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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Butler from the University of Washington for the business aspects of the project. Earlier post.). Tucker, John R.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Although markets have dealt with the supply overhang for the better part of two years, the surplus could flip to a deficit as early as this year, as declines exceed new sources of production by a few hundred thousand barrels per day. But Statoil’s CFO said the world could start to see supply problems by 2020.

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APRIL 14, 2015

The suggested retail price of the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV electric car will be cut by $1,650, to $25,995, GM announced today. Chevrolet''s chief global marketing officer, Tim Mahoney, announced the price cut today in a luncheon speech at the Washington Automotive Press Association.

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However, a rapid price decline beginning in October led to US average regular gasoline prices ending the year lower than they began for the first time since 2015, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Midwest covers a large geographic area consisting of many semi-connected markets. gal at least once in 2018.

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MARCH 17, 2016

compared to the same period in 2015. Explorer sales rose 18% last month over February 2015; Explorer is Ford’s best-selling SUV with millennial buyers ages 25 to 34, and the best-selling midsize SUV with women, according to Ford analysis of the most recent personal new vehicle registrations in the US from IHS Automotive.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

The partners will make an additional 174 locations in 33 states available to all EV owners in those markets, and plan to install 50 more in 2017. This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015. Earlier post.)

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JULY 11, 2016

Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to a second phase, from 2016 through 2017. This phase of the program will make significant use of a newly-opened hydrogen refueling station in the Washington DC region. Michigan and Denver.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

Fuel carbon intensity reduction from 2015-2030 from fuel deployment scenarios for the Pacific Coast region. Fuel carbon intensity reductions by 2030 from eight alternative fuel deployment scenarios for the Pacific Coast region (British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington). Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT.

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JUNE 13, 2012

The vehicles will be in five cities: Washington; Detroit; and Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, Calif. is a fleet industry service for transportation, energy and environmental projects, and pioneer in the market development of alternative fueled vehicles. Autoflex, Inc.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Mitsubishi will introduce 8 xEVs by FY 2015. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) plans to introduce eight hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery-powered (BEV) models by fiscal year 2015 in anticipation that demand for low-carbon, fuel-efficient automobiles will expand worldwide. by Jack Rosebro. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 23, 2019

Ken Washington, Vice President, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer. Founded in 2015, Agility Robotics manufactures highly capable bipedal robots for diverse markets such as last-mile logistics, telepresence, automated inspection, entertainment, and academic research.

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MARCH 12, 2015

The bill removes the 31 December 2015 sunset on the statutes requiring the adoption of clean fuel standards. In January, 2015 the Commission completed Phase 2 of the rulemaking process requiring suppliers and importers to reduce the average carbon intensity of the fuels they provide to meet the annual clean fuel standards.

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MAY 27, 2015

To date, North America is the strongest market for light duty (LD) plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), with more than 133,000 sold in 2014. Navigant forecasts the US will continue to be the largest market throughout the forecast period, with annual PEV sales in 2024 exceeding 860,000 in the conservative scenario and 1.2 above 7% in 2024.

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MARCH 10, 2015

With charge storage capacity of up to 4 times today’s typical anodes, first cycle efficiency of 85-90%, low swelling and life that is more than double our previous generation, we believe this material will open many new markets for our customers with an affordable and safe anode formulation ,” said Dr. Philip Rose, XGS CEO. Source: XGS.

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A new study led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Hokkaido University and the University of Washington explains why. The oxygen trapped in this ice provided evidence of sulfate composition from 1959 to 2015, without contamination from local pollution. The open-access paper on the results is published in Science Advances.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

All three companies are making a significant investment to achieve the goal of nearly 100 fast charging ports by the end of 2015. All maps from DOE AFDC , with data as of 22 Jan 2015. —Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy, Volkswagen of America. Public fast charging in the US. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Eligible BMW i3 customers in ChargeNow DC Fast markets, who purchase or lease the BMW i3 on or after 1 November 2015, from a BMW i Center can enroll in the program. By the end of 2015, EVgo expects to have nearly 50 of the additional chargers installed, with at least one such charger in each market (excluding Portland).

