argonne Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 06:37:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Argonne’s Solar Concentrators Still as Cool as They Were 40 Years Ago https://www.greenoptimistic.com/argonnes-solar-concentrators-still-cool-40-years-ago-20140701/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/argonnes-solar-concentrators-still-cool-40-years-ago-20140701/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:38:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48236 With all the excitement around the latest improvements and discoveries in the field of solar, it is often difficult to imagine what must have been back in the 1970s, when solar power generation first appeared on the map. Well, solar panels definitely looked different, especially when they were a part of a massive solar concentrator […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/argonnes-solar-concentrators-still-cool-40-years-ago-20140701/feed/ 0 48236 New Diesel DeNOx Catalyst to Reduce Emissions by 95% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diesel-denox-catalyst-reduce-emissions-20080703/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diesel-denox-catalyst-reduce-emissions-20080703/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=361 A new catalyst has been developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. It can reduce the nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions diesel engines from 90%-95%. Integrated Fuel Technologies, Inc. (IFT), a Washington State start-up company with offices in Spokane and Kirkland, has been licensed to produce it.

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