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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

million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a growing startup dedicated to the development of clean engine technology ( earlier post ), secured $2.5 In fact, it increases power by 25%.

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JULY 2, 2017

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced a $45-million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from Faribault, Minnesota-based motorcoach supplier ABC Companies. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer of ABC Companies.

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MAY 21, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

million of funding to a Rio Tinto-led team to explore carbon storage potential at the Tamarack nickel joint venture in central Minnesota. Tamarack is a nickel, copper and cobalt project located in central Minnesota that is currently progressing towards feasibility studies. The US Department of Energy has awarded $2.2

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APRIL 18, 2017

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed and demonstrated at laboratory scale a novel process to synthesize low-cost, polymeric valerolactones with tunable mechanical properties and low glass transition temperatures. The University is seeking to license the technology. Brutman, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Deborah K.

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JULY 9, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota led by Prof. The researchers have filed for a patent on the technology, and the University of Minnesota is seeking commercialization partners. Kechun Zhang have engineered a synthetic metabolic pathway using fungal and bacterial enzymes in E. Credit: Zhang et al.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 Earlier post.). BioCee’s latex, thin-film coatings—originally developed by Prof.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” MISHRA University of California, Santa Barbara “For contributions to the development of gallium nitride-based electronics.”

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JUNE 12, 2006

R epresentative Frank Hornstein reports that House File 3718 has passed, and that Minnesota is the first state to join the push for plug-in hybrids. A task force has been created from business, government and utility representatives to develop a plan to build the cars in Minnesota.

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APRIL 21, 2011

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. —Cory Johnson, project manager.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Researchers from the University of Minnesota report finding a new strain of cold-tolerant, lipid-producing yellow-green algae— heterococcus sp. This may have implications for the commercial production of algal lipids at northern latitudes where the culture of other algal species is limited or impossible.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Alexander Gabay, a researcher at the University of Delaware, states flatly: “I am skeptical that any non-rare-earth permanent magnet could be used in a synchronous traction motor in the near future.” It was a stunning disclosure, which left most experts in permanent magnetism wary and perplexed. No one fully understands this,” he reports.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Vertimass LLC of Irvine, California will receive up to $2 million to commercialize technology to convert ethanol into diesel fuel, gasoline, and jet fuel blend stocks compatible with the current transportation fuel infrastructure. Natureworks, LLC of Minnetonka, Minnesota will receive up to $2.5 Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 24, 2021

in mechanical engineering from University of Minnesota. focused on intelligent vehicle controls and I have the very rare privilege of getting to work on mass commercialization of these technologies, thanks to how fast they are evolving from early research to mass adoption." "The Variety also helped prepare her.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Although most national parks ban commercial foraging, about three-fourths allow people to explore and collect their favorite crops for personal use. Some leading foragers, for both personal and commercial food, say more public lands are being declared off limits, especially in places where wildfires have devastated the forest lands.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Xcel Energy has released the preliminary results from its wind-to-battery (W2B) storage project in Minnesota, and termed the technology successful. In addition, the technology needed to be commercially available and have a sound track record. They are able to store about 7.2 Xcel Energy purchased the battery from NGK Insulators Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The award is a portion of a $40-million grant presented to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ), a consortium led by Washington State University (WSU). NARA includes a broad consortium of scientists from universities, government laboratories and private industry. Earlier post.). NARA award. DLA contract.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Ohio State University. Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Drive Oregon. Description.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In addition to the funding for short-term wind energy forecasting, DOE announced that three projects will receive approximately $620,000 each to accelerate the first phase of development, testing, and commercialization of domestically manufactured midsize wind turbines with rated generating capacities between 200 and 500 kilowatts.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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MAY 15, 2021

At commercial scale, the inputs to the proposed “carbon refinery” process are carbon-free renewable energy, water, and CO 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to eliminate CO 2 release in the production of chemicals by integrating the unique and efficient capabilities of two microorganisms.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

New Mexico State University. The project will support commercialization of the generator. Regents of the University of Minnesota. This project will develop and evaluate a new type of powertrain for the Schneider Linear hydroEngine, which is expected to decrease the cost of energy for low-head hydropower projects.

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MARCH 23, 2009

The package also provides substantial support for both university- and National Laboratory-based researchers, working on problems in fields ranging from particle and plasma physics to biofuels, solar energy, superconductivity, solid state lighting, electricity storage and materials science, among others. scientists across the nation. . $69

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

After more than a decade of research, a University of Minnesota team of researchers has devised a means for developing free-standing, highly crystalline zeolite nanosheets that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost-effective and energy-efficient. Source: Varoon et al. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 23, 2009

The Fort Nelson project is on track to become one of the first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects in a saline aquifer in North America. These earlier phases determined that the PCOR partnership region has the geological potential to sequester more than half of the region’s anticipated CO2 emissions over the next 100 years.

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JUNE 27, 2006

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This situation is not true universally. Xcel Energy in Minnesota, for example, has already started to upgrade distribution transformers because of potential residential EV electrical-load issues. His team surveyed “twenty-nine utilities for detailed voltage data from their AMI systems, and no one had it.”

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Not only had the triode made long-distance telephony and movie sound possible, it was driving the entire enterprise of commercial radio, an industry worth more than a billion dollars in 1929. The vacuum-tube triode wasn’t quite 20 years old when physicists began trying to create its successor, and the stakes were huge.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison and the University of Minnesota is an early signal that the growing use of the new nanoscale materials used in the rechargeable batteries that power portable electronics and electric and hybrid vehicles may have unforeseen environmental consequences.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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JULY 21, 2021

IBM's large commercial customers faced the implications of this emerging technology: Who would maintain the equipment and its software? It could run various software packages and a nice collection of commercial and consumer tools, including the accessible BASIC programming language. Tom Munnecke/Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% University. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. University.

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OCTOBER 13, 2013

The main conclusions of NREL’s analysis were: Several of the studies tested relatively large numbers of engines or vehicles, including the Coordinating Research Council’s (CRC) engine durability study (28 engines); the University of Minnesota’s in-use fleet study (80 vehicles); and the US DOE’s catalyst durability study (82 vehicles).

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