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. We have done our part to bring very competitive and viable vehicles to market but we have to have a market that encourages their sale.

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JULY 10, 2019

OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Many oil companies had trimmed their budgets heading into 2015 to deal with lower oil prices. Now a prevailing sense that oil prices may stay lower for longer has hit the markets. In other words, oil traders are now feeling much gloomier about oil prices several years out than they were at the beginning of 2015. told the WSJ. “

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Local Motors will showcase the proprietary three-phased manufacturing process for 3D-printing cars during NAIAS 2015. and one at National Harbor, just outside Washington DC. The location is set to break ground in Q3 2015, with the first 3D-printed vehicles to be delivered and on the road shortly thereafter. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2015

and Golf GTE; Audi A3 e-tron; Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid) with more such models coming, company executives have been consistent in saying that the modular architecture and toolkits would support hydrogen fuel cell solutions as well, market conditions permitting.

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MAY 20, 2015

There is a newfound bullishness in the oil markets—net long positions on Brent crude have hit multi-year highs in recent weeks on a belief that US supply is on its way down. Other companies—including Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, and Carrizo Oil & Gas—have also lifted predicted increases in output for 2015.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

In a talk at the opening plenary of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference in Washington, DC, former New York Governor George Pataki called for a 40% market penetration of electric drive vehicles in the US by the end of the decade. We have a catywumpus market equation going now. —Governor Pataki.

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JULY 23, 2018

According to a 2015 US Department of Energy report, 70% of power transformers are 25 years of age or older, 60% of circuit breakers are 30 years or older, and 70% of transmission lines are 25 years or older. Electric distribution system costs have been increasing faster than the growth of any of the other variables.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

OXIS and Hyperdrive will then look to expand the use of this technology to adjacent markets. Hyperdrive opened a new lithium-ion battery production facility in 2015 to complement prototyping and vehicle development capabilities on the same site at the Future Technology Centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear.

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APRIL 6, 2022

Sasson , inventor of the device, told The New York Times in 2015. “It It only took 50 milliseconds to capture the image, but it took 23 seconds to record it to the tape,” Sasson said in the 2015 Times article. Even after a few demonstrations of how the camera worked, Kodak executives said they didn’t see a market for it.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Within ECAs, the sulfur content of fuel oil (expressed in terms of % m/m – that is, by weight) must be no more than 1.00% m/m; falling to 0.10% m/m on and after 1 January 2015. This compares to 3.50% m/m outside an ECA, falling to 0.50% m/m on and after 1 January 2020. DNV has already carried out numerous LNG feasibility studies.

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MARCH 17, 2016

auto market to make automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on virtually all new cars in the US no later than NHTSA’s 2022 reporting year, which begins 1 Sept 2022. The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C., A series of meetings followed to establish details of the commitment.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard , travel delays due to traffic congestion caused drivers to waste more than 3 billion gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra hours—42 hours per rush-hour commuter.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Intel supplied microprocessors to several companies, including IBM , helping it capitalize on the rapidly growing PC market and ushering in a 10-year period of unprecedented growth. At the time I wrote the article, I thought I was just showing a local trend,” he told IEEE Spectrum in 2015. He served as chairman emeritus until 2006.

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JUNE 24, 2015

In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Ford CEO Mark Fields at 2015 Further with Ford. Click to enlarge. It runs through November.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes).

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JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. DME engine in 2015. Volvo is currently in development with the DME engine that will enter production in 2015.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Researchers from Western Washington University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have developed a method to produce jet-fuel range hydrocarbons as a co-product of the production of algal biodiesel from the biomass of the industrially grown marine microalgae Isochrysis. Credit: ACS, O’Neil et al. Click to enlarge. O’Neil, Aaron R.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

and Washington state. The El Paso assets are primarily regulated interstate natural gas pipelines that produce substantial, stable cash flow and have access to key supply regions and major consuming markets. The Trans Mountain pipeline system transports 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Vancouver, B.C.,

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