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MAY 30, 2020

The global demand for critical materials (CMs) and other metals continues to grow while their production from primary ore resources is limited. In comparison to removal of CO 2 from point sources, DAC has the advantage of being location-independent.

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JULY 17, 2018

As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo developed a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50% increase in power density compared with current production machines.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Toyota says no small, cheap EV is in the works Although many automakers, including VW, Stellantis, and Kia, have revealed plans to launch low-cost EVs under $30,000 (£25,000), Toyota says not so fast. Toyota’s European product development boss, Andrea Carlucci, told Autocar that battery costs make a cheap EV unlikely.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. Ecolectro Inc., Kristina M.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

This is a critical piece of DOE’s HydroGEN Energy Materials Network (EMN) consortium, which was launched to accelerate the discovery and development of materials for low cost hydrogen production, enabling energy storage, resiliency and economic opportunities across sectors.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Production from the plant is slated to begin in 2017 for regional distribution, and three additional trains in the following years are expected to increase its capacity to 640MT/day. The low-cost, modular systems can be trucked in and assembled onsite for easy deployment. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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AUGUST 26, 2016

million in federal funding for cost-shared projects that will develop technologies that utilize CO 2 from coal-fired power plants to produce useful products. Another option is to use the CO 2 as a reagent to create useful products, such as cement, plastics, or liquid fuels. —DE-FOA-0001622.

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JUNE 30, 2010

announced the successful production of ethanol at a capacity that can be scaled to commercial production. ZeaChem currently uses harvested hybrid poplar trees as the feedstock of choice in its combined biochemical and thermochemical process for the production of ethanol. Other products. ZeaChem’s process. ZeaChem Inc.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Coskata process is high-yield and low-cost, the company says. Based on production runs at its demonstration facility in Pennsylvania, Coskata projects producing 100 gallons of ethanol per dry ton of softwood in its commercial-scale facility using its hybrid biothermal process.

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JULY 24, 2017

limited practical energy density, life time and the scaling-up of materials and production processes. Furthermore, the natural abundance and the low cost of the active material, i.e. sulfur, are expected to reduce the costs of Li-sulfur based energy storage systems compared to current Li-ion batteries. Agostini et al.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

The joint country comparison combines the three key areas of technology, industry and the market and enables an objective examination of the status quo in the field of electric mobility in China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the USA. However, China leads with absolute higher xEV (BEV and PHEV) as well as cell production.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants. Such connections allow excess wind and solar power to flow to neighboring regions when weather conditions are favorable and allow the import of energy from elsewhere when renewables are less productive.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

According to AN , the update will address how Nissan plans to be more competitive with EVs, rivaling low-cost models from China and improving network efficiency. In comparison, Tesla handed over a record 1.81 In comparison, Tesla handed over a record 1.81 Production was also up 35%.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Isobutanol produced from starch or biomass is dehydrated over an acidic catalyst to produce isobutylene, which is then further reacted to product mixtures of longer chain aliphatic hydrocarbons. The Queensland government is supporting the arrangement as a first step in the development of a renewable jet fuel production industry in the state.

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MAY 17, 2010

The new catalyst is applied in a hybrid photocatalytic-electrolysis system that uses the photocatalytic reaction converting solar energy to lower the electrolysis voltage required for the hydrogen production by water electrolysis. Potential diagram of various reaction mechanisms for hydrogen production via water decomposition. (a)

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MARCH 25, 2016

A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. Compared with conventional LIBs, this battery (AGDIB) shows an advantage in production cost (~ 50% lower), specific density (~1.3-2.0

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

With the production of 100-octane zero-sulfur, zero-benzene, zero-lead gasoline, Primus could address fuels that meet European Union (EU) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) specifications. The products are cooled and condensed. The low-cost, modular systems can be trucked in and assembled onsite for easy deployment.

