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The Energy Roadmap – Ground breaking ‘Dry water’ method developed to store natural gas in a powder
Have you ever held natural gas in your hand?
“It (‘dry water’) looks like a powder, but if you wipe it on your skin, it smears and feels cold” says Andrew Cooper University of Liverpool, UK
What happened?
Chemists at the University of Liverpool have developed a reliable way of converting methane gas into a powder form in order to make it more transportable.The researchers use a white powder material made of a mixture of silica and water to soak up large quantities of methane molecules.
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East African geothermal tests ‘successful’ | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Geothermal energy generation in Africa could take a leap forward in 2009 after exploratory studies in Kenya exceeded all expectations, it was announced Tuesday.
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Calif. adopts major global warming plan – Climate Change- msnbc.com
California air regulators on Thursday approved a climate plan that would require the state’s utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The California Air Resources Board adopted what will be the nation’s most sweeping global warming plan, outlining for the first time how individuals and businesses will have to meet a landmark 2006 law that made the state a leader on curbing warming emissions.
