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BP joins GE, Google Ventures, ConocoPhillips, and NRG Energy in biomass-to-gasoline startup CoolPlanet’s C Round

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CoolPlanet is developing modular thermal/mechanical processors which directly input raw biomass such as woodchips, crop residue, and algae and produce multiple distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional fuel components. CoolPlanet’s Energy Systems Division plans to mass produce these plants on a production line basis.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Bloom Energy Debuts SOFC Fuel Cell System for Distributed Generation

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featured California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, General Colin Powell, and early customers including Bank of America; The Coca-Cola Company; Cox Enterprises; eBay; FedEx Express; Google; Staples; and Walmart. Electrons generated at the anode move out through an external circuit, creating electricity. The electrolyte is a ceramic.

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

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Skoda not only leads Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen Group’s operations in India, it also steers the low-cost vehicle architecture projects, for both internal combustion engines (ICEs) and electric vehicles (EVs). In this context, Zellmer’s frequent trips underline the country’s importance for future growth.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008. It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk. It is how do we lower the risk so low cost capital can participate. What is the PTC and why does it matter?

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. Modern system-on-chip designs can accelerate product development for performant and low-cost chip functionality.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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We believe this is not the right strategy, and electric vehicles will ultimately dominate the market. And we’re really headed for an electric vehicle, and an autonomous future. Not only it looks and feels different, and we’ve added so much value to it, but you can lease it for like as low as $299 a month.

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