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Start-up Power Japan Plus announced plans to commercialize a dual-carbon battery technology, which it calls the Ryden dual carbon battery. Power Japan Plus will begin benchmark production of 18650 Ryden cells later this year at the company’s production facility in Okinawa, Japan. Capacity vs. cycle number. Click to enlarge.

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billion (US$173 million), has increased the production capacity of SGMW’s Qingdao plant by 70% to 510,000 vehicles annually. It will help SGMW keep up with the strong demand for its Wuling brand mini-commercial vehicles. Among the products manufactured in Qingdao are the Wuling Rong Guang, Wuling Xingwang and Wuling PN-Series minivans.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

20 billion (US$432 million) in its Indian operations between 2010 and 2012, with nearly 25% of that investment go into further strengthening the Bosch Automotive Group’s research and development activities in India. Bosch will invest Rs. The company has already invested Rs. Bosch also developed the common rail system for the Tata Nano diesel.

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MARCH 29, 2012

DaniMer Scientific and Myriant have formed a strategic alliance focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective bio-based materials to the marketplace. As part of the alliance, DaniMer will utilize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid for the production of high-performance, bio-based polymers used to make a broad range of products.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), signed a one-year supply agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. Pack assembly began in September, 2010, with cell production starting in the summer of 2011. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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AUGUST 18, 2013

By using this captured CO 2 to make products that would otherwise generate additional CO 2 , the plant will offset an additional 220,000 tons annually, once fully operational in 2014. The captured pollutants are mineralized into solid products, including sodium bicarbonate, which are stored, transported and sold as safe, stable solids.

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MAY 14, 2013

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet vehicles ( earlier post ), has an agreement with The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, for the installation and distribution of its products. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

BASF Future Business GmbH and PURAC, subsidiaries of BASF SE and CSM nv, respectively, are cooperating for the joint production development of bio-based succinic acid. The major technical hurdles for the development of succinic acid as a building block, the DOE report concluded, included the development of very low-cost fermentation routes.

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Teijin says it will continue to advance the properties and durability of its CAC, targeting commercial use by 2025. However, its large scale commercial applications are hindered by high cost of Pt, and the Pt-based electrode also suffers from low selectivity, poor durability, and CO deactivation. 2010.01.012.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

An overview of the direct sugar to hydrocarbon (DSHC) process for the production of renewable jet fuel. the largest low-cost and low-fare airline in Latin America, signed a memorandum of understanding that could pave the way for GOL commercial flights to use Amyris renewable jet fuel in 2014. Source: Amyris.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho said the company had a strategy to invest in the Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in order to secure access to competitive, low-cost lithium carbonate production in a timeframe closely aligned with worldwide lithium requirements for hybrid and electric vehicles. Orocobre company presentation (January 2010).

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Example of micro fibers produced with 20 wt % AB (ammonia borane) in water as core solution, showing smooth (nonporous) and cylindrical (noncollapsed) fibers; from a 2010 paper by the scientific team. David (2010) A Solution Selection Model for Coaxial Electrospinning and Its Application to Nanostructured Hydrogen Storage Materials.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $30 million in available funding ( DE-FOA-0001647 ), subject to appropriations, for research and development of low-cost hydrogen production, onboard hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to advance the widespread commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Since 2010, Kawasaki Heavy Industries has been focusing on hydrogen as a next-generation energy source and has been developing technologies for producing, transporting, and using hydrogen throughout the entire supply chain needed to support society. Fukuoka City hydrogen production facility. fueled by Euglena’s next-generation biofuel.

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MARCH 6, 2012

While Envia Systems is the first integrated cell producer to announce success with that type of combination, other providers of Si-C materials or IP—such as, but not limited to, Nanosys and the DOE’s own Argonne National Laboratory, respectively—are also currently deep in the process of development and/or commercialization.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

has selected to locate its research, manufacturing and product development facility for military, cell phone and electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries in Lexington. Founded in October 2010, NOHMs Technologies has developed a battery that is based on lithium-sulfur chemistry. Technology.

