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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Clean Energy Systems/Technologies under the FOA are systems and technologies that improve the efficiency of power generation and conversion systems to liquids and chemicals from fossil-based fuels, enabling affordable CO 2 capture, increasing plant availability, and maintaining environmental standards.

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Transphorm introduces Gallium Nitride diode; >99% efficient DC-DC boost converter

Green Car Congress

Energy loss that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and costs the US economy $40 billion per year. Research Needs and Opportunities in Power Electronics (ARPA-E Power Technologies workshop presentation by Dr. David J. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc. —Primit Parikh.

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

Baua Electric

Like other Yale museums, it is now free, offers more Spanish-language programming, and is inviting more voices into the conversation, with some exhibits being interpreted by students and artists, opening the lens on how visitors might respond to what they’re seeing. “We The city’s waterside location means seafood gets served with a view.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress recently had a quick conversation with John Warren, Director of Government Relations & Project Development for Osage Bio Energy in Glen Allen, VA. OBE believes they will be one of the first commercial-scale renewable fuel producers to petition for an advanced biofuel designation from the EPA.

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

Charged EVs

The partnership will place a special emphasis on recruiting people from disadvantaged communities, traditional automotive mechanics, and workers making the transition from declining industries such as nuclear, coal and oil. There was a workshop last week for the EU battery passport that we were involved in. Frank Menchaca: Yeah.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies. The GREET 1.6

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What is COP26?

My Energi

The notion towards implementing eco-smart technology in new homes as standard will provide another way in which we can remove the need for burning coal, and thus reduce strain on the grid. But the electrification is just one step towards decarbonisation. That is why we have created eddi. Read more about the event here.