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Victor Tangermann, The Byte
Jan 28, 2023

Researchers Successfully Turn Abandoned Oil Well into Giant Geothermal Battery

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have repurposed an old oil well structure and are using it for a geothermal energy storage system.
Scott Pelley, CBS News
Jan 15, 2023

Inside the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough That Could Be a Step to Unlimited Clean Energy in the Distant Future

Excitement spread in the news in early 2023 when breakthroughs were made regarding nuclear fusion. If nuclear fusion could be used for commercial power generation, it could create unlimited and carbon-free energy. However, this is just the beginning of the conversation and innovations.
SeekOps, Inc.
Nov 17, 2022

SeekOps Awarded Oil & Gas Startup Company of the Year at ADIPEC Awards 2022

SeekOps, Inc. is an Austin, TX-based startup company that partners with traditional and renewable energy industries to monitor greenhouse gas emissions through drones. They are able to report on localization, detection and quantification of emissions.
Ben Coley, QSR Magazine
Feb 21, 2023

Subway to Roll Out EV Charging Parks Nationwide

Subway, one of the world’s largest restaurant brands with more than 37,000 locations globally, has partnered with GenZ EV Solutions to install “Subway Oasis” charging stations at certain locations across the U.S.
Anirudh Sharma
Oct 01, 2018

TED Talk: Ink made of Air Pollution

Inventor Anirudh Sharma created AIR-INK, a usable black ink that's made from pollution.
Elena Shao, NY Times
Feb 18, 2023

Just How Good for the Planet Is That Big Electric Pickup Truck?

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become increasingly popular in the United States, with a new crop of big models that resemble the gas-powered pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles that have long been the country’s best-selling vehicles. While EVs are seen as a more climate-friendly option than gasoline-powered cars, there are concerns about their emissions and safety impacts.
Wind Energy Technologies Office

How a Wind Turbine Works

Most people know what wind turbines are but few know how they actually work. This article explains how wind turbines harness the power of wind energy to generate electricity.
SB Staff, Solar Builder
May 11, 2023

Largest Direct-Use Solar Array in the U.S. Being Built at an Oil Refinery

Flint Hills Resources, a Minnesota oil refinery company, is constructing the largest direct-use solar power project in the United States at it’s Pine Bend refinery.
Peter Henderson, REUTERS
Feb 03, 2023

Concrete Traps CO2 Soaked From Air in Climate-Friendly Test

California-based startup Heirloom Carbon Technologies has teamed up with CarbonCure Technologies in Canada to create concrete using carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. The two firms used Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to gather around 30 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere around Heirloom's San Francisco base.
Amanda Drane, Houston Chronicle
Mar 02, 2023

Oxy’s New Carbon Capture Hub Could Trap 1.2B Metric Tons of East Texas Greenhouse Gases

Occidental Petroleum, a Houston-based oil and gas company, is planning to build a carbon capture hub on a 55,000-acre site in East Texas, which is expected to be operational by 2026.

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