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reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors. Source: Ionova. Click to enlarge.

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low cost system designs, high. productivity algae cultivation, high oil content, low cost harvesting and processing).” Engineering designs and cost analysis for the various cases were based on projecting current commercial microalgae production and wastewater treatment processes at much larger scales.

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Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. Rao received a master’s degree in mathematics in 1940 from Andhra University , in Visakhapatnam.

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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 CO 2 Lock has raised $1.7

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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost.

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One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%.

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The program is managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and funds research groups at LBNL and several other organizations, including other National Laboratories and universities. Richardson and Doeff Groups develop a low-cost synthesis process for high-rate LiFePO 4. BATT November 2010 Quarterly Report.

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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. Ionotec Ltd (lead), Dynamic-Ceramic Ltd, Birmingham University, University College London, Aloxsys Inc. GKN Eco-Trailer.

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DOE is also awarding more than $12 million for three new cost-shared projects focused on the research, development, and demonstration of plug-in electric powertrain technologies for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The Department of Energy launched its first SuperTruck initiative in 2010. Supertruck.

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Richard Gross, professor of chemical and biological science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has developed a method for producing a strong, highly ductile bioplastic using yeast and fatty acids of plant oils. Gross produced the monomer in a first-of-its-kind fermentation process, a fairly quick, low-cost method.

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improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost. Reducing battery costs. The three industry teams working with NREL are: EC Power, Penn State University, Johnson Controls, Inc., The objective of CAEBAT is to incorporate existing and new models into design suites/tools with the goal of shortening. each other.

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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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The Power Japan Plus cell is based on the work of Professor Tatsumi Ishihara at Kyushu University in Japan; Power Japan Plus will continue developing the dual carbon battery technology in partnership with Prof. Ishihara and the university. Click to enlarge. V with high efficiency. Seel and J.

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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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Escalating investment in geothermal power could result in a 134% increase in global geothermal capacity between 2010 and 2020, from 10.7 NETL will partner with Penn State, West Virginia University, and the University of Pittsburgh in the 2-year effort. The world’s total installed geothermal capacity in 2010 was 10.7

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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 and colleagues. —Michalek et al.

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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. Binghamton University. Drexel University.

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This project, which began in August 2011, was co-funded by the US DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, and was part of the competitive Computer Aided Engineering of electric drive Batteries ( CAEBAT ) activity launched by DOE in 2010. Earlier post.). General Motors, ANSYS, and ESim.

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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. But the only way to pack it into a vehicle is to use very high pressures or very low temperatures, both of which are expensive to do.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A UK-based consortium, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has been awarded a £ 5.7 However, the properties and cost of current light alloy materials, and the associated manufacturing processes, are already inhibiting progress, according to the LATEST2 team. million (US$8.9

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MARCH 23, 2010

With its low cost, low environmental impact and safety aspects, the Al-air system has potential to serve as a near-term power source for electric vehicles, according to a research team from The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. kWh/kg of Al—second only to the Li-air battery (13.0

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Increased availability of low CO 2 sources of electricity and hydrogen could counter-intuitively delay, rather than accelerate, a large-scale transition to an electric and/or hydrogen vehicle fleet, according to a new study by researchers from Ford Motor Company and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Wallington et al.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Chemists from Emory University and the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry have developed a stable and fast homogeneous water oxidation catalyst (WOC), considered a crucial component for generating hydrogen using only water and sunlight, that is easily prepared from readily available salts and oxides of earth abundant elements.

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A team at the University of Leeds (UK) is investigating hydrogen production from waste tires using a two-stage pyrolysis-gasification reactor and Ni-Mg-Al (1:1:1) catalyst. Williams (2010) Catalytic Pyrolysis-Gasification of Waste Tire and Tire Elastomers for Hydrogen Production. Credit: ACS, Elbaba et al. Click to enlarge.

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He joined its Junior ROTC at his high school in Dayton, Ohio, and won a scholarship from the corps to attend the University of Notre Dame , in Indiana. He participated in the university's USAF ROTC program before earning a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering in 1987. He got the degree in 1991. I'm proud of that accomplishment.".

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Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are investing $200,000 in new research to develop a low-cost method to treat flow-back water following hydraulic fracturing. The treated water would then be ready for re-use or safe disposal.

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JUNE 6, 2010

Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have developed a procedure to prepare surface-modified mesophase pitch carbon to increase the charge-discharge capacity and cycleability of carbon electrodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, carbon remains the predominant commercial anode material solution at this point.

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A team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy), and Stanford University have synthesized ultrathin LiMn 2 O 4 nanowires for use as a Li-ion cathode material offering high power densities. Click to enlarge. —Lee et al. Hyun-Wook Lee, P.

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. James Dumesic, have developed a process to convert aqueous solutions of ?-valerolactone 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.

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(Other silicon anode projects supported by the DOE includes those being done by Amprius, Angstrom Materials and NC State University. Consequently, the market may be poised for the entrance of a first wave of higher-energy density—and lower-cost—automotive Si-C cells in the 2014 or 2015 timeframe. Envia Systems.

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Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. Alamouti first noticed the potential for the spread of disinformation on the Internet in 2010, when he began working as group R&D director for Vodafone in London. About Siavash Alamouti. Employer: Mimik. Title: Cofounder and executive board chairman. Member grade: Member.

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L/100km), achieved a 58% increase in gas mileage, a 37% decrease in carbon dioxide tailpipe emissions, and a 10% reduction in fuel costs. When compared with a conventional gasoline-fueled vehicle that averages 22 mpg US, the plug-in hybrid achieved a 68% reduction in tailpipe emissions and a 54% reduction in overall fuel costs.

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The synthesis process is simple, low-cost, safe and broadly applicable, they say, providing new avenues for the rational engineering of electrode materials with enhanced conductivity and power. The paper also acknowledges the contributions of Alexander Alexeev at Georgia Tech and Igor Luzinov from Clemson University. Resources.

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This technique holds promise for the creation of catalytic materials with high densities of active sites that can serve as effective low-cost alternatives to platinum for generating hydrogen gas from water that is acidic. Long (2010) A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water. doi: 10.1126/science.1215868.

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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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No, this isn’t April Fool’s Day - scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage in the form of carbonised chicken feathers. Tags: Green cars Hydrogen fuel Latest news chicken feathers hydrogen cars hydrogen storage University of Delaware.

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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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