article thumbnail

DOE awarding nearly $8M for national laboratory H2@Scale projects

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. Award amount: $1,722,089). Award amount: $500,000). Award amount: $1,157,219).

Seattle 320
article thumbnail

DOE to award more than $7M to four projects to advance hydrogen storage

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy is awarding more than $7 million to fund four 3-year projects in California, Washington and Oregon to advance hydrogen storage technologies to be used in fuel-cell-electric vehicles. The selected organizations will provide close to $2 million in cost share. University of Oregon, up to $2.0

Hydrogen 330
article thumbnail

EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

Several states offer tax incentives to reduce the upfront cost of PEVs to consumers. Georgia offers a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) tax credit of 20% of the cost, up to $5,000. ZEVs include vehicles powered by electricity or hydrogen fuel cells. Electric vehicles per 1,000 vehicles.

Plug-in 381
article thumbnail

3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

Green Car Congress

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

Hydrogen 279
article thumbnail

15 States and the District of Columbia partner to accelerate bus and truck electrification; 100% ZEV by 2050

Green Car Congress

States signing the MOU are: California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

article thumbnail

ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

Green Car Congress

Oregon State University, Freshwater Recovery System for Hydraulic Fracturing (FRESH-Frac) Using a Thermally-Actuated Nozzle-Demister – $2,972,000. Oregon State University (OSU) is developing a system for extracting clean irrigation water from hydraulic fracturing wastewater using low-grade solar or industrial waste heat.

Water 170
article thumbnail

PNNL licenses three technologies via Startup America; batteries, fuel cells and buildings

Green Car Congress

A PNNL technology that supports the minimization of high-cost platinum use in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells was optioned by startup Evaxa Energy Systems , LLC, which intends to incorporate it into a low-cost PEM fuel cell. PEM fuel cells are primarily used for backup power.

America 240