Sat.May 12, 2012 - Fri.May 18, 2012

Green Car Congress

article thumbnail

NIAABB selects Los Alamos ultrasonic algae harvester for Phase II development

Green Car Congress

The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) has selected Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Ultrasonic Algae Harvesting technology for Phase II development. The technology is based on LANL’s R&D 100 award-winning Ultrasonic Algal Biofuel Harvester. Research and development to refine the technology at lab-scale has been in progress through NAABB since April 2010.

Water 296
article thumbnail

Sandia researchers develop conceptual model for Low Temperature Combustion

Green Car Congress

Conceptual model for conventional diesel combustion (CDC), left, and LTC combustion, right, for heavy-duty engines. Source: CRF. Click to enlarge. Researchers at the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) at Sandia National Laboratories are proposing a conceptual model based on findings from their work for low temperature combustion (LTC). The LTC model is in review with the journal Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (PECS), with publication pending, according to Mark Musculus of CRF during h

Re-Charge 291
article thumbnail

Nissan begins testing NV200-based EVs with AEON Retail Company in Japan

Green Car Congress

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has begun tests of an electric vehicle (EV) based on the compact commercial vehicle NV200. AEON Retail Co., Ltd. will use the EV test cars as delivery vehicles within the Tokyo metropolitan area for its new online business. The vehicles will be monitored for one month to evaluate their potential for daily business use. Nissan has been carrying out similar tests of a NV200-based EV since last summer in Japan and in Europe.

Japan 281
article thumbnail

Mid-project data from Oak Ridge study suggests hydrogen vehicles could have up to 70% market share by 2050

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen vehicle market penetration under different scenarios. Source: Dr. David Greene. Click to enlarge. Hydrogen vehicles (H 2 V, including H 2 ICE, fuel cell and fuel cell plug-in hybrid vehicles) could achieve a market share ranging from 30% to 70% in 2050, according to preliminary results from a study by Dr. David Greene and colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) presented at the DOE 2012 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs Annual Merit Review meetings in

Hydrogen 281
article thumbnail

Honda unveils UNI-CUB electric personal mobility device; evolution of the UX-3

Green Car Congress

the new UNI-CUB. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled the new battery-electric UNI-CUB personal mobility device. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB is designed to offer the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking. Representing the evolution of the U3-X personal mobility device that Honda announced in 2009 ( earlier post ), UNI-CUB features Honda‘s proprietary balance control technology and an omni-directional driving wheel

Personal 268
article thumbnail

A123 Systems to supply 11MW Grid Battery System to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind project in Hawaii

Green Car Congress

A123 Systems will supply an 11MW Grid Battery System (GBS) to Sempra Generation for the Auwahi Wind project in Maui, Hawaii. The advanced energy storage solution is designed to smooth variable wind power generation, which is expected to help maintain the stability to Maui’s electric grid. When fully operational, the 21MW Auwahi Wind project is expected to be capable of generating enough energy to power the equivalent of 10,000 homes, and the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a 20-y

Hawaii 265
article thumbnail

ElectronVault launches cloud-based rapid prototyping tool for traction batteries

Green Car Congress

ElectronVault Inc., an energy storage startup co-founded and led by Rob Ferber, a former Science Director at Tesla Motors who worked on the Tesla Roadster battery system, has launched a new cloud-based service for traction battery design for electric vehicle manufacturers. The new service is intended to reduce the time spent on traction battery system specification and production prototyping from many months to a few minutes, according to the company.

Battery 265