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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Faradion was founded in 2010 with the objective to develop a low-cost sodium-ion battery technology capable of reducing the cost of energy storage in a range of applications related to renewable energy, stationary storage and transportation.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

The August coal share of generation is still notably lower than the 50% annual average over the 1990-2010 period. Mining costs are much higher in this region than in the Powder River Basin (due in large part to less favorable geology and reserve depletion). Data for 2011 and 2012 are preliminary. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Their work may help to lower the cost of NO x treatments and thus ultimately make diesel a more cost-effective automotive fuel. The aftertreatment system is a key contributor to the cost premium for diesel vehicles. However, they suffer from issues such as high cost and poor thermal durability. Science Vol.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. That finding takes into account both the higher purchase price of an electric vehicle and the lower fuel costs over the vehicle’s life. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge. billion through 2019.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

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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JANUARY 18, 2014

As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy board charger must be offset by the cost savings in operational costs as seen by the customer. energy batteries.

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MAY 9, 2012

The company originally described the system in a 2010 SAE paper (2010-01-1222) and at the 2010 World Congress. Although this reduces the window of operation and fuel economy benefit to 2-4%, it also eliminates vehicle adaptation cost. Total cost of implementation is much less than $10/1%, he said. and Sisson, J.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

million in the third quarter of 2010, the results reflected an improving gross margin: -30.4% million in commercial revenue in the third quarter of 2010, and to transportation revenue of $24.4 million in the first nine months of 2010. million in the first nine months of 2010. million in the first nine months of 2010.

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MARCH 13, 2012

The low cost of natural gas, combined with the large amount of domestic reserves, make it an attractive transportation fuel source for China. In 2010, heavy duty truck sales in China exceeded 1 million units, according to the Weichai Power August 2011 Interim Report.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Less expensive and more readily available than platinum, PAN enables the catalyst to be produced at reduced cost and in higher volumes. 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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Value of life-cycle emissions externality damages and oil premium costs from vehicles in 2010 $. In this study we assess, under a wide range of scenarios, how much externality damage reduction plug-in vehicles can offer in the US and at what cost. Michalek et al. Click to enlarge. —Michalek et al. Michalek et al.

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MAY 16, 2012

The wide swing depends on achieving further technical success with the development of hydrogen vehicle technology resulting in lower costs, Greene said. Among the other initial findings of the study are: Low-cost batteries (Bat+) help all vehicles: H2Vs and PEVs as well as BEVs. David Greene, DOE 2012 Merit Review).

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MAY 26, 2011

In August 2010, A123 spun out 24M to commercialize this type of new technology. The reduced energy density, along with higher cost, result because the high-energy-storage compounds are diluted by inactive and costly components necessary to extract power (e.g., V cell voltage and have low ion concentrations (typically 1.2

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In the near-term pre-CCS era, with a low cost of carbon, the economical solution for power providers is to vent the CO 2 and pay the fees, passing on the costs to customers. owned by) a power plant; careful integration between the two plants will reduce costs (not studied in detail here). . ~90%) —Kreutz (2010).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The selections were based upon an assessment of demonstrated progress in developing high-performance, low-cost SOFC technology. Key program goals, as defined by the Office of Fossil Energy and the US Office of Management and Budget, include: Cost of $175 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for a minimum 40,000 hour fuel cell stack.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

However, managed EV adoption can reduce the cost of achieving GHG reductions through a RES, they concluded in their paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The controlled charging of EVs can reduce electricity costs and improve the integration of wind energy. —Choi et al.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Strategic corporate shifts because of increased availability of low-cost natural gas. In the final RFS rule (2010), EPA assessed the lifecycle GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions of multiple renewable fuel pathways (defined as feedstock, fuel type, and fuel production process).

