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MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. This project is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection as part of its support for the battery cell manufacturing ecosystem with a total of up to €24.1

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JULY 23, 2021

Tenneco’s Powertrain business group is partnering with key academic and industry experts to examine the technical possibilities and commercial feasibility of synthetic fuels in the NAMOSYN project. The development of new vehicles with ICE powertrains must pursue the goal that these drives will be climate-neutral.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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MARCH 19, 2021

A team of aerospace specialists has launched the first in-flight emissions study using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a wide-body commercial passenger aircraft. By investigating 100% SAF, we are taking our research on fuel design and aviation climate impact to a new level.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Airbus and Tsinghua University have formed a partnership to complete a sustainability analysis of Chinese feedstocks, and to evaluate how best to support the development of a value chain to speed up the commercialization of aviation bio-fuels. By the beginning of 2013, the full sustainability analysis should have been completed.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

If scientists figure out how the process works, they will be better able to selectively promote or inhibit certain pathways, which will lead to the development of a commercially viable catalyst for this technology. It creates a solid foundation for moving away from the trial-and-error paradigm to rational catalyst design.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

reflective, developed by engineers at Purdue University, has earned a Guinness World Records title for the whitest paint. Credit: Purdue University/Joseph Peoples. Patent applications for this paint formulation have been filed through the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization. 427 FA9550-17-1-0368).

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone. Bank of America can help move GCEP technologies to commercialization.

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JUNE 30, 2023

The models now serve as a standard for many geoscientific, remote sensing, topographical, and commercial applications. Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climate change. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Moreira earned his Ph.D.

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AUGUST 30, 2020

A new study led by Colorado State University predicts significant climate benefits stemming from the use of advanced biofuel technologies. These results affirm the climate mitigation logic of biofuels, consistent with their prominent role in many climate stabilization scenarios. —Field et al.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Among other climate-focused goals, the company is setting the stage to advance the hydrogen economy in Korea. The Syzygy photoreactor technology is the culmination of more than 30 years of plasmonics and nanotechnology research out of Rice University. million tons of hydrogen per year domestically by 2030. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors.

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JUNE 18, 2021

ClearFlame’s solution, grounded in technology developed during doctoral studies at Stanford University and validated using more than $3 million in grant funding, addresses this problem by elevating combustion temperatures in order to enable use of non-traditional fuels without sacrificing performance. In fact, it increases power by 25%.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

When in use, fuel cells do not cause any climate-damaging emissions, as they only emit water vapor. Cooperation with universities is also planned. MAN Truck & Bus is one of Europe’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers and transport solution providers, with an annual revenue of some €11 billion (2019).

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The project, known as Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative, or JETSI, is the largest commercial deployment of battery-electric trucks in North America to date. DTNA will deliver 80 battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias, the company’s first all-electric commercial Class 8 truck, to both Schneider (50 trucks) and NFI (30 trucks).

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JANUARY 11, 2023

ARPA-E selected the following 12 teams from universities, national laboratories and the private sector to address and remove key technology barriers to EV adoption by developing next-generation battery technologies: 24M Technologies will develop low-cost and fast-charging sodium metal batteries with good low-temperature performance for EVs.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

This project was supported through funding from the US Air Force (USAF), and produced fuel globally applicable for both commercial and military aviation. Seed round lead DCVC, as well as Munich Re Ventures, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Breakout Ventures, and Evok Innovations also participated in the round.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the University of Nottingham and Clean Air Power will initially target search and rescue vessels. The project will aim to deliver retrofit solutions at scale across commercial, professional, and governmental fleets.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Award amount: $2,497,451) Universities Space Research Association will develop a real-time, cloud-based aviation contrail prediction and observation system that would improve airspace operations through new atmospheric data services and ensemble modeling approaches.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The demonstration plant will also serve as a model for future commercial plants. Jülich is not only the headquarters of Synhelion Germany, but also the location of Synhelion’s project partners, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Solar Institute Jülich of Aachen University of Applied Sciences.

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JULY 20, 2023

The three-year research project, ‘ CliNeR-ECo ’, is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) with initial work having already commenced at the beginning of 2023. For us, the path to the decarbonization of the maritime economy begins with the switch to climate-neutral fuels.

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Substantial and sustained investment in technology development is vital to EGS commercialization, which can significantly increase geothermal energy deployment and help the country meet its climate goals. The site uses testing and R&D to reduce uncertainty and manage risk for commercial development of EGS technologies.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results, according to the participants. In-flight emissions tests and associated ground testing on the ECLIF3 program began earlier this year and have recently resumed.

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JULY 1, 2022

The commercial vehicle manufacturer is receiving support from the Bavarian State Government, which has promised a contribution of around €30 million to energy research and technology funding for the period 2023 to 2027, provided that the funding and budgetary requirements are met.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In a paper that could have a significant impact on climate policies for transportation fuels, Dr. John M. DeCicco of the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor presents a rigorous first-principles analysis that undermines the common “biofuels recycle carbon” argument. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge. DeCicco 2013.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. Dr. William C. The special prize for applied research is worth €15,000.

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MAY 27, 2022

With our partners, we have developed a true zero-emission transportation vehicle that delivers superior performance, making it the perfect climate neutral mobility solution for transit, airport, university and other high demand applications.”. Altoona BRTC Testing.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 28, 2012

Six research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won a share of $1.16 The goal of the U-M/SJTU Collaborative Research Program in Renewable Energy Science and Technology is to develop new technologies that reduce global carbon emissions and their impact on climate change.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The results of this work are important to understand how to scale the technology for potential commercial deployment. Our work with Synthetic Genomics on algae biofuels continues to be an important part of our broader research into lower-emission technologies to help reduce the risk of climate change. —Oliver Fetzer, Ph.D.,

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MAY 26, 2021

That needs Australia’s world class science working with CSIRO’s commercialization expertise turning breakthrough science into real-world solutions. Development is underway at a new facility in Clayton, Victoria, with Swinburne University and the Victorian Government.

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JULY 14, 2016

is black carbon (BC)—a pollutant with large positive radiative forcing on the climate due to its ability to absorb incoming sunlight and reduce surface albedo on snow. A new study by a team at the University of Toronto has made a preliminary assessment of the climate trade-off (i.e., —Zimmerman. Wallace, and Greg J.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over the past 18 months, the process has been tested extensively in Germany by a project team from Rio Tinto, sustainable technology company Metso Outotec, and the University of Nottingham’s Microwave Process Engineering Group. —Rio Tinto Chief Commercial Officer, Alf Barrios.

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities. A number of demonstration projects across Europe aim to commercialize this process in the next few years. —John Holladay.

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