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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report shows that more than 60,000 fuel cells, totaling roughly 300 megawatts (MW), shipped worldwide in 2015. 2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale. Source: “2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report” Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. Manufacturing Sustainability Water' Silverson, S.,

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Gates is joined in the round by Total, the global energy major which, after an initial investment in 2015, has expanded its investment and has additionally signed a licensing agreement with Renmatix for 1M tons of annual cellulosic sugar production capacity, at Total’s discretion to build corresponding facilities.

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JULY 10, 2019

OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind.

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JULY 15, 2016

Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and low-cost carrier Mango celebrated Africa’s first passenger flights with sustainable aviation biofuel. RSB certification provides a model for expansion of Project Solaris to larger scale production. All agronomic inputs needed, such as, fertilizer, water, crop protection etc.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Immediately preceding the Chapter 11 filing, the company retrenched to a core R&D team by terminating approximately 80% of its personnel (several of whom have also entered into consulting agreements with the company to assist it in the sale of its assets), paused all factory operations, and stopped the marketing and selling of its products.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The plant will convert abundant low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into high-value specialty products (solvents, lubricants and waxes), as well as transportation fuels. Mechanical completion of the plant is expected in late 2015, with start-up in early 2016. Fuels Gas-to-Liquids (GTL)'

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The company is currently conducting verification tests for transporting large-quantity, low-cost hydrogen to Japan produced from Australian lignite. Yamaha Motor is developing hydrogen engine technology for possible use in its two-wheeled vehicles, ROV (four-wheeled recreational off-highway vehicle) series, and other products.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Currently, renewable hydrogen may be produced from water by electrolysis with either low efficiency alkaline electrolyzers that suffer 50–65% losses, or by more efficient acidic electrolyzers using expensive rare platinum group metal catalysts (Pt). Catalysts Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production' Click to enlarge. Resources.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

HEHC is an improved thermodynamic cycle optimized for fuel efficiency that combines features of four existing cycles: high compression ratio (Diesel); constant volume (isochoric) combustion (Otto); over-expansion to atmospheric pressure (Atkinson); and internal cooling with air or water (Rankine). —Shkolnik et al. Shkolnik, A.,

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

million tons of carbon, which is half of the annual global production of graphite. 2015) “Waste Tire Derived Carbon–Polymer Composite Paper as Pseudocapacitive Electrode with Long Cycle Life.” Each tire can produce carbon with a yield of about 50 percent with the ORNL process. Yury Gogotsi. Paranthaman, M. Naskar, A. and Gogotsi, Y.

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MAY 26, 2015

However, following the delivery of the first renewable isooctane, Reiner Mangold, Audi’s head of sustainable product development, said that Audi was “ now looking forward to working together with Global Bioenergies on a technology allowing the production of renewable isooctane not derived from biomass sources ”—i.e.,

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JUNE 15, 2015

clean H 2 produced from the water-splitting reaction is a very attractive energy storage carrier due to its exceptional mass energy density (142 MJ kg −1 ), which is at least three times higher than that of other chemical fuels. under visible light illumination (420–600 nm) without any other energy input. Credit: ACS, Li et al. 5b03505.

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MARCH 17, 2015

It is widely believed that room temperature electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen offers a significant promise for supplying CO 2 -free hydrogen, which can be used directly as a fuel or as reactant to convert CO 2 and to upgrade petroleum and biomass feedstocks to value-added chemicals and fuels through hydrotreating processes.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Intelligence in EV charging stations means homeowners can reduce the cost of charging up to 60 percent by automatically charging during low energy rate periods, where such programs are available. —Barry Powell, head of Siemens Low Voltage & Products.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

The OPEC published its World Oil Outlook 2015 (WOO) in late December, which struck a much more pessimistic note on the state of oil markets than in the past. While oil markets experience oversupply in the short- to medium-term, massive investments in exploration and production are still needed to meet demand over the long-term.