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MARCH 12, 2015

kW/kg (gravimetric), while being engineered for low cost, high volume series production. As points of comparison, the US Department of Energy (DOE) 2020 technical targets for an automotive fuel cell stack are 2.5 kW/l (volumetric) and 3.0 kW/l and 2 kW/kg. Toyota says that its new fuel cell stack in the Mirai offers 3.1

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APRIL 2, 2016

b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys. Despite the advantages, the production of Ti-185 alloy in bulk by conventional ingot processing remained a challenge since addition of Fe in excess of 2.5 wt% Arun Devaraj, Vineet V.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

A gas diffusion layer without any catalysts was used as the baseline air electrode for comparison. They carbonized this product and extracted it with sulfuric acid. a)Current–voltage and b) power–voltage curves of Zn–air cells with one of the nanotetrapod non-precious metal and 20% Pt/C catalysts. Source: Lee et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 11, 2016

The vehicles on which the research was based were representative of current production models at the more aggressive end of the downsizing spectrum in terms of engine capacity and output, but modeled with a future three cylinder 1.5 The cost comparison is with respect to a Euro 5 baseline. liter diesel engine. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 31, 2011

Pinnacle says the engine achieves 30-50% better fuel economy in various drive cycle comparisons without the large cost penalty that can be associated with significant fuel economy improvement. Production is slated to commence in Q1 2013. a Pinnacle Engines development partner.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

The two investments come from the Carbon Trust’s Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge (PFCC) which was launched in 2009 to support the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s objectives to develop lower cost fuel cells and follows this year’s launch of the Government’s UKH2Mobility project. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 13, 2023

Tesla first used BYD's 10 GWh batteries last year for its low-end models in Europe, according to the report. Earlier this year, Tesla did not request the additional supply of BYD batteries for the standard, low-cost trim version of the Model 3 after its contract to supply them expired, the report said, citing industry sources.

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JULY 19, 2022

In comparison to launching 2,000 to 5,000 balloons that stay up for just two to three hours, my balloon can stay up in the air for 52 days.” In comparison to launching 2,000 to 5,000 balloons that stay up for just two to three hours, my balloon can stay up in the air for 52 days, so fewer balloons have to be launched,” he says.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg. By comparison, realized capacity in a graphite/copper composite anode is only ~ 150 mAh g -1.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost.

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MAY 15, 2015

Oxford University’s expertise has been used to maximize battery life and it is expected that as well as comparable performance, sodium-ion cells can offer a comparable lifetime to lithium-ion products. Faradion Limited was established in 2011 to develop low-cost, non-aqueous sodium-ion (Na-ion) rechargeable batteries.

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APRIL 9, 2013

For example, the NO x reduction is predicted to be two orders of magnitude lower in comparison to a conventional SI engine with almost zero particulate matter emissions. LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc. Phase I of the project (NSF SBIR Award No. Valves of this type can be applied to a wide variety of internal combustion engines.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The projects selected have the potential significantly to lower the cost or improve the performance, durability, or efficiency of fuel cells or hydrogen fuel production. The stoichiometric ratios of reactants and products are shown in each case. high hydrogen production rates) and high efficiencies. Source: Slade et al.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

There are two major low grade silicon sources—metallurgical silicon (M-Si, ∼99 wt % Si) and ferrosilicon (F-Si, ∼ 83 wt % Si, ∼ 13 wt % Fe)—available at low cost (∼$1000/ton for metallurgical silicon, and ∼$600/ton for ferrosilicon). —Zhu et al. a) Si nanoparticles from metallurgical Si (M-Si) sources.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Cost savings can be achieved by reducing material costs (notably platinum use), increasing power density, reducing system complexity and improving durability. How the Imperial/UCL fuel cell design reduces cost compared to current technology. Click to enlarge. The Carbon Trust is also working with Ilika in Phase 2.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Their findings suggest that prismatic cells, which are able to further capitalize on the cost reduction from larger formats, can offer further reductions than those possible for cylindrical cells. At these higher production volumes, materials play a significant role in the $/kWh cost, accounting for roughly half of overall expenses.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Seed funding supports early work on concepts that have the potential for very high impact on energy production and use. This project explores the use of specially designed nanostructured polymers to make high-energy, low-cost, flexible and stretchable batteries. Principal Investigator (PI): Zhenan Bao, chemical engineering.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Organic compounds that can be obtained from natural biomass with minimum energy consumption are an attractive low-cost and sustainable choice for battery electrode materials, provided a high energy density and long cycling stability can be obtained. —Lee et al.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Such an engine could provide a cost-effective solution for small recreational vehicle- and motorcycle applications. —were carried over from the production engine. Oh and Plante. kW) rating.

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