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Novozymes has already reduced the cost of enzyme production for biofuels by 90%. Once the new screening process is proven, it can be used to rapidly develop tailored cost-effective enzyme solutions for specific industrial biorefineries. million (2008-2012). million (2001-2005). Earlier post.).

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Launched in 2008, the CBiRC bases its engineering platform on three interconnected segments including enzyme and microbial engineering, chemical catalysis and catalysis engineering, and testbeds and life cycle analysis.

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Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. Nobel Laureate John B. He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S.

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Argonne will collect the electric energy consumption of the vehicles to help determine the total cost of operating an electric vehicle fleet. In 2008, FedEx Corp. The US Department of Energy has also provided funding for this testing initiative.

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Private industry and DOE’s national laboratories have already helped to reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. The University of Texas’s Center for Electromechanics, Electric Vehicles International, Hydrogenics USA and Valence Technology will also participate in this project.

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for the next phase of Technology Solutions project work related to the development of a breakthrough catalyst technology intended to reduce manufacturing cost of certain proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. He went on to earn a master's degree in computer science in 2008, also from Loyola. and a Ph.D.

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The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel cofounder Gordon E. Moore , the man behind Moore’s Law, died on 24 March at the age of 94.

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OsComp Systems designed and tested the novel compressor design with funding from the DOE-supported Stripper Well Consortium , an industry-driven organization whose members include natural gas and petroleum producers, service companies, industry consultants, universities, and industrial trade organizations. million homes.

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The digitization of the 5,000 articles—dating between 1909, when the publication launched, and 2008—took almost eight years to complete. He is a professor and a deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg. Prior to 2005, the journal was published in print.

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The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Real weighted average cost of capital is 7.5% Source: IRENA.

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Is this a relatively short term event like 2008, or a longer term slump like the one in the mid 1980’s? The fundamental equation that drives any country or company’s ability to survive in the oil industry is: (Oil Price per Barrel − Cost Per Barrel) × Barrels Produced + Cash Reserves > 0. Source: [link].

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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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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. He studied at Seoul National University and then at Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his doctorate under.

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BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers.

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La Poste has targeted a 30% CO 2 reduction target per household served between 2008 and 2018. Cell assembly is also simplified, lowering the cost of mass production by more than 50%. This will significantly improve our level of global CO 2 emissions. —Jean-François Courtoy, Industrial Director at La Poste in Franche Comté.

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The production technology was developed through laboratory collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway, and ConocoPhillips. The prior longest-duration field test of methane hydrate extraction via depressurization was six days (Japan-Canada 2007/2008 Mallik well testing program).

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A new study by a two researchers at the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) found that during this period both the unemployment rate and the cost of gasoline influenced buyers’ decisions concerning the fuel economy of vehicles purchased. This ended when gasoline prices declined in late 2008.

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Canadian government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits commensurate with the cost, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Canadian government offered hybrid rebates during 2007-2008. for every liter (US$1.50/gallon)

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In November 2008, the German federal government announced plans to take strong measures towards electric and hybrid vehicles in the next ten years, with the goal of putting one million electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles onto Germany’s roads by 2020. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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The key to obtaining significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions is to increase the cost of driving. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels.

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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. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York). Tesla Motors, Inc.

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The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. million (an eye-popping $495 million today).

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Cumulative percentage (in 2008) of lodgepole pine killed by the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia. The Ministry estimates that as of 2008 the cumulative area of provincial Crown forest affected to some degree (red-attack and grey-attack) was about 14.5 Source: BC Ministry of Forests and Range. Click to enlarge. million (US$1.0-million)

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When asked about battery product pricing, Donaghy replied “ Everyone wants to know price, we would agree that we need to get the cost of the energy down. After four years they’ll be cost neutral; these guys understand the cost of their fleets down to the pence per mile. ”. We would aim to halve that, ” Donaghy said.

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Research from the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis (ITS-Davis) suggests it will take more than a reasonable price and good information to get consumers to make more sustainable transportation choices, such as the purchase of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Translation.

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as well as 600 universities throughout the country. Its car share program, Hertz on Demand, launched in December 2008 and grew to more than 1,000 vehicles, 85,000 members and more than 500 locations worldwide, including corporate fleets, airports, hotels, utilities, government, and universities. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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million ) European Field Operational Test (euroFOT) project—which began in June 2008 and involved 28 companies and organisations—was led by Aria Etemad from Ford’s European Research Centre in Aachen, Germany. The socio-economic assessment reveals a cost benefit ratio of 1.3 The €22-million (US$27.4-million billion (US$1.5

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The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance. The inclusion of offsets could expand emission mitigation opportunities, likely reducing compliance costs for regulated entities. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.

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The Coskata process can produce more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry, ash-free biomass material at a cost competitive with expected gasoline prices—around $1.00 Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 per gallon, based on the cost of feedstock and the cost of power for the specific plant, he noted.

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The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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Although market-based mechanisms need to be implemented soon to establish a framework for emissions reductions, the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) team argues, the range of prices for CO 2 currently under discussion will be too low to enable achieving the longer-term targets. per gallon.

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The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made. These new targets need to be set for the research efforts.

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Lithium titanate offers low cost of production; outstanding safety (no lithium plating and limited reactivity with the electrolyte); long calendar life and excellent cycle life characteristics; and improved low-temperature performance. To address this, companies such as A123Systems have used a combination of dopant and nano-particle design.

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If so, this tracks fairly well with the most aggressive DOE and NRC (2008) cases for FCV commercialization, assuming strong policy support. Earlier post.). This is not surprising, he wrote, given that such a framework has yet to be developed, and that the analysis of such large scale energy transitions is still a new field. —Joan Ogden.

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