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APRIL 11, 2013

The team presented a pair of papers on their work at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society this week in New Orleans. The new catalysts could reduce the costs of converting ethanol factories to production of butanol. Quite simply, they are the world’s best catalysts for making the gasoline of the future.

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JULY 1, 2014

The average well drilling time in the pre-salt layer of Lula and Sapinhoá fields has declined by 55%, from 126 days in 2010 to 60 days in 2013. As a result of this reduction, the company has achieved major cost savings due to a decline in the number of days spent on drilling operations.

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JUNE 23, 2014

Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. In 2013, the Cummins-led team demonstrated a Tier 2 Bin 5 version of the engine on the dyno, and then on a vehicle, while development of the Tier 2 Bin 2 engine started. Resources (DOE will publish Merit Review presentations on its website.). Source: Cummins. Weigert, E.,

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Ky.,

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013) Reference case (the Early Release ), which highlights a growth in total US energy production that exceeds growth in total US energy consumption through 2040. Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Click to enlarge. mpg in 2025.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

For the target market (the Asian scooter market), the low NO x capability of the Pinnacle engine provides a significant cost benefit to manufacturers. When the entire vehicle costs around $700, that’s a significant difference. —Willcox and Cleeves (2013). What can we use that for? —Monty Cleeves. Willcox, James M.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The objective of the Hydrogen Production sub-program is to reduce the cost of hydrogen dispensed at the pump to a cost that is competitive on a cents-per-mile basis with competing vehicle technologies. Based on current analysis, this translates to a hydrogen threshold cost of. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2015

AEO2015 presents updated projections for US energy markets through 2040 based on six cases (Reference, Low and High Economic Growth, Low and High Oil Price, and High Oil and Gas Resource) that reflect updated scenarios for future crude oil prices. year from 2013 through 2040 in the Reference case, far below the rates of economic growth (2.4%/year)

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. These data were then used as inputs to a techno-economic model using AspenPlus to determine the production cost of bioethanol from bamboo in China.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Total production of PEVs is projected to rise to more than 403,000 this year, up from slightly more than 242,000 in 2013. Growth will accelerate sharply from the 44% increase in 2013, based on data from the new IHS Automotive Hybrid-EV Portal. share for PEVs in the global market this year. —Ben Scott.

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APRIL 22, 2013

At SAE World Congress 2013, engineers at FEV reported on their progress on a two-stage variable compression ratio (VCR) system based on a variable length conrod with eccentric piston pin suspension. Use of a variable compression ratio (VCR) could be one technology approach to reducing fuel consumption in highly boosted (e.g., Kleeberg, H.,

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MARCH 22, 2011

Approximately $4,500,000 is expected to be available for new awards in FY 2011 and an additional $7,500,000 is expected to be available for awards made under this announcement in years FY 2012 through FY 2013, again, subject to annual appropriations. In some cases, oxygen may be recovered in a value-added, biofuel-enabling chemical product.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Recent breakthroughs show clearly that they can present very good cycling performance and super-fast charge performance, which can be comparable with filling gasoline for engine cars. It presents an energy density of 446 Wh kg -1 together with excellent cycling performance. Lower cost of production, using well-known materials.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This entails a significant saving in fuel consumption, as well as a reduction in the cost of the engine itself. We have been able to reduce the engine weight by between 50 and 60% with regard to the equivalent four-stroke engine. —Ricardo Novella, researcher at CMT-Motores Térmicos of the Universitat Politècnica de València. Benajes, J.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). One surprise among their findings was that the electric truck had cost advantages over the diesel vehicle under some conditions.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The new approach, described in an open access paper in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels , potentially could significantly reduce costs of sugar production from lignocellulose by eliminating the need for costly enzymes and decreasing the water consumption requirements. —Sun et al.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

The admixture of carbon monoxide in the generated hydrogen is a disadvantage of our method; nevertheless, the ready availability and low cost of carbon material are significant advantages. —Akimoto et al.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Graphic from GM, Edwards AMR 2014 presentation. This flexibility offers a high degree of freedom for design and engine manufacturers need to balance the cost of hardware testing with turn-around time and practicality for mass production. Source: Edwards, AMR 2014 presentation. Simulation of injector. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

French shipping line CMA CGM, based in Marseille, has selected Winterthur Gas & Diesel’s (WinGD’s) largest, 92 cm bore, dual-fuel low-speed engine to power what are presently the largest containerships ever ordered. WinGD has so far received more than 75 orders for X-DF engines since their introduction to the market at the end of 2013.

