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In 2016, the solar, landfill gas, and fuel cell projects funded by New Energy Capital offset over 1,190,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.

The solar, landfill gas, and fuel cell projects funded by New Energy Capital through the New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund offset over 482 thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents («MT CO2 Eq.»)

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After we picked the two technologies — the anaerobic digester and fuel cells — we hired HDR to marry the two together, come in and do the design for the gas — to remove all the sulfur — and gas compression, and the drying and cleaning for the fuel cells.»

The fuel cells run on approximately 75 percent biogas and 25 percent natural gas.

The governor supports bringing in fracked gas from Pennsylvania to power this microgrid, when it's entirely possible that they could do a mix of clean renewables — most notably, geothermal solar and maybe a fuel cell.

Cars running on hydrogen fuel cells produce zero emissions, but currently, factories must use fossil fuels, such as natural gas, or precious metals, such as platinum, to...

This transformation has put new life into the development of both dedicated natural gas vehicles and fuel cell cars.

«It wouldn't be a great strategy for natural gas people to hope and wait for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in order to make a mutual strategy,» said Nicholas Lutsey, program director at the International Council on Clean Transportation.

«And if I really wanted fuel cell vehicles, I don't think it would be a necessary step to go through natural gas vehicles, either.»

The group found that although fuel - cell vehicles would produce zero greenhouse - gas emissions during use, the extraction and refinement of hydrogen fuel would release three to five times as much carbon into the air as is released in procuring and refining gasoline and diesel.

In its test in its Danbury lab, the company plans to mix carbon dioxide, air and nitrogen to simulate coal plant emissions and then shoot those gases into a fuel cell stack.

Fuel cells are far greener than gas - powered engines because they produce electricity without burning up the hydrogen (or other fuel) that powers tFuel cells are far greener than gas - powered engines because they produce electricity without burning up the hydrogen (or other fuel) that powers tfuel) that powers them.

Previously, researchers have produced hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced by the bacteria with electrical energy from external sources — such as that obtained from renewable sources or burning fossil fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Although the catalyst does produce oxygen from water, it does not produce hydrogen gas (H2) that can be burnt in a fuel cell.

Materials with these novel characteristics would be useful in devices such as rechargeable batteries, sensors, gas converters and fuel cells.

When carbon dioxide is fed into the cell, electricity splits it into oxygen and solid carbon or carbon monoxide gas that could then be used to manufacture many different products and fuels.

A fuel - cell power unit that can use natural gas, propane or diesel may in a couple of years provide on - site electricity to factories, computer - server farms and even your home.

It's possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly.

The Chevrolet Equinox starts with a chirping sound, as gas injectors pump hydrogen into its handmade fuel cell stack.

In only two weeks of driving, the district coordinator of science for the Port Chester, N.Y., public school system has driven at least 600 miles (965 kilometers) on the car and her fuel cell Equinox has gotten as much as 191 miles (307 kilometers) on its three full tanks (each holding slightly more than four kilograms, or 8.8 pounds, of compressed hydrogen gas).

Sandia leads a number of other hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense hydrogen.

Those gases could be stored and later turned back into electricity in a fuel cell.

But so is the cost of any method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to make a similar difference — whether it's doubling the fuel efficiency of every single car and truck on the road (which would cost a few trillion dollars and take at least 15 years) or building scores of new wind turbines for each turbine already turning today or erecting hundreds of new solar cell arrays for every array in use today.

Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for the growing fuel cell electric vehicle market, the researchers concluded.

Should the market demands for hydrogen fuel increase with the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles, the U.S. will need to produce and store large amounts of cost - effective hydrogen from domestic energy sources, such as natural gas, solar and wind, said Daniel Dedrick, Sandia hydrogen program manager.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new, carbon - neutral way to convert vegetable - based fuels to syngas, a breakthrough that could allow producers to power hydrogen fuel cells or create a replacement for America's dwindling supplies of natural gas, all without relying on fossil fuels.

