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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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The traces are for solar cells of 7.7% Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. solar-to-fuels systems. illumination.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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JULY 20, 2012

At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%. combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. According to the report, the top emitters contributing to the global 34 billion tonnes of CO 2 in 2011 are: China (29%). the United States (16%).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the fourth quarter of 2011. The facility is intended to scale up a pilot process currently producing liquid fuels via Joule’s novel technology, which leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to fuels and chemicals.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

reported a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. Production was achieved at lab scale, with pilot development slated for early 2011. Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Diagram of angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system. The new angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system was described in an open access paper by Research Laboratory of Electronics research scientist Peter Bermel and other MIT researchers, published in October in the journal Nanoscale Research Letters. Bermel et al.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Joule, a bioengineering startup leveraging highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to fuels and chemicals ( earlier post ), has closed a $70-million third round of funding, supporting its aggressive timeline to commercialization and bringing its total to $110+ million raised to date.

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MARCH 24, 2011

million ARPA-E funded project on direct solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), University of Minnesota graduate student Janice Frias (who earned her doctorate in January) has determined the biosynthetic mechanism by which a protein (OleA) transforms fatty acids produced by bacteria into ketones, which can be cracked to make hydrocarbon fuels.

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MARCH 25, 2014

A 10 kWh battery energy storage system in the garage, using the same lithium-ion cells that are used in the Honda Fit EV, allows stored solar energy to be used at night, when household demand typically peaks and electric vehicles are usually charged. Electric (Battery) Smart charging Solar Sustainability' Photo by Dorian Toy.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

In a 2011 study, a team from MAN Truck & Bus noted that: CO 2 can be recycled into methanol by reaction with electrolysis hydrogen. They can be generated from fossil natural gas or bio-gas or through a power-to-liquids process that uses renewable sources such as solar or wind power together with CO 2 captured from the air.

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APRIL 24, 2013

will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. Among the technologies that will be applied to the Honda Smart Home US: Solar Power System. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In a step toward synthetic solar conversion systems, the ORNL researchers have demonstrated and confirmed with small-angle neutron scattering analysis that light harvesting complex II (LHC-II) proteins can self-assemble with polymers into a synthetic membrane structure and produce hydrogen. Cardoso, Dmitriy Smolensky, William T.

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MAY 12, 2011

In this year’s KPMG energy survey, which polled 550 financial executives from global energy companies in April 2011, 32% think 2011 US crude oil prices will peak between $121 and $130 per barrel. Previously, the executives have pointed to wind and solar as the main investment choices, but this year we have seen a shift.

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MAY 8, 2012

In 2011, the company announced its first GaN on Silicon products: power transistors, diodes and modules, based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN technology. Electric power waste that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and it costs the US economy $40 billion per year.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Construction is scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2011.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. 2011.04.043.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Success in this area will allow further development of a revolutionary and powerful class of vertical GaN power electronic devices suitable for 1200V to 10kV broad range of applications (consumer electronics, power supplies, solar inverters, wind power, automotive, motor drives, ship propulsion, rail, and the grid). Background.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

As staff engineer from 2007 through 2011, he led, managed, and contributed to the design, development, and deployment of electrification technologies. Singh’s work is generally being used in non-Deere applications, such as a battery-charging system connected to distributed energy resources like solar, wind, and diesel generators.

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JULY 27, 2009

a bioengineering startup, unveiled its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Joule has also demonstrated proof of concept for producing hydrocarbon fuel and expects process demonstration by 2011.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

If other catalytic metals can be substituted for ruthenium in our synthesis, these plasmonic benefits could be applied to other chemical conversions, making them both more sustainable and less expensive. —,Rice Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) Director Naomi Halas.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

high overpotentials are needed to convert CO 2 because the first step in CO 2 conversion is the formation of a. “CO The ionic liquid electrolyte stabilizes the intermediates in the reaction so that less electricity is needed to complete the conversion. Twenty years ago, Bockris and co-workers proposed that. intermediate. Thorson, W.

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MARCH 5, 2013

This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. The Interlake Steamship Company is expected to be the first marine customer in this region, as it begins the conversion of its vessels. These conversions can reduce fuel costs and local emissions. Earlier post.) Gulf Coast.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Through the sales network, these conversions will primarily target professional customers (commercial vehicles) dependent on access to the urban centre for the continuity of their activities. New operating opportunities such as stationary storage make it possible to perpetuate the service that the battery offers.

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DECEMBER 25, 2011

The FY 2011-2012 plan focused primarily on five areas of interest: sustainable communities; behavior and technology adoption; health and air pollution exposures; air pollution science; and greenhouse gas targets. The FY 2011-2012 Plan included four projects to support the goal of attaining air quality standards.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) innovations are quickly overtaking the electric vehicle and CleanTech conversations worldwide as OEMs and grid companies alike search for solutions to common EV and energy issues. With their software product, GridShare, , Moixa focuses on the algorithms necessary to monitor and instruct vehicle-to-grid energy exchanges.

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JULY 28, 2014

We believe that inverters will become increasingly important to our economy and environment as solar PV, batteries, and similar power sources continue their rapid growth. Evaluation Of The 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive System (ORNL, 2011). USABC Electrical and Electronics Technical Team Roadmap (June 2013).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Joule Unlimited’s direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ) can produce the areal equivalent of up to 15,000 gallons of diesel per acre annually, according to a new open access paper by a Joule team published in the journal Photosynthesis Research. Source: Robertson et al.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The ARFVT Program Investment Plans from Fiscal Years 2011/2012 and. the following: fuel cells using renewable fuels; geothermal; small hydroelectric (30 megawatts or less); ocean wave; ocean thermal; tidal current; photovoltaic (PV); solar thermal; wind; biomass digester gas; municipal solid waste conversion (non-combustion thermal.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The new facility will include labs for process development, prototype manufacturing and testing as well as applied research on batteries, capacitors, solar energy materials and biofuels. The CAER project is expected to be completed in summer 2011. million to the University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)

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JANUARY 26, 2014

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. NewCO2Fuels was founded in 2011 to commercialize a technology developed by Prof. Concept of the NCF process.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Charged : When we started covering Tritium in 2011, the company was making a controller people used to build custom EVs. David Nicholl: The three founding members were racing solar cars across Australia, and also got involved in battery management systems for the submarine James Cameron took down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

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AUGUST 26, 2017

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created tandem solar cells with record efficiencies of converting sunlight into electricity under 1-sun illumination. initiative.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

They estimated the fossil energy consumed and GHG emissions released at all stages of the production cycle, including feedstock farming (algae cultivation in open raceway ponds); biomass harvesting and drying; algae oil extraction; feedstock conversion (transesterification of algae oil into biodiesel); fuel distribution; and combustion by end user.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

In 1961, William Shockley and Hans Queisser published their seminal research detailing the limit of energy conversion efficiency for solar cells. Since then, various solar technologies have come closer to meeting this maximum level, about 30% for a single-junction solar cell.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Using the nanocomposites as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells, they achieved a power conversion efficiency in the solar cells of 10.6%, up from 8%—an increase of almost one-third. This new method used to enhance solar cell performance is quite different, Belcher says. “A little biology goes a long way.”

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MARCH 5, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. The original demonstration leaf in 2011 had low efficiencies, converting less than 4.7% Earlier post.)

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