Tag Archives: Methane

£300K BEIS GRANT WIN FOR WASTE-TO-HYDROGEN FUEL PIONEERS

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Manchester, 19 May 2022 – A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a Government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal. Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with the help of Catax. The funding comes from the Low Carbon …

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Powerful Bugs: Harnessing the Electric Eels of the Microbial World

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RAPID CITY, SD (Sept. 10, 2018) – Researchers at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology are studying ways to harness electricity generated by a unique set of microbes. “We’re studying the electric eels of the microbial world,” says Navanietha Krishnaraj, Ph.D., a research scientist in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at SD Mines. Researchers, such as Venkata Gadhamshetty, Ph.D., an associate …

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Converting Wind Power To Gas

Excess Wind Power Turned into Gas in Denmark Using Hydrogenics Technology Hydrogenics Corporation (NASDAQ:HYGS; TSX:HYG),  a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules, today announced that it will be a participating partner of the Power-to-Gas Biological Catalysis (“BioCat”) Project in Denmark. The “BioCat” installation will use hydrogen made ??from excess wind power to convert biogas from sewage sludge …

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Natural Gas System

 AMERICA’S NATURAL GAS SYSTEM IS LEAKY AND IN NEED OF A FIX   The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural gas industry specifically. Natural gas consists predominantly of methane. Even small leaks from the natural gas system are …

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NATURAL GAS FROM SHALE NOT SUITABLE AS “BRIDGE FUEL,” MAY WORSEN CLIMATE CHANGE

Researchers Note Gas Emissions From Marcellus Shale and Other Sites Linked to Significant Increased Risk of Near-Term Climate Change Far from being a “solution” to climate change, natural gas extracted from shale is a huge contributor of greenhouse gases when both methane and carbon dioxide are considered, according to a major new study by three Cornell University researchers. The natural …

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Ten Different Alternative Fuels Actually Used To Run Our Cars

We have known, for quite some time, that the fossil fuels we use today are a finite source of energy; we only seem to disagree on when those sources will run dry. Alternative sources have been around for quite some time, including electric power and solar power, but none has yet supplanted dead dinosaurs. Presented here are some other fuels,some strange, some downright weird.

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diy alternative energy People who own horses try to build safe and comfortable homes for their animals Today people often try to build horse barn themselves A small horse barn is not difficult to build even if you do not have much wood working experience The task becomes even easier if you get some top quality horse barn plans Small …

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pellets diy To make a homemade pellet mill is technically possible though is neither fee effective or a practical option To be able to consistently as well as efficiently process biomass into energy pellets required some fairly heavy engineering to cope by means of the forces involved Learn more about Homemade Pellet Mill On the PelHeat website we promote a …

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pellets diy To make a homemade pellet mill is technically possible though is neither fee effective or a practical option To be able to consistently as well as efficiently process biomass into energy pellets required some fairly heavy engineering to cope by means of the forces involved Learn more about Homemade Pellet Mill On the PelHeat website we promote a …

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feed pellet mills for sale A pellet mill is the core piece of equipment in the pellet manufacture line or pellet plant There are several unlike designs of pellet mill including the flat die pellet mill and the ring die pellet mill At PelHeat we promote for sale predominantly the flat die pellet mill Flat die pellet mills are in …

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algae jobs Montana Company Receives Federal Grant for Biodigester Plant Algae and Wood Chips to be converted to Methane Organic Fertilizer Helena MT September Algae Aqua-Culture Technology AACT a Whitefish Montana company announced its receipt of a U S government grant to stimulate the development of Montana s algae-to-fertilizer industry The grant offered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act …

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wind energy lectures I got turned onto this great resource for lectures all about the future of energy I have clipped a few out of the list of Amazing Lectures for you to check out But you should also go over here to see the rest of the list There is some great stuff in there Learn about different types …

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Homemade Geothermal Heating Imagine an HVAC and water heating system which will save to on a building’s energy prices while minimizing CO and carbon emissions Imagine a system that’s additional reliable is to times a lot of economical provides very cheap life cycle cost and a high degree of design flexibility Where will you discover such a system You wish …

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Turning Algae and Wood Chips Into Energy Jobs

Algae Aqua-Culture Technology (AACT), a Whitefish, Montana, company, announced its receipt of a $350,000 U.S. government grant to stimulate the development of Montana’s algae-to-fertilizer industry. The grant, offered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was awarded by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

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