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The globally competitive Upstream Company will comprise five business units that today make up Global Primary Products: Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting and Energy. The Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions. billion, with $2.8

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AUGUST 3, 2011

In steady decline, US market share shrank to 27% by 2000 and to 7% by 2010. PVMI Part II: SUNPATH seeks to increase domestic manufacturing through investments that have sustainable, competitive cost and performance advantages. SUNPATH is intended to help return the United States to the forefront.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Planned cellulosic biofuel production by 2015. US Commercial-scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nor, despite the growth potential over the next several years, has the path to commercial biofuels been smooth.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The BIIP assessment includes the bitumen production, reserves and economic contingent resources previously reported as well as an estimate of Cenovus’s share of all other bitumen on the company’s lands. That’s a five-fold production increase from current bitumen production levels. per barrel. per barrel.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

SES), a global energy and gasification technology company that provides products and solutions to the energy and chemicals industries, has entered into a Technical Study Agreement with Ambre Energy of Australia to supply a proprietary gasification design to support Ambre’s development of a planned Coal to Liquids Project (ambreCTL).

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to pursue opportunities in large-scale, low-cost and permanent carbon capture and storage (CCS). Since 2010, approximately US$28 million has been spent on the exploration and development of Decar. FPX Nickel Corp., CO 2 Lock has raised $1.7

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

million in the third quarter of 2010, the results reflected an improving gross margin: -30.4% million and commercial revenue was $4.6 million in commercial revenue in the third quarter of 2010, and to transportation revenue of $24.4 million, no grid revenue and commercial revenue of $5.2 Commercial revenue was $12.9

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Not requiring hydrogen or precious metal catalysts could contribute to a lower cost for a commercial-scale version of the process than some other renewable hydrocarbon fuel technologies. GVL has previously been identified as a potential feedstock in the production of both energy and fine chemicals. Bond et al. West, James A.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Earlier post.).

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The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The AFC Energy fuel cell (known as the Alpha Fuel Cell System) is a compact alkaline fuel cell system developed for the commercial power generation market. Linc Energy anticipates commencing testing of the system at Chinchilla by mid April 2010. Linc Energy will have the option to extend the exclusivity period in perpetuity.

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JULY 7, 2011

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. This is an important step forward for Liquid Metal Battery Corporation.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The pilot plant is expected to become operational in the first quarter of 2011 and marks a major milestone in the commercialization of Avantium’s technology. The plant will produce several tons of YXY building blocks per year to support product development. million) round by the end of 2010.

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MARCH 5, 2011

Without co-investment by the government, the agency said, there is very high risk that industry competitors will not make the much greater investments required to successfully commercialize 600V GaN-on-Silicon for low-cost, high- volume production. Under that project, the DOE has awarded $89.3

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Micrographs of commercially cultivated algae species. “The main conclusion from this report is that oil production with microalgae will be expensive, even with relatively favorable process assumptions (e.g. low cost system designs, high. They assumed higher productivities due to plausible technological advances.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

USABC has carried out a number of battery development programs, focusing on low-cost and long-life batteries with varying power-to-energy ratios. Research organizations with current, direct affiliations with businesses that derive a majority of their income from related product sales, will also be considered. Click to enlarge.

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The objective of this topic is to develop an entirely new paradigm for the production of liquid fuels that could overcome the challenges associated with current technologies. Although photosynthetic routes show promise, overall efficiencies remain low. Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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JULY 8, 2011

improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost. many industries—including the automotive industry—to speed up the product development cycle. However, there are no mature CAE tools for the design and commercial development of EDV batteries. design cycles and optimizing batteries (cells and packs) for.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

The Zinc Air Fuel Cell (ZAFC) consumes zinc metal and atmospheric oxygen to produce electricity, and produces a reaction product consisting of a liquid suspension of zinc oxides and potassium zincate in an alkaline electrolyte. Rather, noted Cooper, particle briding and voids develop, resulting in a low packing density of about 40%.

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Perkins suggests that the partnership with Freightliner may expand to move into step chassis and some of the other products that it sells, such as in the trolley market or RV chassis. to produce LPG as a byproduct of gasoline production. the production of gasoline and diesel from biomass; the process was initially developed to.

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Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh). Earlier post.). We’re emerging at the right time with the right technology, ” said Throop Wilder, 24M CEO.

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