But such solid - oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can efficiently combine everyday fossil - fuel natural gas with oxygen from the air — without burning — to generate electricity on a small scale.

They concluded that we'd lower greenhouse gas emissions more by driving gasoline / electric hybrid cars than by driving fuel cell cars run on hydrogen from coal.

Fuel cells can run on hydrogen, natural gas, or biofuels — the latter two requiring a reformer that processes the fuel to extract hydroFuel cells can run on hydrogen, natural gas, or biofuels — the latter two requiring a reformer that processes the fuel to extract hydrofuel to extract hydrogen.

Strontium cobaltites are just one example of a class of materials known as transition metal oxides, which is considered promising for a variety of applications including electrodes in fuel cells, membranes that allow oxygen to pass through for gas separation, and electronic devices such as memristors — a form of nonvolatile, ultrafast, and energy - efficient memory device.

Mass - market fuel - cell vehicles are an attractive prospect because they will offer the range and fueling convenience of today's diesel and gas - powered vehicles while providing the benefits of sustainability in personal transportation.

Unlike battery - powered electric vehicles, fuel - cell powered ones have a long cruising range — up to 650 kilometers per tank (the fuel is usually compressed hydrogen gas); a hydrogen fuel refill only takes about three minutes.

They are filled with the hydrogen gas essential to run the fuel cells — or gas batteries, as the Victorians call them — that are so vital for the economy and for powering everyday life.

In the early 2000s, Maria's group had pioneered the single - atom approach for metals anchored on oxide supports as the exclusive active sites for the water - gas shift reaction to upgrade hydrogen streams for fuel cell use.

Results of the investigation have numerous uses in the field of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as well as the chemical industry, as this new method is capable of generating hydrogen from methane gas and electricity in just one step and with near - zero energy loss.

The H2FIRST project is expected to eventually include companies and organizations in the automotive, energy and industrial gas sectors, fuel cell manufacturers, station component providers, state and regional government agencies and research institutions.

«Gas storage materials can be used in a range of applications, including gas sensors and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,» says Professor BaGas storage materials can be used in a range of applications, including gas sensors and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,» says Professor Bagas sensors and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,» says Professor Baek.

The hydrogen and oxygen gas can be stored separately, and later brought together as fuel in what is called a fuel cell.

The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is working with FuelCell Energy, Inc., an integrated stationary fuel cell manufacturer, to develop a durable, low - cost, and high - performance electrochemical cell to convert natural gas and other methane - rich gas into methanol, a major chemical commodity with worldwide applications in... Read more →

This is a starting point, and i am interested to know how fast is «fast - growing», i am imagining a fuel cell car with a tank of bacteria and a CO gas tank.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

The capabilities of Test Cell 1 include a fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current dynamometer for precision power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and power control channels.For measuring the thermal output of fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling engines, Test Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the engine by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.

Gas analysis instruments for catalysis studies, fuel cell caracterisation, bio fuel analysis for production facilities and research institutes.

The chemical bonds in hydrogen gas, for example, could power fuel cells, internal combustion engines or generators.

These include complex oxides used in water and carbon dioxide gas splitting, solid oxide fuel cell cathodes, lithium ion batteries, and super ionic conductors.

Gas concentrations were determined from differences in CO2 and O2 between entering and exiting air with a fuel - cell — based dual channel O2 analyzer (FC - 2 Oxzilla; Sable Systems International) and two infrared CO2 analyzers (CA - 10 CO2 analyzers; Sable Systems International)(45).

It's actually quite remarkable what's happening: Hydrogen and air flow into a fuel cell, which converts the gasses into electricity and heat.

With gas prices the way they've been, people just want something that carries them from a to b using very little fuel and asking as little from them as possible because frankly between their cell phone and their pumpkin spice latte, they can't be bothered.

Other federal programs working toward sustainable transportation include the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) Program and the National Fuel Cell Bus Program.