Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

Oregon City, Oregon-based AquaHarmonics won the Wave Energy Prize competition by demonstrating a five-fold improvement in energy capture per unit structural cost. California Wave Power Technologies (CWPT), runner-up in the Wave Energy Prize, will upscale its WEC technology for open-ocean testing.

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Energy Oregon Portland Sacramento 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. A new concentrating solar power system developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can reduce the fuel consumption of a modified natural-gas combined-cycle (NGCC) power plant by about 20%. Photo: PNNL.

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Solar Gas Fuel Power 265

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The facility will be constructed in Newport, Oregon, by the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University and will support innovations in wave energy technologies capable of harnessing the significant wave energy resources along United States coastlines.

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Puerto Rico Grid Connect Connected 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin along with Ohio State University and Columbia University-Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory will examine what the primary influences are on the development of persistent, massive hydrate accumulations in deep sediments below the seabed.

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Oregon Water Universal Washington 230

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Escalating investment in geothermal power could result in a 134% increase in global geothermal capacity between 2010 and 2020, from 10.7 Under a more conservative business-as-usual forecast scenario, Pike estimates that geothermal power capacity could increase 34% to 14.3 GW of geothermal power—41% of worldwide capacity.

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2020 Power Powered Global 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2016

X-energy—partnering with BWX Technology, Oregon State University, Teledyne-Brown Engineering, SGL Group, Idaho National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory—will solve design and fuel development challenges of the Xe-100 Pebble Bed Advanced Reactor.

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Design Companies Idaho Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Chong Fang, an assistant professor of chemistry in the OSU College of Science, called the platform “ a powerful new toolset.” The research was made possible, in part, by collaboration between chemists at OSU and the University of Oregon, through the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry.

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Oregon Water Universal Cheap 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens.

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Pollution Oregon Los Angeles Universal 275

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

The technical papers presented this year include: “Effect of road-induced vibration on gas-tightness of vehicular fuel cell stack” (2016-01-1186) Dong Hao, Yongping Hou, Tongji University; Jianping Shen, Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection Center; Liying Ma, Tongji University.

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Congress Fuel 2016 Vehicles 150

Cars That Think

JULY 20, 2021

On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white.

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New York City Power Powered New York 54

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

The Department of Army will contribute an additional $1 million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support these projects. University of Maryland: College Park. Penn State University Park. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Pittsburgh. Cornell University. Description.

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Carbon Fiber Li-ion Mercedes GM 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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Portland Ford Lithium Ion Transit Connect 320

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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Manufacturer Obama Illinois Chicago 249

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030—akin to taking 15 million gasoline-powered cars off the road in one year—by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK-based research firm Cerulogy.

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California Carbon Clean Cleaning 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support projects specifically focused on advanced high-voltage electrolytes for batteries and advanced engine and powertrain technologies to improve vehicle fuel efficiency. Drive Oregon. Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Ohio State University.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. This uptick in development— representing 147.05 Projects and new additions that came online in 2012 include: John L.

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2012 California Energy Hawaii 303

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The University of California, Irvine, administers the program.

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DC San Diego Energy Grant 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

Texas A&M University will lead the Gulf Coast center—a region anchored in the chemical, oil and gas sectors—and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will lead the Northeast center, where glass, ceramic and microelectronic manufacturing has a strong presence. Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon State U.; West Virginia U.

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Manufacturer Los Angeles Oregon Connecticut 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

Foss built the first hybrid tugboat, Carolyn Dorothy , and has successfully converted a second vessel, Campbell Foss , to a hybrid at its shipyard in Rainier, Oregon. T he Hybrid Solution; Power And Reliability In A Green Package (Foss and AKA presentation at 2012 Greening the Research Fleet workshop at Duke University.).

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Mariner Los Angeles Hybrid Energy 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

PEM fuel cells are primarily used for backup power. The company was started by University of Oregon Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship MBA students participating in PNNL’s University Technology Entrepreneurship Program.

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America Building Fuel Batteries 240

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Dayton Power & Light Company. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Duke Energy.

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Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The hydrogen is separated from the syngas and used for ester hydrogenation and the remainder of the syngas is burned to create steam and power for the process. To get the hydrogen necessary to convert the ester to ethanol, ZeaChem takes the lignin residue from the fractionation process and gasifies it to create a hydrogen-rich syngas stream.

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Washington Hydrogen Grant Universal 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

EnerG2’s manufacturing approach revolves around mass customization of electrode materials that enhance energy and power density in ultracapacitors. In designing and constructing the a manufacturing facility to support this approach, EnerG2 will partner with Albany-based Oregon Freeze Dry, Inc. OFD), a current manufacturing partner.

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Companies Washington Energy Storage Financing 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University have demonstrated that diffusion may not be necessary to transport ionic charges inside a hydrated solid-state structure of a battery electrode. Grotthuss mechanism. Source: OSU.

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Oregon Batteries Battery Li-ion 268

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar?

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 94

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; The SuperTruck’s AC system runs entirely off the electricity powered by the hybrid system. On standard systems, the air compressor and power steering pump run continuously, whether they’re needed or not.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses powered by modern, efficient technologies. Alabama A&M University. Metro Transit will receive funds for the design and construction of indoor overhead quick chargers as well as a solar power supply and a battery storage system. Metro Transit.

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Purchase Tulsa Milwaukee Albuquerque 170

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A decommissioned nuclear power plant from the 1980s is repurposed for agrivoltaics and prairie restoration.

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California Power Powered EPRI 136

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

capacity, power, cycle life, Dr. Feaver noted. Lead acid batteries for micro-hybrid applications: M2-23 series for Highest performing in power, charge acceptance, and cycle life; and the M2-33 series for a match of power performance and cost effectiveness. — Dr. Aaron Feaver, CTO and Co-Founder of EnerG2.

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Li-ion Carbon Standards Energy Storage 281

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. All of the replacements are diesel powered heavy-duty buses that are past their twelve-year life span. Redding Area Bus Authority. Broward County.

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Smith pointed out that Carrborro, a neighboring city to Chapel Hill, is home to many students and faculty at nearby universities. “So On Oahu, Move Electric Oah’u will be held at the University of Hawaii, and on Maui, Drive Electric Maui, a collaboration with Blue Planet Foundation , will be held at the Kapolei Marketplace.

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Hawaii North Carolina Sierra IDEA 52

Cars That Think

MAY 6, 2022

Working in collaboration with domestic appliances manufacturer Beko, researchers from the University of Cambridge trained their robot chef to assess the saltiness of a dish at different stages of the chewing process, imitating a similar process in humans. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko! Robot Brains ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is by Ross L.

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Boston Thailand MIT New York City 88

Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2012

We’ve discussed using that most foul of waste products, sewage, as an energy source before, but scientists from the Oregon State University have made a significant breakthrough which could enable waste water treatment plants to not only power themselves, but sell excess electricity.

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Oregon Waste Universal Water 53

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Of the 26 metropolitan areas in this study, the four in California, four in the Northeast, and two in Oregon are in ZEV states. The leading electric vehicle markets identified here are a collection of larger high-technology cities, as well as smaller university towns.

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San Jose San Francisco Market Atlanta 253

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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Energy Water Sacramento Oregon 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. Shift Power Solutions, Inc. DOE Funding: $160,000. Total Project Value: $192,000.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed an efficient platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells that consists of atomically dispersed nitrogen-coordinated single Mn sites on partially graphitic carbon (Mn-N-C). and Harbin Institute of Technology.

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