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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, E.ON The project will be coordinated by RWTH Aachen University. The Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics at RWTH Aachen University (IAEW) will provide research support for the project. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind' The M5BAT project is backed by a €6.5-million

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

University of Delaware Professor Willett Kempton, the pioneer of the grid-integrated vehicle concept, is Nuvve’s CTO.). As solar, wind and other renewable sources, which are intermittent, replace fossil fuels as a source of energy and enter mainstream power grids, stabilizing the power supply also poses a challenge. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 15, 2016

A prototype self-driving truck under development by Scania and Swedish research universities has tested successfully at speeds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph). Using model predictive control (MPC), the truck can drive by itself on narrow and winding roads. MPC can handle nonlinear time-varying models and constraints methodically.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $3 million from its 2015 OPEN funding to a project to develop an all-solid-state sodium battery. A team led by Yan Yao at the University of Houston will create a new cathode for the battery. Led by Steve W.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The battery storage solution will account for a significant part of the energy system, in which solar and wind energy will provide the majority of electricity production. EnergyLab Nordhavn – new urban energy infrastructures” is a four-year project (2015-19) developing future energy solutions.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

have completed wind tunnel testing of a full-scale Boeing 757 vertical tail model equipped with active flow control (AFC) technology. took place at the US Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center’s 40- by 80-foot wind tunnel at Ames in Moffett Field, Calif. modified and refurbished the tail into a wind tunnel model.

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APRIL 9, 2018

A new study by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands, with colleagues at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, shows that climate policies can strongly increase metal demand. Indexed growth factors of annual demand for five metals, by product category. Deetman et al.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh’s work is generally being used in non-Deere applications, such as a battery-charging system connected to distributed energy resources like solar, wind, and diesel generators. To accelerate Deere’s electrification evolution, from 2015 through 2021, Singh and his group collaborated with researchers from the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

A technical brief by Dr. John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute shows that transportation is overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO 2. per year over 2007-2015 due to the displacement of coal by natural gas, wind and solar for power production as well as energy efficiency gains.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

University of Iowa researchers have found that smoke resulting from spring agricultural land-clearing fires in Central America and transported across the Gulf of Mexico intensified tornado conditions already in process in the United States. In fact, the simulation including the smoke resulted in a lowered cloud base and greater wind shear.

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JUNE 4, 2015

A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China. The team’s findings will appear in an open-access paper in Applied Physics Letters. El-Gendy, Ahmed A.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Researchers at the University of Calgary have developed a new process for producing amorphous mixed-metal oxide films for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysis for electrolysis. even for small-scale applications using hydrogen as a storage medium for intermittent renewables such as solar and wind. Source: FFC. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

New innovations in motor technology—printable magnets, high-conductivity windings, and novel architectures—could lead to much smaller, very high energy density systems with twice the useful life that can enable more affordable, better performing PEVs. a 2015 baseline of 36 miles per gallon).

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

REEs)—dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium—were found to be critical in the short term (present–2015). These five REEs are used in magnets for wind turbines and electric vehicles or phosphors in energy-efficient lighting. Materials in clean energy technologies and components. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 11, 2022

A group of researchers at Northwestern University have picked the peekytoe crab to build a remote-controlled microbot that is tiny enough to walk comfortably on the edge of a coin. Northwestern University Though this method has its advantages, Rogers would like to explore more options. According to John A.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. 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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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Ten companies, agencies and universities have joined an initiative between The Gas Company (TGC), and General Motors to support a ramp up of hydrogen-powered vehicles and associated fueling infrastructure in Hawaii by 2015. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

The global emissions of CO 2 doubled from 1975 to 2015, and are projected to triple by 2040 if we stay on our present course4. If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. Where are we heading? Energy use is projected to climb to 629 quad BTUs by 2020, and 813 quad BTUs by 2040.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

million, multi-university award from the UUS Army that supported the development of new metallurgical methods and new lightweight alloys to help the military build more effective and durable vehicles and systems. Emmert (2015) “Rare earth recovery from end-of-life motors employing green chemistry design principles” Green Chem.

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APRIL 24, 2015

The new alloy—a potential replacement for high-performance permanent magnets found in EV motors and wind turbines—replaces dysprosium (Dy), one of the scarcest and costliest rare earth elements. 2015) “Cerium: An Unlikely Replacement of Dysprosium in High Performance Nd–Fe–B Permanent Magnets” Adv. —Pathak et al.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. High Wind Future: In this scenario, they modified the future case to add wind plants sufficient to produce 20% of generation. —Weis et al.

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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). Bottom: C2CNT Cement wind plant: The full oxy-fuel configuration is shown.

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Navy in the early 1990s, but in 2015 the facility was turned over the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and its Geophysical Institute. What is HAARP? And how does it work? HAARP was originally established as a research facility by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. and 10 megahertz. Christie’s piece— entitled Composition No.

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JUNE 19, 2015

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have pioneered a process that could enable the efficient recycling of two rare earth metals—neodymium and dysprosium—used in powerful magnets. Carroll, director of the University of Pennsylvania X-Ray Crystallography Facility, also contributed to the study. —Eric Schelter.

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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. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc., Pipersville, Pa.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

A new study by a team from the University of Tennessee, Tsinghua University and the University of Minnesota has found that the wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles in China can increase the Environmental Justice (EJ) challenge in that country. Marshall (2015) “Environmental Justice Aspects of Exposure to PM2.5

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MARCH 4, 2016

In 2015, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project awarded eight studies more than $2.3 Quiet Nozzle Concepts for Low Boom Aircraft; $575,000 over two years to University of California, Irvine. Performance of this preliminary design also must undergo analytical and wind tunnel validation.

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JULY 29, 2009

Eugene Turner, of Louisiana State University and Dr. Donald Scavia of the University of Michigan, predicted a larger than normal dead zone area of between 7,450 – 8,456 square miles. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Click to enlarge. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. R. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It is also charged electrostatically by the relative wind or by the natural wind when the vehicle is stationary. In addition, it does own research on topics like in-car air quality or allergy prevention and builds up ties with universities and other research organizations.

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JULY 15, 2015

MDC, developed at the University of British Columbia, is based on two rotating permanent magnets in transmitter and receiver, rather than resonant inductive technology. ELIX Wireless rolled out its initial product offering, the E1K Wireless Charging System, to customers in early 2015. Earlier post.)

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JULY 20, 2015

Power-to-Liquids, PtL) using a multistage process ( SynKWS ), in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Institute of Combustion Technology Stuttgart; the University of Stuttgart IFK; and the University of Bayreuth – Chair of Chemical Engineering. In conventional energy systems, power generation follows the energy demand.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The goal is to expand the network of publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations to serve the current population of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and to accommodate the planned large-scale roll-out of FCVs commencing in 2015. applied at the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of. million, whichever is less.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

In a switched reluctance motor (SRM), torque is produced by the magnetic attraction of a steel rotor to stator electromagnets; there are no permanent magnets, and the rotor carries no windings. A controller energizes each stator winding only when it can produce useful torque. —Wang et al.

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JUNE 7, 2009

The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015. KHLim’s CO 2 neutral area produces its own green energy through wind, heat and solar. 365-Energy will provide the charging stations and manage the ChargePoint Network for subscribers.

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MARCH 27, 2015

DTNA’s SuperTruck was unveiled at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show. DTNA unveiled its SuperTruck at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in the Freightliner Trucks booth. US EPA and NHTSA are planning to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Phase 2 standards in the spring of 2015 and a final rule in the spring of 2016.

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