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Why are hydrogen fuel cells so expensive?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrogen fuel cells generate electrical power while producing only water vapor and warmth as emissions. As such, their use is considered to have zero-carbon operations.    That said, the production of green H2 using electrolyzers does require rare metals such as platinum and iridium that come with a high price tag

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Open water data platform launched in Britain

Smart Energy International

The Stream service, which has emerged from a Northumbrian Water initiated project in partnership with the majority of Britain’s other water suppliers and other organisations including the Open Data Institute, is aimed to unlock the potential of open data and stimulate innovation and collaboration in the sector.

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Peak Permian Oil Production May Arrive Much Sooner Than Expected

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins In mid-January, Adam Waterous, who operates the private equity firm Waterous Energy Fund, made a prediction about the crown jewel of the U.S. We think we are at or near peak Permian,” Waterous told Bloomberg. Tags: Peak Permian fracking finances Permian Basin Shale fracking

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Sponsored content: Rigid trucks tick all the boxes for sludge transportation

Envirotec Magazine

The order comprises a mix of seven 6×4 rigids and seven 8×4 tridems for use exclusively on the company’s contract transporting sludge for Yorkshire Water. Mark Scott, Fleet Engineer at Suttons Tankers, says: “We’ve run Volvo for many years, but this is the first time we’ve opted for FMX rigids.

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REDEEMing pumping stations for eels

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental DNA: HIFI is optimising molecular techniques that detect DNA left behind in river water by resident fish. Here, I and the REDEEM project team briefly describe some of the key questions our research is trying to answer for the flood and water level management sector. Of the acoustic tagged eels, 80.8%

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The 5 Most Promising Long-Duration Storage Technologies Left Standing

GreenTechMedia

This gravity-based concept physically moves water from a low to a high reservoir, from which the water descends, when needed, to generate electricity. And in an industry where slight deviations from standard operating practices can spook customers and financiers, Energy Vault has a lot of trust-building to do. Pumped hydro.

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MIT Study Lays Bare Why Nuclear Costs Keep Rising

GreenTechMedia

Only General Electric's BWR-4 boiling water reactor managed to get cheaper after the first plant. Labor productivity in recent plants, for example, is up to 13 times lower than industry expectations, which goes a long way to explaining why the price tag for the Vogtle project in Georgia has more than doubled, rising to around $25 billion.