"Mitra's distillation process runs on energy-efficient fuels such as waste heat, an industrial by-product, and solar energy.
In the case of fracking, the fresh water and chemicals that are pumped into the ground to release natural gas trapped beneath rocks absorb high concentrations of salt from the soil they pass through before returning as polluted water in need of treatment.
or make better and more economical use of fossil fuels, Elmlund said
#Simpler Thermodynamic Approach Could Help Improve the Performance of Graphene-Based Nanoelectronic Devices The researchers found that the energy of ultrafast electrical currents passing through graphene is converted very efficiently into electron heat,
#Gallium Phosphide Nanowires Significantly Increase Efficiency of Solar fuel Cells The solar cell made of gallium phosphide (Gap) generates clean fuel hydrogen gas from Water gap is a compound containing phosphide and gallium which also acts
If these reactions produce fuel, then solar fuels would become a promising alternative for polluting fuels.
or can be utilized as a clean fuel source in the chemical industry, for instance in cars to drive engines.
and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carcinogenic compounds formed from incomplete combustion of fuels, from contaminated soil. The process is irreversible
#New Technique Probes the Sea floor Using Ocean's Weak Seismic Waves A technology developed by Stanford scientists for passively probing the seafloor using weak seismic waves generated by the ocean could revolutionize offshore oil and natural gas extraction
and the American Petroleum Institute (API) to meet their requirements for detecting and minimizing gas leaks.
#Sweet source for aviation biofuel Researchers have identified a new way to produce aviation fuel from sugarcane biomass that could deliver substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
They added the development of renewable liquid fuels was critical to reduce global reliance on petroleum
when it came to aviation fuel.""The first one is that there must be no oxygen content,
and you'd like to pack in as much energy in the form of burnable fuel as possible,
the fuel must have the right boiling point distribution, and then it has to have called properties lubricity,
which means the temperature at which the fuel becomes gelatinous and therefore no longer flows. When you are up in the stratosphere,
so you do not want your fuel gelling up on you.""He added:""What we have developed meets all of those criteria."
when there were a number of test flights using a blend of conventional fuel and biofuel. In February 2008, the first commercial flight partly powered by biofuel (derived from a mixture of babassu nuts
After a lengthy review by aircraft makers, engine manufacturers and fuel producers, biofuels were approved for commercial use in 2011.
Prof Bell said the team were hopeful that their findings would ultimately be adopted by commercial fuel producers."
next would be aviation fuel because of the growing US and European regulations requiring a'green'component of aviation fuel."
"Food v fuel In recent years, political support for biofuels has waned as concern grew that global demand for biofuels would result in a switch away from food production to biofuel production, exacerbating food security worries.
Prof Bell acknowledged that certain crops as feedstock for the sugar-derived process would be problematic:"
"If, for example, we were to use sugar beet instead of sugarcane then there would be a potential conflict over fuel versus food."
and so improve fuel efficiency, he says. And making one 3d part often replaces the need to combine several smaller parts,
But soybean isnt productive enough to meet the nations need for renewable diesel fuels Long said.
and transformed by Applied Research Associates into a complete replacement fuel for conventional jet fuel. Previously, flights on biofuels had been limited to a 50 percent blend with petroleum making this a major breakthrough.
Industrial biotechnology continues to enable solutions to energy challenges and building a biobased economy is key to reducing dependence on foreign oil enhancing our nation economic and energy security.
Production and use of advanced biofuel could displace at least 15 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel the equivalent of 475 million barrels of oil each year by 2022, reducing oil imports by $70 billion
The U s. Navy has recognized long the importance of reducing dependence on foreign oil as it strives toward its goal of cutting petroleum use 50 percent by 2020.
California that will produce biofuels and bioenergy at prices competitive with unsubsidized conventional fuel and power.
For every $0. 25 rise in the price of jet fuel the Department of defense (Dod) must come up with an extra $1 billion annually,
The Pentagon spent $17. 3 billion on petroleum in 2011, a 26 percent increase from the previous year with practically no change in the volume purchased.