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JULY 8, 2011

improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost. Reducing battery costs. Selected teams will contribute 50% of the costs of the project over the next three years bringing the overall project budget to $14 million. design cycles and optimizing batteries (cells and packs) for. aging data as input. each other.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

In this topic, ARPA-E seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The unthrottled nature of the compression ignition process provides high engine efficiency while achieving compliant exhaust emissions with conventional, low-cost aftertreatment. The Achates Engine is EPA 2010 and Euro VI compliant. Broadly, this approach is termed Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

In a 1995 paper, Cooper noted that the cost of the recovery unit is small compared with the cost of the battery because it operates continuously and hence at a lower power level than the battery. In addition, it lacks the expensive air electrode of the zinc/air battery, adding to the lower cost of the ZAFC solution.

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MARCH 25, 2010

These technologies have the potential to reduce carbon emissions in real-world applications at low cost. The project will fund a mobile clean up facility’(to upgrade raw biogas into biomethane of a quality that can be used as a transport fuel or injected into the gas grid) and fund the additional costs of vehicles using biogas.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Achieving those goals will will be difficult—but not impossible to meet—and will necessitate a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels such as biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices. —Douglas M. Source: NRC.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Cenovus anticipates achieving that growth at long term estimated average finding and development costs of approximately $8.00 Cenovus has decided to make public, during its 2010 investor day presentations, ownership information that was previously kept confidential about some of these lands. per barrel.

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JULY 29, 2012

Cumulative CO 2 reductions from 2010 through 2030 would total almost 10 Gt, with a cumulative net savings of $800 billion to $1.5 Road transport CO 2 emissions are expected to grow by more than 2% per year between 2010 and 2030 to a projected 8.4 The US, China, and the EU could reduce their combined annual CO 2 emissions by 1.3

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Total project cost is £2,206,784, with the TSB providing £1,103,392. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles. eDCT - Low Cost High Efficiency Transmission Actuation: Electric Moving Magnet Linear Actuator.

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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 is produced by hydrogenation of levulinic acid, which can be produced, potentially at low cost, from agricultural waste by commercial-scale process.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

However, the properties and cost of current light alloy materials, and the associated manufacturing processes, are already inhibiting progress, according to the LATEST2 team. An official project launch event will be held at the University of Manchester in June 2010.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. low cost is only achieved in large-volume, highly automated factories.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

will twin the southern section of its Athabasca Pipeline from the Kirby Lake, Alberta terminal to the Hardisty, Alberta crude oil hub at an estimated cost of approximately C$1.2 The twin line will initially add approximately 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity between these points, with low cost expansion potential to 800,000 bpd.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Scatter plot of production cost of cellulosic ethanol and percentage GHG savings relative to energy equivalent gasoline over simulation period. Production cost of ethanol is annualized over the simulation period. Average parameter values are used for determining production costs. Credit: ACS, Dwivedi et al. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. Power plant capital costs. The market would focus, consolidate and find some very innovative ways to produce low-cost clean energy.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Linc Energy will purchase the first Alpha Fuel Cell System for £200,000, payable in instalments based on delivery milestones, with delivery to Linc Energy’s demonstration facility in Chinchilla, Australia anticipated by late March 2010 but no later than five months from the date of the agreement. Once the 3.5

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APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. The competition goal is to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration, thereby opening access to the moon and its valuable resources.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

The FY 2010 BATT Request for Proposals on the “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Anode Materials and Structures for Use in Lithium Batteries” has resulted in new projects that can help accelerate the application of such batteries in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. initiative. University of Pittsburgh.

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JULY 15, 2010

Once physical feasibility is established, commercialization is ultimately determined by cost. Packaging and high volume cost analyses of projected technologies are outside of the scope of this Perspective. geometric loadings of commercially optimized Pt/carbon black cathode catalysts, costing several thousands of dollars per vehicle.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Propane is a cleaner burning fossil fuel, yielding 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly 40 to 50% less than gasoline/diesel per gallon, although less attractive on a cost per energy equivalent basis due to its lower energy content. infrastructures (e.g.,

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