Alaska ice tested as possible new energy source

Alaska ice tested as possible new energy source Herald Sun The US Department of Energy (DOE) and industry partners over two winters drilled into a reservoir of methane hydrate, which looks like ice but burns like a candle if a match warms its molecules. There is little need now for methane, the main ingredient … See all stories on this topic »

Scientists Produce Efficient Nanocatalysts for Methane Partial Oxidation Fars News Agency Dry conversion of methane is a process that has not been industrialized yet due to the high amount of the produced coke. However, it is necessary in some processes such as Fischer-Tropsch that produces valuable products because the ratio of hydrogen to … See all stories on this topic » Fars News Agency

Arch Coal Mine Will Destroy Colorado Wilderness in ‘Roadless’ Forest De Smog Blog (blog) Although the West Elk coal mine is underground, safe mining there requires that methane venting wells be drilled above the mine. The West Elk mine spews millions of cubic feet of methane pollution every day. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with 21 … See all stories on this topic » De Smog Blog (blog)

All Share Services Salon U.S. Department of Energy researchers and industry partners are analyzing data from trials on Alaska’s North Slope that tested a method of extracting methane from methane hydrate. That’s a lattice of ice that traps gas molecules but does not bind them … See all stories on this topic »

 

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Alaska’s Methane Hydrate Resource Sparks Debate Over Energy … By The Huffington Post News Editors ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A half mile (800 meters) below the ground at Prudhoe Bay, above the vast oil field that helped trigger construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, a drill rig has tapped what might one day be the next big energy … The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

Scientists produce efficient nanocatalysts for methane partial oxidation Researchers from Tarbiat Modarres University and Research Institute of Petroleum Industry developed the technical know-how for the process of dry combination conversion and methane partial oxidation by synthesizing perovskite … Nanowerk Nanotechnology News