A domestic biofuel industry means we grow fuels at home instead of importing them from abroad o
#What Will It Take for the U s. to Maintain Leadership in the Biopharma Industry? The biopharmaceutical industry is an important contributor to U s. economic growth and sustainability,
#Ruptured pipeline spills 79k litres of oil along California coast A broken pipeline spilled 21,000 gallons (79,500 litres) of crude oil into the ocean before it was shut off Tuesday,
#California oil spill 5 times bigger than first estimated A broken pipeline spilled 21,000 gallons (79,500 litres) of crude oil into the ocean before it was shut off Tuesday,
and you can see why the prospects for future petroleum dependency are dimming with every advance in EV battery technology.
What Now, Petroleum? The advantages of EV technology are becoming more and more apparent practically by the minute,
but wee not saying that petroleum will disappear completely off the personal mobility map any time soon.
If you average that out to about $30 per day, that $210 in fuel savings per week
but the savings regardless of the £ to $ exchange rate will be substantial for those driving these fuel efficient vehicles over in London.
#Cow Manure to Ethanol Plant Switches On in California's San joaquin valley The San joaquin valley has become America breadbasket over the past few decades.
Forget the food-versus-fuel debate: many of the crops grown in the valley are high-value products that are lucrative,
The recent launch of the Calgren Ethanol Plant in the Tulare County town of Pixley is a step in helping California meet its clean energy goals while addressing the San joaquin valley terrible air pollution.
which can then be blended with conventional gasoline. The core of Calgren plant is an anaerobic digester built by DVO,
Calgren Renewable fuels operates the plant, the output of which will be enough to fuel 145,000 cars annually.
In addition to generating ethanol biogas will also be produced in order to power the facility, nixing any need to be connected to the local grid.
while clean fuel is culled from the manure, moisture is extracted also and then recycled so local farmers can use it to water their crops.
and hydrogen are getting a lot of media attention these days as the fuels of the future.
But it is the workhouse plants like this Calgren facility that reduce the carbon content of our fuel supply,
said Jim Mckinney, a project manager for CEC Alternative and Renewable fuel and Vehicle technology Program. Mckinney added that the ethanol produced at this plant results in the lowest carbon-emitting ethanol currently refined at an industrial scale throughout California.
More biorefineries such as the Calgren plant could help California solve multiple challenges a boost in production of clean transport fuels, the reduction in agricultural waste and for local residents,
better air quality in the San joaquin valley. here is enough organic waste (in California) to power 2 to 3 million homes
ultra-low carbon transportation fuels, said Regenis Vice president Bryan Vanloo. Furthermore, Steve Dvorak, President of DVO, reminded the audience that one cow alone creates about 100 to 130 cubic feet of biogas a day,
Doubtless, some historical controversiesike the fights over the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta oil sands to the US Gulf coast extensive petroleum infrastructureill remain,
Join m The oil companiesjoint statement effectively reverses previous claims from industry that petroleum causes the environmentnd the crucial atmospheric greenhouseo harm.
The petroleum executives also sent an additional letter to the media, setting out their call for carbon pricing.
In it, they also expressed a strong role for natural gas in reducing carbon emissions. The subject of natural gas raises many eyebrows because although that fuel is currently available and inexpensive,
it too contributes to carbon pollution, emitting half the carbon dioxide of coal and producing additional methane, a more potent greenhouse gas over the short term (20 years).
With these fuel savings, this new wind propulsion technology has a payback period of just four years.
and voyage time while reducing fuel and emissions. Rotor Sails can be installed on new vessels
when fuel prices have risen, the focus on technologies like Norsepower in the shipping industry has intensified. But, as soon as fuel prices drop, attention drifts back to other priorities,
even though these technologies offer returns no matter the fuel price. Now, market trends are converging to create promise for efficiency technologies,
despite low fuel prices. A growing number of stakeholders are prioritizing efficiency, including charterers (those that rent ships), banks, port authorities,
and ship registries. With this growing prioritization, these parties are starting to shift money towards
WHY CHARTERS SHOULD RIDE THIS WAVE Fuel buyers can buttress their balance sheet by adopting fuel-saving technologies,
and scaled quickly. odern wind systems are demonstrating measurable and meaningful fuel savings for ships.
the industry will reap the rewards of lower fuel costsore sustainable than those from short-term price decreases,
and a new pathway to converting biomass to jet fuel was announced by a team from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in partnership with the petroleum giant BP of all people (corporations are people too,
#The Fossil fuel energy Industry Is Now Entering Terminal Decline It time to make the call fossil fuels are finished.
that the fossil fuel age is coming to an end, and within 15 to 30 years not 50 to 100 we risk making serious and damaging mistakes in climate and economic policy, in investment strategy and in geopolitics and defence.
