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Biomass Energy: Pros and Cons Explained

Hydrogen Fuel News

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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New California Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Early Action

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation released new rese arch evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. This scenario relies on already mature technologies to achieve near-term emissions reductions, as opposed to nascent technologies such as carbon removal.

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. It’s vodka, made without any potatoes or grains, and the key ingredients are hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide. Last year, global carbon emissions hit an all-time high of 40.9 billion tons (37.1

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Hydrogen Research Ignites Extraordinary Leap in Fuel Cell Efficiency

Hydrogen Fuel News

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, have made an innovative hydrogen research advancement by improving the efficiency of hydrogen fuel cells with new ionic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials. The hydrogen research focused on MOFs as an alternative to Nafion.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces First Cohort of Carbontech Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

April 28, 2021 — The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative), a multi-year collaboration among The Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown Labs , and Fraunhofer USA , has selected 10 startups for the first year of this exciting accelerator. is a platform for negative emissions. New York City, N.Y.,

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

If you take Shell’s word for it, the oil giant’s growing petrochemical operations are indicative of its “commitment” to a cleaner energy future. Credit: Anne Rolfes In 2021, Shell launched its “Powering Progress” strategy outlining how it plans to “transform into a net-zero emissions energy business.”

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Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom

GreenBiz

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00.

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