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Story tips from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory — March 2011
A process called gasification can turn carbonaceous fuels — coal, petroleum, or biomass — into syngas, a cleaner-burning fuel mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Scientists from the National Energy Technology Laboratory are concluding a three-year…
SMU geothermal mapping project reveals large, green energy source in coal country
DALLAS (SMU) — New research produced by Southern Methodist University’s Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, suggests that the temperature of the Earth beneath the state of West Virginia is significantly higher than previ…
Synthetic fuels research aims to reduce oil dependence
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers at Purdue University have developed a facility aimed at learning precisely how coal and biomass are broken down in reactors called gasifiers as part of a project to strengthen the scientific foundations of the …