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JUNE 8, 2016

Waterfall plot of the 2013 700 bar compressed hydrogen storage system cost baseline and 2015 cost status update. The cost reductions identified from the 2013 baseline to the 2015 update are shown. The conversion process of PAN precursor to CF is also energy intensive.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

OPEN 2015 ( DOE-FOA-0001261 ) will support the development of potentially disruptive new technologies in all areas of energy research and development, for both transportation and stationary applications. OPEN 2015 is the third open funding solicitation issued by the agency. —OPEN 2015. ET on 20 February 20, 2015.

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MAY 5, 2020

Rachel Meidl, the fellow in energy and environment at the institute’s Center for Energy Studies, and Emily Yedinak, a doctoral candidate in materials science and nanoengineering at Rice, published a new brief, “ Measuring the True Cost of Sustainability: A Case Study in a Green Energy Approach. ”. —Yedinak & Meidl.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) —Ren et al. —Stuart Licht. 5b02427.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to their analysis, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , favorable assumptions for all involved process steps (30% thermochemical energy conversion efficiency; 3000 kWh/(m 2 a) solar irradiation, low CO 2 and heliostat costs) result in jet fuel production costs of €1.28/L kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

A recent study found that an aluminum electric vehicle can cost up to €635 (US$829) less than that its steel counterpart despite the higher cost of aluminum, given equivalent range targets. The next step was the conversion of that EV to a full aluminium space frame electric vehicle.

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APRIL 28, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) opened the registration period for the new Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the state-of-the-art performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. Participants can register through June 15, 2015. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conversion to natural gas will reduce the fleet’s annual oil consumption by more than 1 million gallons and result in 1,300 fewer tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The Mechanicsville distribution center has a total of 105 tractors in its fleet, and has set a goal of converting approximately 65% of its total fleet to natural gas by 2015.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg The US Department of Energy (DOE) 2015 cost target for hydrogen is $2.00-$3.00/kg The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5

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JANUARY 2, 2015

review the use of GRMs for energy conversion in solar cells, thermoelectric devices, and fuel cells; and for energy storage in batteries, supercapacitors, and hydrogen production and storage. Graphene, related 2D crystals, and hybrid systems might play a major role in future energy conversion and storage technologies.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Here, we show that crystalline Ni 5 P 4 evolves H 2 with geometric electrical to chemical conversion efficiency on par with Pt in strong acid (33 mV dec -1 Tafel slope and ?62 2 , equivalent to ~10% solar photoelectrical conversion efficiency. Platinum is the benchmark material for both devices as it has the best conversion efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The major challenges in the photo/electrochemical synthesis of alcohols from sunlight, water and CO 2 are low product selectivity, high membrane fuel-crossover losses, and the high cost of product separation from the electrolyte. The program’s first phase focused on solar H 2 generation, which was completed in September 2015.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

In 2015, 59.2 Thus, ARPA-E is keenly interested in waste heat conversion in this temperature range. Maximum energy generation potential is the amount of waste heat that can be converted to electricity, assuming conversion occurs at the Carnot efficiency limit. quadrillion BTU of energy was wasted mainly in the form of heat.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This development could mean reducing enzyme costs from about $1 per gallon of ethanol to about 10 cents or less, with an overall reduction in the cost of the production of cellulosic biofuels of 30% or more. a dry ton is equivalent in unit energy costs to oil at about $20?barrel. —Nguyen et al. Source: UCR.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Develop a cellulosic butanol production process with high productivities, yields, and carbon conversion through novel metabolic engineering of two different pathways. The Ohio State University in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Green Biologics.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Traditionally, thermoelectric materials researchers have focused on a high thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT) as the only parameter pursued in thermoelectric materials for high conversion efficiency. It can be used with waste-heat applications and concentrated solar energy conversion at temperatures up to 300 ? —Liu et al.

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APRIL 8, 2014

To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. Operate three fully integrated CCS demonstrations and six large scale CO 2 storage injections by the end of FY 2015. watt utility, $2.37/watt watt commercial, and $3.10/watt

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JUNE 11, 2014

Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acid (HEFA) or Fischer Tropsch (FT)—for April 2015-March 2016 fuel deliveries. Revised F-76 (MIL-DTL-16884N) and JP-5 (MIL-DTL-5624V) specifications allow a maximum of 50 vol % of the finished fuel to consist of synthesized blend components derived from the HEFA or FT conversion processes.

