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The research, published in the journal Joule , builds on innovations first reported in Science in 2017 by the same research group at the University of California San Diego and the university spinout South 8 Technologies. At minus 60 ?C, C, the team demonstrated lithium-metal anode cycling efficiency of 98.4%. Yang et al.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Funding was received from the Prop 1B program administered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP). Already, close to 70% of natural gas fleets in California are fueled with renewable natural gas.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. The seven awards approved will fund applied R&D projects that will develop utility-scale renewable energy generation technologies. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open. Alternative Fuel and Vehicles.

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The founding members of the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group include: Achates Power, San Diego, CA. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

Fusion combines light elements in the form of plasma—the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei that makes up 99% of the visible universe—to generate massive amounts of energy. —GA scientist Carlos Paz-Soldan, co-author. Support for this research comes from the DOE Office of Science.

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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 grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. The four awards just approved included: $199,379 to SANDAG. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.

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The projects, funded through DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Vehicles Technology Office (VTO), address the two largest contributors to transportation sector emissions: passenger cars and light-duty trucks account for nearly 60% of emissions and medium- and heavy-duty trucks account for nearly 25%. General Motors.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). million award to increase its previously awarded funding of $1,394,298 for the university’s microgrid.

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JULY 14, 2016

This funding will advance the research and development of advanced biofuel technologies to speed the commercialization of renewable, domestically produced, and affordable fossil-fuel replacements. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC. MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Duke University.

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JULY 22, 2009

Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota powered a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering company specializing in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics based in San Diego, California.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

For example, the University of California, San Diego will receive approximately $3.5 University of Houston. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. Princeton University.

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APRIL 23, 2014

Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions. .

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JULY 11, 2017

Working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lumen Bioscience will rapidly engineer strains that grow robustly in seawater, resist contamination and predation, and accumulate substantial amounts of energy-rich components. The selected projects are: Lumen Bioscience.

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JULY 27, 2016

The Battery500 consortium will receive up to $10 million a year over five years from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of California, San Diego. University of Washington.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The approved awards were made through the Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. The program is slated to invest approximately $90 million during this fiscal year to develop new transportation technologies, as well as alternative and renewable fuels.

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MAY 18, 2018

SoCalGas) introduced an innovative new solar-powered hydrogen generation system during the California Air Resources Board Technology Expo and Symposium at the University of California, Riverside. This technology is undergoing field testing at San Diego State University’s Brawley campus where it runs on solar and renewable electricity.

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APRIL 30, 2013

This project includes $150,000 in match funding from San Diego Gas & Electric. Other projects receiving funding include: Foresight Renewable Solutions of San Francisco will receive $1.7 million to demonstrate renewable energy management using a compressed air energy storage system.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of California, San Diego. Renewable Low-Z Wall for Fusion Reactors with Built-In Tritium Recovery - $1,750,000. University of Houston. University of California, Los Angeles. Advanced HTS Conductors Customized for Fusion - $1,500,000.

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JULY 9, 2014

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with colleagues at UC San Diego, have developed a “mesoporous silicon sponge” material that, when applied as an anode in a lithium-ion battery, can deliver capacity of up to ~750?mAh?g The porous, sponge-like nanomaterial made of silicon. Source: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Groundwork Renewables Inc., San Diego, Calif. Advanced ignition system for enhanced ignition stability and combustion efficiency, $750,000 8 Rivers Capital LLC , Durham, N.C.

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MAY 6, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) $2 million to establish the California Initiative for Large Molecule Sustainable Fuels (CILMSF). This new research initiative will develop advanced tools to make renewable drop-in liquid hydrocarbon fuels from biomass.

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APRIL 6, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will partner with an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) to investigate secondary applications for aged battery packs from electric drive vehicles. NREL PHEV/EV Li-Ion Battery Second-Use Project.

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JUNE 28, 2010

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. DOE share: up to $6 million).

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(The comparison to the electric vehicle is based on estimates which factor in the CO 2 emissions resulting from fuel production, with the DME-powered vehicle figure calculated from the use of renewable energy to generate the DME fuel, and the electric vehicle figure calculated from electricity generated from renewable resources.

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JUNE 12, 2015

This two-way data exchange will create a means to use EV batteries to help manage variable grid conditions, generation oversupply and other challenges associated with the state’s goals to decarbonize its electricity sector with renewable energy resources such as solar and wind.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). For example, in the San Diego, California territory of SDG&E, optimal time of use residential EV charging rates range from $0.19/kWh

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MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far. The plan is to power all 26 venues fully with renewables, marking a first in the games’ history.

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JULY 29, 2014

Phase II of the project expanded the use of this network to schedule charge times based on the needs of the driver and preferred rate structures, including the use of renewable energy sources for charging. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota. The companies made the announcement at the 3 rd Algae Biomass Summit in San Diego. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The two cross-functional groups will seek to break down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and biomass-based advanced renewable transportation fuels. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The technology has the potential to save energy and help the state achieve its bioenergy goals.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University (ASU) have teamed up to improve computational models of algae growth in raceway ponds that can predict performance, improve pond design and operation and discover ways to improve algae yield outdoors.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328.

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