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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year (REMEDY) program ( earlier post ) was unveiled earlier this year for universities and private companies focused on significantly reducing US methane emissions. Selection amount: $3,257,089). Selection amount: $1,500,000).

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. students from European universities to help them transform their research into marketable products and solutions. In our conversations, Roberto truly shined. The organization supports Ph.D.

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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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The team also demonstrated that the beetle gut architecture prevents certain products like hydrogen from escaping in order to favor the production of acetate, a critical energy source not only for the beetle itself, but also for its offspring. We study them because they are a natural model biorefinery. —Jennifer Pett-Ridge.

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Coulomb Technologies Sales Channel Closes Two Distribution Agreements for Plug-in Charging

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AVRC says that it has now completed more plug-in hybrid conversions than any other organization on the East Coast. They have also completed two ethanol optimization projects and they are now working with NC State University on electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle projects. —AVRC Executive Director Dick Dell.

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DOE AVTA Completes 1M Miles of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Testing

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More than 215 PHEVs, representing 12 different PHEV models—mostly conversions—have made up the PHEV test fleet to date. Hymotion Escape A123Systems. Ford E85 Escape Johnson Controls/Saft. Electrovaya Escape Electrovaya. Hybrids Plus Escape Hybrids Plus. Hybrids Plus Escape K2 Energy Solutions.

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Stanford solar tandem cell shows promise for efficient solar-driven water-splitting to produce hydrogen

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Researchers at Stanford University, with colleagues in China, have developed a tandem solar cell consisting of an approximately 700-nm-thick nanoporous Mo-doped bismuth vanadate (BiVO 4 ) (Mo:BiVO 4 ) layer on an engineered Si nanocone substrate. The nanocone/Mo:BiVO 4 assembly is in turn combined with a solar cell made of perovskite.

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Burlington Hydro Takes Delivery of First EV in Commercial Fleet Application in Canada

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(Ontario, Canada) has taken delivery of the first all-electric vehicle to be used in a commercial fleet application in Canada—the REV 300 ACX (a retrofit Ford Escape). The demonstration project will entail a one-year study that will be conducted by the University of Waterloo with funding from Transport Canada. Charge time is 3.8

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