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Researchers Discover Way to Simultaneously Produce Hydrogen and Purify Water

University of Alberta researchers have developed a new catalyst that could revolutionize how the world generates power and purifies water. When placed in any type of water and provided with a small amount of power, the catalyst produces hydrogen that can be fed into a fuel cell to generate electricity along with distilled water that is safe to drink.

Cepsa Awards Técnicas Reunidas Engineering Contract For Its Second-Generation Biofuels Plant

Cepsa has awarded Técnicas Reunidas the contract for the detailed engineering of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe, which Cepsa will start up together with Bio-Oils, with an investment of up to 1 billion euros, at the La Rábida Energy Park in Huelva.

DOE Awards $165M GEODE Grant to Geothermal Consortium 

Project InnerSpace, a non-profit organization focused on removing barriers to exponential geothermal growth by 2030, announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $165M Geothermal Energy from Oil and Gas Demonstrated Engineering grant to a consortium formed by Project InnerSpace, the Society of Petroleum Engineering International (SPE), and Geothermal Rising (GR).

Report finds offshore wind turbine scaling is creating unsustainable market risks 

The offshore wind sector must take action to address a rising tide of mechanical breakdown issues, component failures and serial defects ensuing from the deployment of ever-larger offshore wind turbines finds a new report by GCube Insurance (GCube), a leading underwriter for renewable energy projects.

The World’s Tallest Wind Measurement Mast Goes into Operation

With more than 100 invited guests from politics and business, the world’s highest wind measurement mast was officially put into operation in Germany. Three hundred meters high, 99 installed mast elements, almost 70 tons in weight and equipped with 46 measuring devices – these are the figures of the world’s highest wind measuring mast on the Klettwitz hill , which was erected in the past four months. The unique project started its official research operations on May 4 as part of a ceremonial inauguration.