seawater Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:25:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 US Navy Technology Makes Fuel from Seawater https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-navy-fuel-seawater-20140408/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-navy-fuel-seawater-20140408/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:25:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46882 Making fuel out of seawater is now possible, according to a team of scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. They developed a technology, which extracts hydrogen and carbon dioxide from water and converts them into hydrocarbon fuel that could power ships and aircraft. This is a real breakthrough that holds the potential […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-navy-fuel-seawater-20140408/feed/ 0 46882 Artificial Chlorophyll Can Generate Hydrogen from Seawater, UOW Researchers Find https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artificial-chlorophyll-hydrogen-uow-20130613/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artificial-chlorophyll-hydrogen-uow-20130613/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:55:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38347 A new way to turn sea water into hydrogen has been developed by scientists at the University of Wollongong, in Australia. It uses artificial chlorophyll that acts as a catalyst to split saltwater in a way that’s never been used before. The team of researchers, led by Dr Jun Chen and Professor Gerry Swiegers, say that only five […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artificial-chlorophyll-hydrogen-uow-20130613/feed/ 1 38347 Extracting Uranium from Seawater for Nuclear Power Plants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/extracting-uranium-from-seawater-for-nuclear-power-plants-20130516/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/extracting-uranium-from-seawater-for-nuclear-power-plants-20130516/#respond Thu, 16 May 2013 20:24:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37318 Nuclear power is basically a carbon-free energy source but, we have to admit, it has its own special problems. The radioactive fuel that goes into nuclear power plants is typically mined the standard way, but there is a vast untapped reserve trapped in the world’s oceans. Water is the universal solvent, and seawater is much […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/extracting-uranium-from-seawater-for-nuclear-power-plants-20130516/feed/ 0 37318 DOE Studying How to Better Extract Uranium from Seawater https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-studying-how-to-better-extract-uranium-from-seawater-20120822/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-studying-how-to-better-extract-uranium-from-seawater-20120822/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:51:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25836 Although the Earth’s oceans only contain uranium in trace amounts (3 parts per billion), if someone put their mind to it and gathered all of the oceanic uranium, 4.5 billion tons would get harvested, enough to fuel our civilization’s energy needs for the next 6,500 years. This is not news, however. Japan tinkered with oceanic […]

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