collaborating to develop large-scale long-duration hydrogen storage solutions to support decarbonization efforts across the eastern United States. Texas Brine gas storage cavern wellhead. Credit: Texas Brine Company).

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Tesla uses new law to get Giga Texas removed from city environmental regulations

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Tesla has used a new law passed in Texas in September to remove its massive production facility east of Austin from city environmental regulations. Senate Bill 2038, approved on September 1, 2023, now allows landowners on the outskirts of major Texas cities to petition for removal from Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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Texas: From Shale Boom to Water Revolution

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Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming famous for water: that precious element that both resolves the drought problem and also makes it possible to pump more oil out of the ground. A Water Revolution Takes Root.

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Tesla skirts Austin’s environmental rules at Texas gigafactory

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Tesla has used a new Texas state law to exempt its Austin gigafactory from Austin’s environmental regulations, as reported by Austin Business Journal. Tesla’s Texas gigafactory is commonly referred to as being in Austin, but it is actually situated not far outside the city’s official borders.

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