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JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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JUNE 9, 2017

million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Hydrogen Storage Materials Discovery. Hydrogen Storage Materials Discovery. DOE share (FY17).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Colorado School of Mines is also a sub-awardee on the project, and will be leading a novel effort to utilize Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing (DFOS) to monitor fracture processes and chemical reactions in the subsurface during operations of Electrical Reservoir Stimulation. —Paris Smalls, CEO and co-founder of Eden.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

General Motors and the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will reveal a Chevrolet Colorado-based fuel cell electric vehicle in October at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, D.C. The Army intends to conduct user assessments and demonstrations in 2017.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Using quantum dots (QD) and a process called Multiple Exciton Generation (MEG), the NREL researchers were able to push the peak external quantum efficiency for hydrogen generation to 114%. Photogenerated holes oxidize sulfide in one compartment while electrons reduce hydrogen in the other compartment at the dark Pt cathode.

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MAY 22, 2011

Sixty-five teams from 24 Colorado schools participated in the Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the YS Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The student teams raced solar or hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles they designed and built themselves.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing new computational tools and models to better understand and manage the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Other partners include the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Research Computing at the University of Colorado Boulder. Credit: Heinz et al.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump Another big development in the energy sector is the return of the hydrogen economy. This time around, though, the emphasis is on “green hydrogen”—that is, hydrogen produced using clean energy such as solar or wind power. She looked at a recent study out of the U.S.

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JULY 15, 2020

The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. Colorado State University. Process Integration and Optimization of an NGCC Power Plant with CO 2 Capture, Hydrogen Production and Storage - $479,966. Envergex, LLC.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Researchers at Colorado State University report using a tandem process to upgrade biomass furaldehydes into oxygenated diesel and high-quality C 10–12 linear alkane fuels. A paper on their work is published in the journal ChemSusChem. and Chen, E.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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JULY 11, 2009

Proterra’s 35-foot, composite-body, plug-in, battery-electric bus with hydrogen fuel cell range extension will be used to transport staff around Ft. Lewis existing digester gas management system to yield pure hydrogen, which will be delivered to a buffer tank. Lewis and between Ft. The APU unit. Click to enlarge. Air Products.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

JILA a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder. The reaction combines the hydroxyl molecule (OH, produced by reaction of oxygen and water) and carbon monoxide (CO, a byproduct of incomplete fossil fuel combustion) to form hydrogen (H) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Biomass-derived syngas is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide generated by heating particles of biomass with steam and air in a turbulent, “fluidized” mixture to gasify it. NREL enlisted help from a Colorado neighbor, CoorsTek, to help develop a catalyst support that would work in the fluidized bed of a gasification reactor.

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. Minimizing coke formation and overcoming the hydrogen deficiency of biomass remain challenges.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and NASA recently launched the first test rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprising nanoscale aluminum powder and water ice (ALICE). They found that the pressure exponent for ALICE was 0.73, which is approximately a factor of two larger than Al/water mixtures.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Versa), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer with research facilities in Littleton, Colorado, USA and Calgary, Canada. FuelCell Energy, Inc., a provider of carbonate direct fuel cell power plants, has acquired the remaining shares of Versa Power Systems, Inc. Prior to this action, FuelCell Energy, Inc. owned approximately 39% of Versa.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Colorado School of Mines. Tritium, an isotope of hydrogen with a short half-life, is a fusion fuel and must be continuously generated, recovered, and recycled in any tritium-fueled fusion power plant. Interfacial-Engineered Membranes for Efficient Tritium Extraction - $1,397,973.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a new solar-thermal water-splitting (STWS) system for the efficient production of hydrogen. STWS cycles have long been recognized as a desirable means of generating hydrogen gas (H 2 ) from water and sunlight, the team notes. —Charles Musgrave.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project. Praxair will complete an initial engineering design study for a Linde-BASF CO 2 capture system at a commercial steam methane reforming (SMR) hydrogen plant in Convent, LA. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. Electric Power Research Institute Inc.

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MAY 3, 2012

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), at its Colorado pilot-scale biochemical conversion facility, converted the biomass from Ceres’ hybrids into cellulosic sugars, which Amyris subsequently fermented into renewable farnesene. Earlier post.). Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel. than 80%.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technology that directly converts ethanol under moderate conditions at one atmosphere without the use of hydrogen into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. —Chaitanya Narula.

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JULY 13, 2009

The issue of investment in hydrogen fuel cells may rage on in the USA, but that hasn’t stopped Colorado-based Proterra LLC providing a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid bus for use in a US Department of Defence pilot project.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen; Organism: Cupriavidus necator; Product: Biodiesel.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Companies have looked into pumped hydroelectric systems that generate electricity from water flowing out of large artificial reservoirs, underground caverns that store hydrogen fuel electrolyzed from water, elevators that lift blocks of concrete and harvest their potential energy as they fall.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle re-fuels in 3–5 minutes, travels up to 300 miles (482 km) on a full tank, and will be available to customers in California beginning in fall 2015. Additional markets will follow, tracking the expansion of a convenient hydrogen refueling infrastructure. High-pressure Hydrogen Tanks.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. APEX Petroleum Engineering (Englewood, Colorado).

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OCTOBER 7, 2017

Benefits include quiet and odor-free operation, off-road mobility, field configuration, instantaneous high torque, exportable power generation, water generation and quick refueling times. Hydrogen storage system capable of more than 400 miles of range. GM is evaluating multiple applications for SURUS, such as: Utility trucks.

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JUNE 11, 2019

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen.

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MAY 24, 2011

Researchers have developed a previously undescribed approach to optimize hydrogen production in a photosynthetic process by microorganisms such as algae and cyanobacteria. Adding the bioengineered enzyme increases the rate of algal hydrogen production by about 400%, Yacoby says. ” —Iftach Yacoby.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

N-R HESs are physically coupled facilities that include both nuclear and renewable energy sources and produce electricity and another product such as a fuel, thermal energy, hydrogen, and desalinated water.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Colorado State. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. convert natural gas into methanol and hydrogen. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. The University of Colorado Boulder will use nanotechnology to.

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JULY 14, 2015

Chen of Colorado State University; Soltex; and Hybrid Coating Technologies. The algae uses CO 2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks. Sustainable Production of Ethanol and Green Crude.

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MARCH 27, 2011

Placed in a single gallon of water in a bright sunlight, the device could produce enough electricity to supply a house in a developing country with electricity for a day, Nocera said. The first artificial leaf was developed more than a decade ago by John Turner of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

The project will overcome challenges associated with the high-temperature activation of methane by employing a novel photocatalytic methane activation step that takes place at a gas-water interface such that methanol can be formed at room temperature. DOE Funding: $1,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $250,000; Total Value: $1,250,000.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

million in the areas of hydrogen storage, advanced biofuels, sustainable transportation, and energy efficiency. Broomfield, Colorado) will develop third-generation high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables. Chelmsford, Massachusetts) will develop a safe hydrogen transport and storage system. SoftWheel Ltd. TerraGenic Ltd.

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