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DECEMBER 1, 2013

China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Physiomics, an Oxford, UK-based systems biology company, Green Biologics Limited (GBL) and North Energy Associates Limited were recently awarded a total grant for £268,000 (US$424,000) from the Carbon Trust for a project to demonstrate an Advanced Fermentation Process for Butanol.

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MARCH 8, 2012

2011), they concluded that: Flow batteries have a few major advantages over traditional diffusion-based battery designs. For small batteries, the team notes, conventional diffusion-based architectures are superior because the cost of the circulating pump alone would be more than the cost of the traditional diffusion-based battery.

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JUNE 14, 2022

Effective immediately, the United Kingdom has announced it will no longer supply EV grants for most consumer purchases. The grant system, launched in 2011 as part of a system to kick start the EV sector in the UK, has ended for most consumers, only leaving grants available for vehicles in niche and commercial uses.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Programme 2011 COOPERATION under Grant agreement Nº 314411, addressing the objective GC-ICT-2011.6.8 The estimated total cost of the project is €4,265,317 (US$5,338,471), with funding from the EC of €2,960,000 (US$3,704,736). ICT for fully electric vehicles. eCo-FEV architecture.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

per gallon for the initial commercial-scale plants that are scheduled to be in operation in 2011. This cost is on par with gasoline and conventional ethanol at the current US market prices. Advances in enzyme technology reduce the dose by up to 50%, resulting in a use cost of as low as $0.50/gallon. Source: Novozymes.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Element Energy used a component-based cost model to estimate the current and future costs of conventional and novel powertrains based on peer-reviewed data—e.g., on batteries and fuel cell costs trends and the costs of vehicle mass reduction. Fuel cell system cost projections over time and volume.

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JUNE 28, 2011

Meanwhile, the Royal Automobile Club’s (RAC) latest Report on Motoring 2011 suggests that nearly 50% of drivers think that the price of greener vehicles is prohibitive. Our AA/Populus panel reflects the views of motorists.The cost of fuel is top of drivers’ concerns.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

With existing technologies based on liquid electrolytes, it costs about US$7 to store each farad. With the advanced energy storage membrane, the cost to store each farad falls to US$0.62. This translates to an energy cost of 10-20 Wh per US dollar for the membrane, as compared to just 2.5 —Xian Ning Xie.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In March of this year AeroVironment received a $820,000 contract from the Hawaii EV Ready Grants Program. The deadline for EV readiness is midnight, 31 December 2011. The new chargers are part of Hawaii’s growing charging infrastructure currently being deployed to support electric vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

As we wait for Congress to fully return from their recess and vote on various legislation, I continue to be extremely concerned about how as much as $10 billion in federal government grants will be be spent on EV charging infrastructure. To install 4-180 kW chargers can easily cost roughly $500,000-$800,000 depending on the hardware chosen.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the ample supplies of natural gas in the area, Shell said it decided that GTL is not a viable option for it in North America at this time, due to the likely development cost of such a project, uncertainties on long-term oil and gas prices and differentials, and Shell’s strict capital discipline.

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JULY 28, 2010

UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed today that motorists will receive up to £5,000 (US$7,800) towards purchase of an ultra-low carbon car from January 2011. The consumer grant will reduce the up-front cost of eligible vehicles by 25%, capped at £5,000.

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DECEMBER 21, 2024

billion grant from the US Department of Agriculture meant to help clean energy while saving rural jobs. The grant will go to San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc (SMECI) headquartered in Atascosa County, Texas, south of San Antonio, and serving 340,000 customers 47 South Texas counties. SMECIs grant will reduce climate pollution by 1.8

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AUGUST 5, 2011

A recent discussion paper published by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, concludes that significant penetration of electric cars into the US marketplace will only occur if the vehicles are competitive with conventional vehicles, not only on a cost basis, but also on an attribute basis.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

The project involves the construction of a demonstration facility at a total cost of approximately C$17.0 million), to be funded approximately 67% by the partners and 33% by the SDTC grant. Operation of the facility is expected to commence December 2010 with process validation complete by December 2011. million (US$16.4

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In October 2013, Panasonic and Tesla had already expanded their 2011 supply agreement so that Panasonic will supply nearly 2 billion automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla through 31 December 2017 at long-term preferential prices. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 14, 2011

Joe Project is expected to begin in August 2011, with the facility anticipated to be in service in 2013. Joe Project is estimated to have a total project cost of approximately $225 million, based on the feasibility engineering. The Port St. The Port St. This deadline is absent from the Section 1703 program. The Port St.

