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The well-established, cost-competitive ethanol market provides an opportunity to shift the composition of jet fuel and other fuel products away from petroleum. In the first step of a multi-step ethanol-to-jet-fuel process earlier developed by DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL’s), a catalyst is used to convert ethanol into butene-rich C3+...
E-Mail IMAGE: From left: Marcel Baer, Nathan Tallent, and Ben Loer are recipients of a 2021 Early Career Research Program award from the U.S. Department of Energy. view more Credit: Composite image by Shannon Colson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory A trio of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have each received a 2021 Early Career Research Program award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in the highly competitive program. Awards to DOE-based researchers total $500,000 per year for five years for salary and research expenses. PNNL recipients are M...
Friday, May 21, 2021 A major hurdle in the pursuit of sustainable fuels is a step closer to being solved thanks to a new approach to long-duration energy storage. Though more common today, the proliferation of solar power and other renewable energy sources has been limited by the cost, relative inefficiency and sheer scale required of the batteries needed for long-term energy storage. A team of scientists at the Yale Energy Sciences Institute have now described the conceptual framework for the conversion of sustainably-generated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for long-duration energy storage. Unlik...
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Using Nanotechnology to Address the Limitations of Hydrogen Production Image Credit: Panchenko Vladimir/Shutterstock.com A clean hydrogen economy could be the answer to transitioning out of fossil fuel use. Being the most abundant element on the Earth and making up more than 90% of all known matter, it can be seen as the most feasible renewable resource available. With its non-toxic characteristics, it has become an alternative fuel globally; NASA has used hydrogen to power space programs since 1958 and car manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda have also taken an interest i...