It is now becoming clear wee reached a tipping point where fossil fuels will enter terminal decline, independently of climate policy action.
fossil fuels are double dead. To paraphrase Douglas Adams, o long and thanks for all the energy I understand this is a very big call, especially in regards to timing.
on the verge of being price competitive with fossil fuels and already are in many situations. So in 10 years, maybe just five, it is a no-brainer that renewables will be significantly cheaper than fossil fuels in most places
and will then just keep getting cheaper. And better. Then we add in electric cars, which are now on the same path converting a staid, slow moving industry (traditional auto companies like GM) into a disruptive technology-driven one (innovators like Tesla).
Electric cars will accelerate the end of fossil fuels by joining with renewables to create a system shift,
will find the motor vehicle fuels market very appealing. This would then unleash a huge political and commercial driver for growth in electric cars with the utility sector providing infrastructure to use their product
cheaper to own and more fun to drive than petrol-fueled cars. Then it will just be a matter of turning over the fleet.
Fast beats slow One of key competitive advantages the fossil fuel industry has had is the huge capital,
So the very thing that the fossil fuel industry had relied on for its growth the rapidly expanding need for energy in the developing world is the very thing that will drive the competition to wipe them out.
But the assumptions pretty much everyone working with that without policy intervention the energy system will be dominated by fossil fuels in 2050
whether we stop burning fossil fuels in 15 years or 30 years is important, but it not the main question because either way it a very different outcome than most are planning for.
and innovation of renewables while denying capital to fossil fuels, constraining their options. Then the only logical strategy for fossil fuel companies will be to get their depreciating assets out of the ground as fast as possible
and invest zero in exploration and development, instead paying out spare cash as dividends to shore up their stock price.
undermining the value of the fossil fuel industry, and reducing its political influence further. All businesses, like humans, fight death.
But in the end, the fossil fuel giants have no strategy that involves fossil fuels which makes any business or economic sense.
They know that today we spend around twice as much on motor transport fuel as we do on electricity.
and join the party that will dance on the grave of fossil fuels: battery manufacturers, copper and lithium miners, electronics producers, software developers, electric engine makers, smart grid builders and, of course, solar and wind power manufacturers, installers and financiers.
With fossil fuels on the run, that industry support will evaporate. Governments are inclined much more to regulate when
So as fossil fuels are falling off the cliff, governments will give them a kick so they can claim credit.
make fossil fuels harder, make solar easier. The only change, now, is that victory is at hand.
The fossil fuel energy industry is now entering terminal decline and will be gone all but within 15-30 years.
which fossil fuels can match. Because of the nature of this transformation, there will be a wide variety of new business players entering the market from the side
undermining the historically dominant political and economic resistance of the fossil fuel companies. In combination these forces will unleash the predictable pattern of technology driven market disruption.
Fossil fuels are dead. The rest is detail e
#High-performance 3-D Silicon Anodes Made From Reed Leaves A low-cost approach to fabricating nanoporous silicon a potentially highly useful material for next-generation anode material in batteries,
According to the U s. Environmental protection agency coal-and natural gas-fired plants were responsible for one-third of U s. greenhouse gas emissions in 2012.
That's why the agency has proposed rules mandating dramatically reduced carbon emissions at all new fossil fuel-fired power plants.
MECS provide a new way to capture carbon with fewer environmental issues says Roger D. Aines leader of the fuel cycle innovations program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a co
Perhaps this is why the powerful and wealthy Rockefeller family recently sold out of fossil fuels and switched their investments towards clean energy?
It was theorised that solar sails could accelerate spacecraft far beyond the speeds of traditional fuels, to make interplanetary-and interstellar travel more feasible.
'It was able to go more than Mach 5 until it ran out of fuel.''It was a very successful test of an airborne hypersonic weapons system.'
Its 700-horsepower engine can use either compressed natural gas or gasoline, and altogether it weighs just 1400lbs-90%less than some modern cars.
