NETL Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:42:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 NETL Researchers Test Sorbents for Carbon Capture and Disposal https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netl-researchers-test-sorbents-carbon-capture-disposal-20131019/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netl-researchers-test-sorbents-carbon-capture-disposal-20131019/#respond Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:42:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42661 Carbon Dioxide is a growing concern due to how it impacts global climate. CO2 is formed when carbon binds with oxygen at power plants used to generate electricity. Scientists at DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory are in the process of developing a way to separate the elements and capture them for permanent disposal. The capture […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/netl-researchers-test-sorbents-carbon-capture-disposal-20131019/feed/ 0 42661 Electric Cargo Trucks May Improve Texas Air Quality https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-cargo-trucks-may-improve-texas-air-quality-20130828/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-cargo-trucks-may-improve-texas-air-quality-20130828/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:20:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41203 The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in Texas has teamed with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation (Smith Electric) to reduce vehicle emissions from delivery trucks in the region. As part of the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) funded project, local fleets will replace […]

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