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Porsche estimates ~20k units of the electric Taycan per year

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Temperature sensors detect the cooling requirements in real time, while software ensures that the cooling water is immediately directed to the right spots. —Nora Lobenstein, head of all energy storage systems at Porsche. The motor always runs at the optimal operating point, said Mayer. Payment is completely automatic.

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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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DOE to award $30M to develop small-scale solid oxide fuel cell systems and hybrid energy systems

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Thus, SOFC systems available today are heavily subsidized. The SOFC, as a fuel cell mode which produces electricity and water and carbon dioxide if natural gas is used as a fuel, can function as an electrolyzer mode to produce hydrogen with byproducts of oxygen and carbon monoxide. data centers).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. Development of High-Output, Low-Input Energy Beets. energy beet, optimized for biofuel production. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. Electron Energy Corporation will develop a technology to. The reactor delivers. Gas Technology.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million. ARID AWARDS. Lead organization. Description. Advanced Cooling Technologies.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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These energy transfer systems are already everywhere in the country. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel. These variations must be managed by adding a great deal of electric energy storage in order to work on a mass scale.

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NHTSA Modeling and Technology Projections Underlying the Proposed CAFE Target of 34.1 mpg by MY 2016

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on-demand) water pumps and cooling fans. These vehicles have larger battery packs with more energy storage and a greater capability to be discharged. Improved accessories (IACC): may include high efficiency alternators, electrically driven (i.e., Projected technology penetrations for the preferred alternative.

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