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JUNE 1, 2015

David Wetz, associate professor of electrical engineering, is principal investigator for an $801,224 Office of Naval Research grant that investigates how batteries age when they’re run at high rates. A $320,000 ONR grant to understand the challenges faced when implementing a 1000 volts-direct-current lithium-ion battery.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Preliminary estimates indicate that one such sphere could be built and deployed at a cost of about $12 million, Hodder says, with costs gradually coming down with experience. This could yield an estimated storage cost of about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour—a level considered viable by the utility industry. Slocum, A.H.;

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Notably, the Department had not suspended payments under Ecotality’s 2011, $26 million award to test EVs. Even though certain mitigating actions had been initiated, we found that the Department had not formally reviewed and documented its determination that suspension was not appropriate for the 2011 award. —OIG special report.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. —WEO 2011. —WEO 2011. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

The Africa/Middle East countries will see very little uptake due to the high cost of electric buses and infrastructure, the report finds. Annual sales of hybrid buses in China surpassed that of North America in 2011, reaching almost 1,700 units. grants to offset the price premium. would purchase 500 battery electric buses.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015. While several high profile vehicle market introductions such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf have been initiated, questions remain regarding the potential to reach the 2015 goal. Fisker Karma EREV. Fisker Nina EREV. Ford Focus EV.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Plug-in Car Grant. The Government also set out the eligibility criteria for its Plug-in Car Grant. Under the scheme motorists will receive a grant of up to £5,000 (US$7,800) to purchase electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuelled cars. The level of the Plug-In-Car Grant has been agreed until 31 March 2012.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Commission’s funding is the cost-share for the company’s $6.2 The total cost of the project is $12.4 Seeo is targeting the production of a total of 1,000 cells with optimized power and energy by December 2011, with final pack design by June 2012. These grants are capped at $95,000. Seeo is contributing $5.6

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The three-year project has a projected cost of €4.94 The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

The importance and high cost of PGMs motivate numerous efforts directed at more effective usage or at the development of less-expensive alloy substitutes. The research is part of the Materials Genome Initiative launched by President Barack Obama in 2011. This research was supported by the DOD-ONR (Grants No. —Hart et al.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The biggest roadblock to advanced cellulosic biofuels is reducing the cost of production. One approach to reducing the costs of advanced biofuel production from cellulosic biomass is to engineer a single microorganism to both digest plant biomass and produce hydrocarbons that have the properties of petrochemical fuels. Holmes, Eric J.

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MARCH 28, 2013

He was elected in 2011 to the National Academy of Engineering. Primus Green Energy estimates that the cost of production for its fuels will be competitive with petroleum-based fuels when crude oil is trading at $65 per barrel (oil is currently trading at approximately $95 per barrel). —Prof. Department of Agriculture.

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JUNE 3, 2010

A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A Fully funded, the ChargePoint America program would cost $37 million, with some of the shortfall for the actual station installations being addressed, the organizers hope, through state and local grants.&#. A $2,000 value!).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

A 10% credit, up to a maximum of $4,000, for the cost of converting any motor vehicle into a qualified PHEV. Plug-in conversions made after 31 December 2011 are not eligible. 20 million for geologic sequestration training and research grants. billion for supplemental discretionary grants instead of $5.5

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JANUARY 1, 2011

From today (January 1, 2011), UK electric car buyers can benefit from a grant worth up to £5,000 towards the cost of their purchase. The New Year is set for an electrifying start as the Government’s ‘Plug-in Car Grant’ scheme goes live, which awards motorists with a grant worth 25 per cent of the cost [.].

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APRIL 21, 2016

Commissioned in 2011, the HDGL allowed for efficient modifications to produce these Next-Generation Advanced High Strength Steels. The modifications enabled AK Steel to install the new technology to produce coated and cold-rolled products at a fraction of the cost of a new production line.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To answer this question, we gathered data on (i) the quantity and location of emissions released from tailpipes and from upstream processes to produce and operate vehicles, (ii) the externality costs of damages caused by the release of these emissions, and (iii) estimates of externalities and other costs to the US associated with oil consumption.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Yesterday the UK Government announced immediate changes to the Plug-In car Grant, reducing the value to £2,500 and the number of models eligible. The value of the grant has been reduced by £500 to £2,500 and is only available on cars under £35,000. Since 2011, the government has provided close to £1.3 What’s changed?

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Key terms of the agreement are: AFC Energy has granted to Linc Energy worldwide exclusive rights to utilise and operate AFC Energy Fuel Cells in conjunction with any UCG application for a period of 24 months (with an option to extend this agreement to 3 years if required). Once the 3.5

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