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APRIL 2, 2024

Even though the consumer business had huge growth potential, 3M had little experience with a low-cost, low-profit-margin model. To stay in the “dog fight” meant 3M had to invest enormous amounts of money in order to remain the low-cost producer, with no assurance that profit margins ever would improve.

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Corporation Atlanta Minnesota Personal 142

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

In 2007, LLNL and BP signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of underground coal gasification (UCG) technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is CIRI’s independent technology consultant. Earlier post.).

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Alaska Coal Corporation Carbon 199

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving neonatal care in sub-Saharan Africa In 2007 Richards-Kortum, Oden, and their team began developing technology to improve neonatal health care and reduce death rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Universal Malawi Kits El Salvador 124

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JUNE 11, 2010

In 2007, the amount of waste tires was about 4.6 Nickel-based catalysts have been reported as promising catalysts for tar removal and hydrogen production in steam gasification processes due to their good catalytic effect and comparatively low cost. million tonnes within the US; nearly 3.4 Elbaba et al.

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Waste Hydrogen Production Gas 220

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Seeo was founded in 2007 with an exclusive license to advanced technology from LBNL, and with initial funding from Khosla Ventures. nLiten Energy Corporation of Mountain View will receive $95,000 to prove the feasibility of growing thin-film three-dimensional solar cells using self-assembled nanowires onto a low-cost substrate.

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Li-ion Grid Energy California 186

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JULY 15, 2011

Conducting this BTW analysis is simple and straightforward because it not only avoids uncertainties or debates for (i) biomass production-related issues, (ii) feedstock collection and transport, and (iii) land use change, but also excludes water consumption issues and greenhouse gas emissions in the whole biosystem. Zhang 2009. 0000456.

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Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric 246

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

PERC identifies more than 13 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 as propane-fueled.) Researchers at MIT had earlier demonstrated the ability to make biopropane (LPG from corn or sugarcane) using a supercritical water process, and created a startup (C3 BioEnergy) in 2007 that attempted to commercialize the technology.

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USA Engine Alternative Fuels Gasoline 239

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JULY 29, 2010

The most immediate, effective and low-cost way to reduce soot emissions is to put particle traps on vehicles, diesel trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Warming of the air by any chemical, including soot, enhances natural surface emissions of water vapor [e.g., Particle traps filter out soot particles from exhaust fumes.

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Global Ozone CO2 Pollution 230

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

Sderot, Israel) and Brayton Energy, LLC (Hampton, NH), will develop a low cost and high efficiency solid biomass and solid waste fueled electricity generation system. BIRD Energy began in 2009 as a result of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Exency Ltd. Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.

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Energy Water Gas 170

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APRIL 10, 2012

The FOA covers 8 broad topics—Vehicles; Biomass; Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies; Advanced Manufacturing; Buildings; Solar; Water; and Wind—and 30 subtopics aligned with Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs. EERE is the only program Office participating in this FOA. Subsystem Component Technologies.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 210

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MARCH 1, 2010

Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) have verified findings by Planar Energy that could lead to significant cost and performance improvements in large format batteries for practical electric vehicles, according to the company.

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Florida Li-ion Energy Lithium Ion 210

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MAY 29, 2009

The researchers in the effort concluded that about 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil and 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas may be found there, mostly offshore under less than 500 meters of water. A paper on the work was published in the 29 May issue of the journal Science. The Arctic Circle encompasses 6% of Earth’s surface.

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Oil Gas Oil-Sands Alaska 150

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. Editor’s note: Hoff retired from Teklicon in 2007. These days, his main technical interests surround energy, water, and climate change.

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IDEA 2000 Design Engine 121

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58