This results in better fuel economy and less wear on roads, it claims. Equipped with a 700-horsepower bi-fuel engine that can use either compressed natural gas or gasoline
Blade goes from 0-60 in about two seconds and weighs around 1, 400 pounds.
'Unfortunately for petrol heads, the special project is a onetime collaboration, and won't go on general sale.
Lexus unveil the world's first ever car with a heartbeat LEXUS RC F SPECS Unfortunately for petrol heads,
For instance, current satellites could be half the size they are today without the need to carry fuel.
The technology can be used to help petroleum developers make smarter decisions and more effectively manage assets.
This was given not in precise terms relative to the cost of gasoline (and the weight of the aluminum anode in these batteries is unknown),
a metric that allows China to demonstrate movement away from carbon-emitting fuels even as total emissions continue to rise with economic growth.
The hybrid merchant vessel will also use a Liquid Natural gas electric propulsion system which takes the ship to the necessary speed to generate aerodynamic lift on its hull.
However Chris Cheetham founder of Soter Advisors a fuel and energy risk management consultancy specializing in the shipping industry said that a number of factors could impact potential savings.
Since the early 1900s, scientists have known that cancer cells prefer to use glucose as fuel even if they have plenty of other resources available.
This preference for using glucose as fuel is called the Warburg effect, or glycolysis. In a paper (road Anti-tumor Activity of a Small Molecule that Selectively Targets the Warburg Effect and Lipogenesis published in Cancer cell
#Audi claims first synthetic gasoline made from plants Just weeks after producing its first batch of synthetic diesel fuel made from carbon dioxide and water,
clean-burning and petroleum-free fuel called"e-benzin.""The fuel was created by Audi's project partner Global Bioenergies, in France.
In late 2014, Global Bioenergies started up the fermentation unit for a pilot program to produce gaseous isobutane from renewable biomass sugars such as corn-derived glucose.
Gaseous isobutane is a sort of raw material for the petrochemical industry that can then be refined into a variety of plastics, fuels and other applications.
Some of it was sent then to Germany to be converted into isooctane fuel creating a pure, 100 octane gasoline."
"To me this is a historic moment, "says Global Bioenergies CEO Marc Delcourt.""It is the first time that we have produced real gasoline from plants."
"Isooctane is used currently as an additive to improve fuel quality, but could also be used a stand-alone fuel.
Audi calls the final, refined form of the fuel"e-benzin"and claims that it burns clean due to its lack of sulfur and benzene.
Also, its high grade enables it to power engines using high compression ratios for more efficiency.
Audi will test the fuel composition and conduct engine tests to see how it performs before eventually trying it out in vehicle fleets.
Delcourt says he could see it being used in consumer cars on a large scale"very soon.""
We saw a similar project in Europe in 2014 that sought to make jet fuel. As part of its next phase, the company is building a new demonstration plant in Germany.
while cutting fuel consumption by 20 percent. The Air2nitrous team describes its electronic emissions control system as a"first phase"device because it works before and during combustion.
which is enriched an fuel/air mixture. According to the company, less nitrogen means less nitric oxide and nitrogen oxide (NOX),
The system works with combustion engines powered with various fuels, including diesel, LPG, bunker oil, gasoline, natural gas and others.
They add it takes 30 minutes to install the A2n device, a job that can be done by any mechanic to any internal combustion engine,
the designers added a hydrogen fuel-powered electric hub motor. The tires would measure 700 x 700 x 250 mm (27.5 x 27.5 x 9. 8 in)
and fuel cycle technologies, as well as technical support for the licensing of small modular reactors $560 million for fossil energy R&d to advance carbon capture
and storage and natural gas technologies $270. 1 million for electricity delivery and energy reliability grid modernization activities $257 million for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to operate
and increase the system durability and reliability $5. 34 billion for Science to continue to lead basic research in the physical sciences $8. 8 billion for weapons activities to ensure a safe, secure,
Beyond air quality and climate change mitigation benefits, California abundant renewable energy resources provide energy with zero marginal cost and zero fuel price volatility to our citizens,
The UK electricity and natural gas regulator Ofgem has calculated that it will cost £50 billion $76 billion to rewire Britain.