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APRIL 25, 2013

The new flow battery developed by Cui’s group has a simplified, less expensive design that presents a potentially viable solution for large-scale production. Yuan Yang, Guangyuan Zheng and Yi Cui (2013) A membrane-free lithium/polysulfide semi-liquid battery for large-scale energy storage. Energy Environ.

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MARCH 3, 2016

This presents a sustainable route to convert carbon dioxide into materials relevant to both grid-scale and portable storage systems. —Licht et al. The team used DC electrolysis with CO 2 dissolved in 750 °C molten Li 2 CO 3 with, or without, added Li 2 O. Most importantly, both carbon-nanotube batteries were exposed to about 2.5

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JANUARY 18, 2020

The Make-Ready Program would improve electric vehicle (EV) charging station economics by covering up to 90% of the costs to “make-ready” a site for EV charging; these costs currently present an economic barrier to EV charging station developers.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Because firms are able to bank credits over time, anticipated high costs in the future may lead to higher costs in the present before any constraints bind on the industry. Several groups have studied potential future compliance scenarios under the LCFS including Boston Consulting Group (2012) and ICF International (2013).

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JUNE 2, 2014

The EPA projects that the annual incremental compliance cost of the proposed Option 1 ranges from $5.4 billion (state compliance) in 2030 ($2011), excluding the costs associated with monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping. The estimated cost of Option 2 is between $4.2 state compliance) to $7.4 regional compliance) to $8.8

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AUGUST 23, 2013

During his presentation at the TDI Efficiency Rally, UMTRI researcher Bruce Belzowski first presented a summary of his analysis of the total cost of ownership of diesels with a comparison to that of their gas vehicle counterparts. share and volume are expected to more than double from 2013 to 2018. Earlier post.).

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MAY 7, 2013

A number of objective functions such as cost, environmental impact, and efficiency can be formulated to select for desirable chemical processes. In their paper, the researchers presented results for three objective functions (energy loss, catalyst requirement, and heat duty), but others (e.g., —Marvin et al. Resources.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Anderman is founder and chairman of the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC); the 13 th annual conference is scheduled for February 2013 in Pasadena, California. The Roland Berger study starts with a bottom-up calculation of cell and material costs right along the value chain.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The three-year project has a projected cost of €4.94 The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Setting these sugars free from their lignin cage has required the use of expensive and environmentally harsh chemicals at high temperatures, a process that helps drive production costs of advance biofuels prohibitively high. Verhertbruggen, Y., Scheller, H. and Loqué, D. Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12016.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

Presently, 19 different models of PEVs from 10 different manufacturers are available for purchase in California, but only three of these models are available nationally. Power 2013 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study data on customer satisfaction with new car dealerships and Tesla stores. —Cahill et al.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The newly released 2013 edition of the IEA World Energy Outlook (WEO) depicts a world in which some long-held tenets of the energy sector are being rewritten; importers are becoming exporters, while exporters are among the major sources of growing demand. —WEO-2013. Energy demand growth moves to Asia. Source: IEA. Gt by 2035.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. million e-bicycles and e-scooters compared to about 30,000 e-motorcycles were estimated to have been sold in 2013 outside of China), Navigant says.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Approximately $10-20 million is expected to be available for new awards in FY 2013, and an additional $10-20 million is expected to be available for continuation awards made under this announcement in FY2014 through FY2016. DOE anticipates selecting 2 to 7 applications under this FOA.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The first two parameters (cost and life), in combination, represent the economic cost of an energy-storage system capable of providing the hybridization function over the vehicle’s life. —“The 2014 xEV Industry Insider Report”. High-voltage Li-ion batteries for hybrids.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Even so, there is considerable uncertainty about the results presented here. It is unclear which options may emerge as the more promising and cost-effective. At the present time, foreclosing any of the options the committee has analyzed would decrease the chances of achieving the 2050 goals. —Douglas M. Major Findings.

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MAY 22, 2013

Those needs are affected by a variety of factors, including the types of PEVs on the road, travel patterns of these vehicles, and the costs of charging at different locations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2013. —Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment: Interim Report. National Research Council.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Source: Staff presentation. The top set of recommendations call for: Replacing existing switch and medium horsepower locomotives with cleaner locomotives (2010-2013); Retrofitting switch and medium horsepower locomotive with particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) after-treatment devices (2012-2016); and.

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