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DOE awards $56M to 21 concentrating solar power projects; $8M for reducing soft costs of rooftop PV systems

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The research projects, conducted in partnership with private industry, national laboratories and universities, support the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar power cost-competitive with traditional energy sources by the end of the decade. million in fiscal year 2011. CSP awards.

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DOE seeking input on analysis methodology and assumption for estimating total cost of ownership of future advanced vehicle technologies

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DOE analysis of ownership costs for future mid-size car. Specific comments are requested on the projection of cost reduction rates for technologies that are not yet fully commercial (or for which substantial validation is not yet available). Click to enlarge. please provide, along with validation, where available.

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DOE-released report finds significant growth in fuel cell industry in 2011, forecasts continuing growth through 2012

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report showing significant growth for the fuel cell industry in 2011, and forecasting continued growth through 2012. between 2010 and 2011 and 214% between 2008 and 2011. At the end of 2011, more than 3,000 fuel cell forklifts were either deployed or on order in the United States.

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ Click to enlarge.

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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

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Using wide bandgap (WBG) materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN)s for power electronics can improve efficiency and thereby reduce the high cost of battery packs, according to a new report from Lux Research. SiC ahead in road to commercialization. Click to enlarge. million to a $3.8-million GaN Systems, Inc.;

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Skeleton Technologies receives US patent for nanoporous carbon powder supercapacitor material; higher energy and power densities and lower cost

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The material possesses very high surface area and a high packing of nanopores, according to Skeleton, which aims to commercialize the carbon material and supercapacitor technology. million in 2011 to $284.1 According to a new report from Pike Research, worldwide sales of ultracapacitors will grow tenfold from just $28.2

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New Novozymes Enzymes for Cellulosic Ethanol Enable Production Cost Below US$2 Per Gallon

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The decrease in enzyme cost brings the low end of cellulosic ethanol production cost below the high end of corn ethanol production cost. Novozymes has launched what it called the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. Source: Novozymes. Click to enlarge. Source: Novozymes.