The report, more optimistic about curbing the use of fossil fuels than a Chinese industry forecast on Monday,
Still, Silicon valley is betting that Bolt silk could supplant petroleum-based textiles such as polyester, Lycra,
*The Airbus a380 passenger jet has a carbon fibre reinforced plastic fuselage for a lower fuel consumption. The researchers claim the new technology would allow wings to fix themselves in mid-flight,
. exceeded only by natural gas 1. A USA Sunshot Vision Study suggests that solar power could provide as much as 14%of U s. electricity demand by 2030 and 27%by 2050 2. Currently,
but if you have a continuous supply of fuel and air, it doesn run out in the same way that a battery does. he cell is made up of three layers cathode, electrolyte and anode
Natural gas on one side of the cell, and air on the other, says Rogers, generate a voltage across the cell.
%lost as heat as the fuel is burned. Then, the electricity has to travel by cable and pylon to the consumer,
which produces high-temperature steam that fuels a generator. The generator creates electricity that is used to power the machine.
#Following Tesla's Lead Toyota Makes Fuel cell Patents Free Toyota is making thousands of its hydrogen fuel cell patents available royalty-free,
Tesla motors, freely available. 10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life"The first-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,
California-based hydrogen fueling company Firstelement Fuel to help maintain nearly 20 fueling stations across the state.
and Mercedes announced a new luxury vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Lots of small companies are getting in on the action too,
Automatic lets you harness the computing power of your car for the sake of fuel efficiency.
letting you diagnose a problem before it starts eating away at your fuel efficiency or increasing your emissions.
New Trackers Go Beyond the Data Dump LAS VEGAS You earned 3, 000 Fuel points! You walked 8, 755 steps.
Experts on the board said they felt a sense of urgency this year because of the world's ongoing addiction to fossil fuels,
#Why hydrogen fuel cell cars are taking off The news hasn't been great for electric vehicle and hybrid sales lately.
Hydrogen is the fuel (although the industry refers to call it an nergy carrier, and range is an excellent 300 miles or better.
"The advantage of CNF over other polymers is that it's a bio-based material and most other polymers are based petroleum polymers.
and their bases are immersed in a solution of deionized water, ethanol, and a dissolved polymer.
the water-ethanol mixture streams upward, dragging chains of polymer with it. The water and ethanol quickly dissolve, leaving a tangle of polymer filaments opposite each emitter, on the electrode.
The researchers were able to pack 225 emitters, several millimeters long, on a square chip about 35 millimeters on a side.
and their bases are immersed in a solution of deionized water, ethanol, and a dissolved polymer.
the water-ethanol mixture streams upward, dragging chains of polymer with it. The water and ethanol quickly dissolve, leaving a tangle of polymer filaments opposite each emitter, on the electrode.
The researchers were able to pack 225 emitters, several millimeters long, on a square chip about 35 millimeters on a side.
called ungsten diselenide Past studies have shown that this material has a great efficiency for converting solar energy directly into hydrogen fuel
containing a basin with about 30.000 m3 of water contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The product used as loose material was able to abate the hydrocarbons concentration from 200-300 ppm down to 0. 5 ppm.
pyrrole, ferric chloride (Fecl3), ethanol and water--which makes it cheap enough and enables large-scale fabrication,
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ranging from the catalysts used for the generation of energy-dense fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, to how bridges and airplanes rust."
#The Hydrogen fuel cell will revolutionize the economy of the world: New non-platinum and nanosized catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel cell Abstract:
and ability to use fuels from renewable sources are several reason why fuel cells such as PEMFC have attracted attention for large market applications,
Modern applications for PEMFCPEMFC will indirectly make water our future fuel. Hydrogen and oxygen generated by splitting water using photosynthesis can be used as a fuel for PEMFC.
PEMFC are leading candidates to power the space shuttle and other mobile applications even down to mobile phones,
that hydrogen is generated typically by"reforming"fuels such as natural gas, gasoline, or ethanol, which invariably introduces carbon monoxide into the hydrogen gas.
If even minute quantities of carbon monoxide are present in that gas, it can poison the platinum catalysts that are important to driving the fuel cell.
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and petroleum to detect and measure heavy metals. Among the most important advantages of this nanosorbent, mention can be made of reducing the cost of food sample evaluation,
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