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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Nailing down the costs of hydrogen-fired electricity generation, however, was challenging. Much of this information was publicly available. 2021.117314.

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JULY 3, 2016

They used currently achievable performance levels for the system components—electrolyzers and the Fischer−Tropsch process—to compute key metrics, including (i) cost of the synthetic fuel; (ii) well-to-gate CO 2 emissions; and (iii) overall energy efficiency. The major findings were: The final cost varies from $3.80

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Due to the continued exposure of millions of Americans to poor air quality, both the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have announced rulemakings focused on revising the heavy-duty truck emission standards, with a particular focus on tighter limits for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ).

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Development of novel methods for rapid/real-time measurements.

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JUNE 16, 2021

The central process for this conversion is electrocatalytic water splitting in which hydrogen and oxygen are formed. Due to the central role of water splitting in a sustainable energy economy, the cost efficiency of this process is crucial and even one percent could save billions of dollars. Diess et al.

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JULY 17, 2020

In addition to powering new F-550 models, existing trucks and shuttle buses can be repowered as zero-emission vehicles by conversion to the Lightning all-electric powertrain. The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero emissions fleet vehicles by 40 to 70%.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. —Ou et al. GLE and $0.9/GLE. OU et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The new material is simple to make, requiring primarily off-the-shelf melamine powder—which today costs about $40 per ton—along with formaldehyde and cyanuric acid, a chemical that, among other uses, is added with chlorine to swimming pools. The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Hyzon Motors , a global supplier of zero-emissions hydrogen and fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, announced that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has certified Hyzon’s Class 8, 7, and 6 Repowers as exempt from emission requirements, enabling the company to sell fuel cell electric trucks in California.

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JULY 26, 2022

Efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reduction in energy conversion and storage technologies. HPC Modeling of Rapid Infrared Sintering for Low Cost, Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell Manufacturing. Computational modeling of cost-effective carbon capture technologies on industrial gas turbines to reduce CO2 emission.

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JUNE 7, 2017

EPFL scientists have developed an Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO 2 into CO and oxygen—an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels. Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

A team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) (Spain) has developed a new process for the direct, non-oxidative conversion of methane to liquids—reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps, and avoiding CO 2 emissions. Resources. Morejudo et al.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement will reduce both the costs of critical materials and the environmental impacts of production. DOE funding: $5,577,738; cost share: $5,925,475; Total costs: $11,503,213. DOE funding: $2,272,112; costs share: $2,272,112; Total costs: $4,544,224.

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JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Mohan et al.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2017

A Sandia National Laboratories-led team has demonstrated two new routes to lignin conversion that combine the advantages of earlier methods while minimizing their drawbacks. Products made from converted lignin could subsidize biofuel production, making the cost of biofuels more competitive with petroleum.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $12 million in new funding ( DE-FOA-0000812 ) for projects to drive down the cost of producing drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass via thermochemical, direct liquefaction pathways (i.e. Thermochemical pathways for producing bioproducts from biomass. Source: DOE.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. These data were then used as inputs to a techno-economic model using AspenPlus to determine the production cost of bioethanol from bamboo in China.

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MARCH 2, 2023

The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. h is achieved with an estimated raw active materials cost of $7.02 Resources J. mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2

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MARCH 25, 2023

The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that produce the bulk of aviation jet fuel worldwide. Resources “ Techno-Economic Assessment Of Process Routes For Naphthalenes Control In Petroleum Jet Fuel ” A study by MathPro Inc., USD/gallon (~€0.03/L)

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $12 million in new funding ( DE-FOA-0000812 ) for projects to drive down the cost of producing drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass via thermochemical, direct liquefaction pathways (i.e. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 7, 2013

A recent study found that an aluminum electric vehicle can cost up to €635 (US$829) less than that its steel counterpart despite the higher cost of aluminum, given equivalent range targets. The next step was the conversion of that EV to a full aluminium space frame electric vehicle.

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JULY 19, 2017

The resulting CNT wool is of length suitable for weaving into carbon composites and textiles and is highly conductive; the calculated cost to produce the CNTs is approximately $660 per ton, compared to the current $100,000+ per ton price range of CNTs. The process is constrained by the (low) cost of electricity. —Johnson et al.

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JULY 6, 2017

This potentially could reduce enzyme costs in biofuels production. Cellulases (enzymes) deconstruct lignocellulosic biomass for conversion to biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals. This leads to high enzyme loading requirements—and therefore high deconstruction costs. Enzymes cost about $0.50

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MAY 2, 2022

Ideally, photocatalysts could use sunlight and water to produce hydrogen, however it is necessary to achieve a conversion rate of 10% to enable such a system to be adopted industrially. It has been pointed out that even if this efficiency is achieved, the cost of hydrogen will not reach the desired value. under 600nm). Tachikawa et al.

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APRIL 11, 2013

Researchers at the University of Bristol (UK) have developed a new family of catalysts that enables the conversion of ethanol into n-butanol—a higher alcohol with better characteristics for transportation applications than ethanol—with selectivity of more than 95% at good conversion. —Professor Duncan Wass.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) —Ren et al. —Stuart Licht. 5b02427.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This development could mean reducing enzyme costs from about $1 per gallon of ethanol to about 10 cents or less, with an overall reduction in the cost of the production of cellulosic biofuels of 30% or more. For example, lignocellulosic biomass costing about $60?a a dry ton is equivalent in unit energy costs to oil at about $20?barrel.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division have demonstrated novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of CO 2 and hydrogen from seawater and their subsequent conversion to liquid fuels. Bio-hydrocarbons Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Hydrogen Production'

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JUNE 5, 2012

Their analysis is published in the journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. The break-even crude oil price for a delivered biomass cost of $94/metric ton when hydrogen is derived from coal, natural gas or nuclear energy ranges from $103 to $116/bbl for no carbon tax and even lower ($99–$111/bbl) for the carbon tax scenarios.

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MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Corn stover and pine forest residues were selected as they are the target (“proof of concept”) feedstocks.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

less expensive—bio-ethanol rather than having to purify it first, potentially keeping costs lower and production times faster. With increased availability and reduced cost of bio-ethanol, conversion of this particular bio-based feedstock to highly valuable fuels and chemicals has been an especially important research goal.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

This type of TENG is more cost-effective compared to conventional EMG-based wave energy converters. Finally, they present design guidelines for achieving a cost-effective, efficient, and large-scale wave-energy-driven CO 2 reduction system for liquid fuel production. Leung et al. mol of formic acid per day at 18 knots wind speed.

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AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad. million tons in 2030 and 27.9

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. Unlike biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion, Bio-SNG is formed by the conversion of thermally-derived syngas—i.e., Cost of carbon abated. Strategically the UK needs to consider the most cost effective approach for decarbonizing, the report notes.

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APRIL 9, 2021

million for technologies that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. ( BETO is focused on developing technologies that convert domestic biomass and other waste resources (e.g., BETO is focused on developing technologies that convert domestic biomass and other waste resources (e.g.,

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JULY 20, 2015

In their analysis, the team found the cost of the synthetic fuel depends on a number of factors, especially the capital cost of the electrolyzer and the cost of electricity. Top: (A) Percentage distribution of the total capital investment; (B) percentage distribution of net production cost (NPC). König et al.

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