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APRIL 13, 2017

The new solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency record is 16.2%, topping a reported 14% efficiency in 2015 by an international team made up of researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, TU Ilmenau, Fraunhofer ISE and the California Institute of Technology. A paper in Nature Energy outlines how NREL’s new record was achieved. Young, Myles A.

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MARCH 12, 2019

The 2025 target is to reduce the CO 2 footprint of the vehicle fleet by 30 percent across the lifecycle compared to 2015. The conversion of the power station in Wolfsburg from coal to gas will reduce CO 2 emissions by 1.5 There is particularly significant potential as regards steel and aluminum supplies. billion) by 2023.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

UC Berkeley chemists created the first such carbon-capture MOF in 2015, and subsequent versions have proved even more efficient at removing carbon dioxide from flue gases, such as those from a coal-fired power plant. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). In a patent application published 1 December 2015, Altex described the basic approach for its synthetic fuels processes.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

At this stage, cost estimates are uncertain, since methane cracking is not yet a fully mature technology. However, preliminary calculations show that it could achieve costs of €1.9 But these past attempts were limited by issues such as carbon clogging and low conversion rates. The final design is a 1.2-meter-high

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JANUARY 9, 2017

However, the slow charge transport kinetics and/or large bandgaps that typically define these oxide semiconductors result in very low energy conversion efficiencies. Turner’s device held the record for the highest solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, until it was finally eclipsed in 2015.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Currently battery costs for an electric vehicle are about $325 per kWh.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

The report describes data compiled in 2015 on trends in the fuel cell industry for 2014 with some comparison to previous years. These projects … will continue to make advances in our rapidly-expanding portfolio of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. —Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Conversely, those of HEVs are in line with plans. Roland Berger’s projections of xEV sales through 2015. OEMs will be paying between €180–200 per kWh for large-format battery cells until 2014/2015. As a result, production plans for EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) for the next 4-5 years are being slashed.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

DOE plans to issue the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on 30 November 2015. The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. For reference, the average loading for three-way catalysts is 1.1

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APRIL 7, 2010

Tactically, on the battlefield, the costs of transporting fuel is exponentially increased; in extreme cases a gallon of gasoline could cost up to $400. By 2015 cut petroleum use in its 50,000 non-tactical vehicle commercial fleet in half, by phasing in hybrid, flex fuel and electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects for continuation within the Department’s Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Program research portfolio. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The EU NEMESIS 2+ project, which ran until June 2015, was coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). A techno-economic evaluation, which was also carried out during the EU project, determined maximal production costs of €5.80 (Original project goals were 50 Nm 3 /h, or 4.5 kg/h with an efficiency >80%.)

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JULY 20, 2015

In their analysis, the team found the cost of the synthetic fuel depends on a number of factors, especially the capital cost of the electrolyzer and the cost of electricity. The PEM electrolyzer can be operated at high current densities and cover a nominal power density range from 10% to 100%. —König et al. 2015.06.085.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

Hydrogen Production R&D: Microbial Biomass Conversion. Microbial biomass conversion processes offer mid- to long-term potential for sustainable hydrogen production with low environmental impact. DOE is seeking novel approaches to reduce the cost of fiber-reinforced composite pipeline for hydrogen delivery.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

The study in Energy & Fuels is a proof-of-concept for the use of olefin metathesis as an alkenone-conversion strategy to produce a hydrocarbon mixture in the kerosene/jet fuel boiling range as a coproduct with algal biodiesel. However, a key obstacle is the cost of the Isochrysis biomass. —O’Neil et al. O’Neil, Aaron R.

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MARCH 27, 2017

This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. In 2015 we introduced the efficient transformation splitting of CO 2 by electrolysis in molten carbonates to form carbon nanotubes and nanofibers at high yield.

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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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JULY 12, 2009

Makes all bi-fuel natural gas-fueled vehicles eligible for a credit equal to 50% of the vehicle’s incremental cost. Includes conversions and repowers. This is the first time bi-fuel vehicles would be eligible for a federal tax credit. This decreases to 50% after December 31, 2014 and is phased out by January 1, 2020.

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