Tag: Esti Ukar
March 4, 2024
Producing Hydrogen From Rocks Gains Steam as Scientists Advance New Methods
In a project that could be a game changer for the energy transition, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are exploring a suite…
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Carbon-Free Mining Revolution
Esti Ukar is a research scientist at the Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology. She earned her bachelor of science in geology at Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea/ Universidad del PaĂs Vasco in Spain in 2003 and her doctorate in geological sciences at the Jackson School in 2010. Ukar is leading a project to develop technology for mining critical minerals — mineral resources that are essential to the economy and whose supply may be disrupted — more efficiently and without adding any carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. The three-year, $5 million project is part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program, which aims to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for clean energy technology.
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