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MAY 21, 2012

billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. As part of the transaction, GreatPoint Energy has raised equity investment and secured project funding of $1.25

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APRIL 2, 2010

The focus of the effort is on hydrogen separations technology, including advanced separation membranes (inorganic, metallic and both materials), that provide high purity hydrogen and/or offer a combination of hydrogen separation with low-cost removal of CO 2 and other trace impurities from hydrogen-CO 2 mixtures.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Until recently, CNTs had not been produced at low energies, nor had they been produced in high yield from CO 2. In 2015 we introduced the efficient transformation splitting of CO 2 by electrolysis in molten carbonates to form carbon nanotubes and nanofibers at high yield. —Ren et al. C2CNT and cement.

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JULY 23, 2015

However, one challenge ia finding a suitable low-cost strategy to employ an appropriate nano-structured silicon material that would compensate for the large volume expansion upon lithium insertion. Reeds, as the typical members of the Poaceae family, grow in along rivers, or in shallow water near ponds. —Liu et al.

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JUNE 1, 2015

While some specially designed 3D porous graphene networks show good pore connectivity and conductivity, large-scale and low-cost fabrication of such graphene networks remains a challenge. The process begins with conducting hydrogel, a water-based polymer with a spongy texture similar to soft contact lenses. —To et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Aluminium should be an attractive anode material for rechargeable Li-ion batteries for many reasons, such as low cost (~$2,000 ton −1 ), high theoretical capacity (2,235 mAh g −1 if Li 9 Al 4 , low potential plateau (~0.19–0.45 V V against Li + /Li 3 ), high electrical conductivity and so on.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Harvesting Infrared Light to Improve Photosynthetic Biomass Production - $1,347,122.

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JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.”

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APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). First, generated water is recycled from the air outlet through back diffusion to humidify the H 2 inlet. Konno et al.

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MARCH 10, 2018

Water flow through the membranes was 1000 times higher than predicted by Hagen-Poiseuille flow, in agreement with previous CNT membrane studies. The difficulty and high cost of making CNT membranes has confined them to university laboratories and has been frequently cited as the limiting factor in their widespread use. Mattershift.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

The high price of platinum—the predominant electrocatalyst in fuel cells—is a major cost barrier for large-scale implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The new electrode design also optimizes the flow of protons and electrons within the fuel cell and the removal of water. —Shui et al.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

Unlike the majority of conventional fluorocarbon membrane materials which are expensive and require significant chemical plant to fabricate, ITM’s materials are low-cost hydrocarbons made by mixing together liquid chemicals to a particular recipe. cm 2 ) or air (>2.1W/cm Manufacturing routes. Industry performance targets.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I’m reminded of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, because many of the humanoid platforms looked similar to the way Tesla Bot looks. Tesla showed videos of the robot watering plants, carrying a box, and picking up a metal bar at a factory. The watering can was somewhat impressive, because gripping that narrow handle looks tricky.

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JULY 17, 2015

Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel. We must act quickly as the planet is warming due to CO 2 production from burning fossil fuels. In addition, we need no more biofuel than what is currently in production now.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

liter T-GDI engine, which was developed at Hyundai’s European Technical Centre in Rüsselsheim, Germany, is able to produce up to 120 PS (118 hp, 88 kW) and 172 N·m (127 lb-ft) of torque and will enhance the New Generation i20 engine line-up in 2015. liter T-GDI engine. liter T-GDI unit. 48-volt hybrid version of the i40. Based on a 1.7-liter

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JUNE 23, 2015

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new low-voltage, single-catalyst water splitter that continuously generates hydrogen and oxygen. In the reported study, the new catalyst achieved 10 mA cm −2 water-splitting current at only 1.51 V V to reach 10 mA cm −2 current (for integrated solar water splitting).

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APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Li though have many different types, weigh less and more power.

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APRIL 10, 2010

population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and one-third of all U.S. In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Pricing GHGs will increase the prices consumers pay for greenhouse-gas-intensive products.

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