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

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is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency. 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. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc. Our goal is to build [Transphorm] to be a legacy company.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor. Carbon Management: Implications for R & D in the Chemical Sciences and Technology (A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable).

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Obama Administration launches $200M competition for three new manufacturing innovation institutes; WBG power electronics, lightweight metals and digital manufacturing

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In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. —DE-FOA-0000683.

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US DOE to Award Up To $24 Million to Three Consortia for Algal Biofuels Research, Releases National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap

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DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Cathy Zoi made the announcement while speaking in a plenary keynote session at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) 2010 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing in Washington, DC. Earlier post.). DOE share: up to $6 million).

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Volkswagen to introduce battery-electric compact SUV in US in 2020; based on I.D. CROZZ

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At a workshop on future mobility held at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Christian Senger, head of model line e-mobility for Volkswagen, said that the MEB marks “ a big step into a new world. ”. At Volkswagen this is the greatest technological conversion since the changeover from the Beetle to the Golf. It is the key to our future.

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DOE Issues RFI for Fuel Cells For Combined Heating and Power and APU Applications; Reflective of New Direction for Hydrogen Program

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The RFI includes preliminary targets developed with earlier stakeholder input, including a workshop in June 2008 at the Program’s Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation meeting. 1 DC net/LHV or AC net/LHV. 2015 and 2020 targets include DC-AC conversion efficiencies. 1 DC net/LHV. Est. 2008 status 2012 2105 2020.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

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So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tuesday's workshop was not so different. ARB could spend a year in conversation with stakeholders to figure out regs and credits for new OEM plug-in hybrid cars. Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Easy as 123. Look it up.)

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