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Southern California Gas Co. The technology commercialization team includes SoCalGas, C4, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and West Virginia University (WVU). billion in 2016 and is expected to increase to $8.7 The global CNT market was estimated at approximately $3.5

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Launched in 2016, CESMII focuses on bringing innovative smart manufacturing solutions to the marketplace to increase energy productivity, economic performance, and workforce capacity. The selected organizations (and project descriptions) from this first call selection are: University of Connecticut. Penn State University.

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APRIL 22, 2016

The California Energy Commission will host a workshop Monday, 25 April, in which executives from four companies including ChargePoint and Green Charge Networks, two non-profits, one municipal utility district and one state agency will discuss the successes and challenges of developing electric vehicle charging technology in California.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

CSULA) Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility has become the first hydrogen station in California to be certified to sell fuel to the public by the kilogram measure. This is a milestone in the commercialization of hydrogen in preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles that will be powered by hydrogen. The Cal State L.A.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. University of Utah, “Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification with Syngas Fermentation for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels” $2,000,000.

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Now, in a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production from both port fuel injection (PFI) and gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles has been substantially reduced through the tightening of NMOG emissions.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the major issues hobbling the commercialization of high energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries is the “polysulfide shuttle”—the shuttling of polysulfide ions between the cathode and anode. The study was funded by the University of Southern California and the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2017

As a part of the first cycle of investment, Volkswagen’s “Electrify America” program is earmarked to spend $300 million, with the most focus on the installation of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at multi-family residences, workplaces, highway rest-stops, commercial and retail sites, and municipal lots and garages.

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MAY 16, 2017

announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has won a $6-million first contract to supply biodiesel to the India government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) in a public tender process. Aemetis, Inc. The OMC’s provide about 70% of the fuel consumed in India, and the diesel fuel market is growing at a rate of more than 5% per year.

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The University of California, Davis, and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) have entered a new agreement to work together to help speed the commercialization of plug-in and fuel cell electric cars in China. —Daniel Sperling, director of ITS-Davis. China Fuel Cells Plug-ins Policy'

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They hope their findings will guide the development of advanced processes to lower costs and improve the efficiency of commercial biofuel production. The researchers note that the study was designed to provide indications of intrinsic capability and performance under industrial conditions. Hammer, Erica Gjersing, Mark F. Davis, Brian H.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). residential, commercial, office). For commercial, standalone chargers, the rates can be higher. kWh to $0.46/kWh

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

A team at the University of California, Irvine has discovered that the iron protein (the reductase component) of the natural enzyme nitrogenase can, independent of its natural catalytic partner, convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO)—a syngas used to produce useful biofuels and other chemical products. —Rebelein et al.

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times greater than those of the commercial Pt/C catalyst. They are also extremely active and stable for anodic oxidation reactions, largely outperforming those based on the PtPb NPs and the commercial Pt/C in both methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR).

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MAY 12, 2017

Usibor is our key product in hot stamping and has been a major commercial and technical success in the global automotive industry. There have been numerous scientific LCA studies done in the last decade, including a 2016 Production Phase Emissions study. Additionally, aluminum requires seven times more energy to produce than steel.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS). The UCR Office of Technology Commercialization has filed patents for the inventions.

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

China is in the middle of a big buildup of its nuclear-weapon arsenal,” says Frank von Hippel , a physicist and nuclear-policy expert at Princeton University. “My Japan also developed a fast breeder power reactor, one that proved to be a costly mistake, prompting a decision in 2016 to decommission it. The China National Nuclear Corp.

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“AI can be manipulated by a programmer to achieve objectives contrary to moral, ethical, and political standards of a healthy society,” says IEEE Fellow Duncan Steel , a professor of electrical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Michigan , in Ann Arbor. “I

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

We are eager to transition our successful technology advancements under the MOVE program into a commercial product and anticipate working closely with ANGP in 2016 and beyond as it builds the market for ANG vehicles. David Parekh, corporate vice president, Research, and director, UTRC.

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APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. Frank (2016) Using the Fleet of Long Range Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. About the authors.

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JULY 21, 2016

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. California Air Resources Board. Southern California Edison. State of California. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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APRIL 20, 2016

LACMTA under Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). LACMTA will also partner with the Southern California Regional Transit Training Consortium to include workforce development in support of zero-emission technology. Foothill Transit under Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). Project sponsor.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Among 2016 INCITE award recipients: Martin Berzins of the University of Utah received 351 million core hours to study ultra super critical coal boilers, leading to improved efficiency and new designs for safer next-generation coal boilers.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have demonstrated that a new, data-driven, reinforcement-learning-based, real-time energy management system (EMS) can improve the efficiency of current plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by almost 12% compared to the standard, binary mode control strategy.

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A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has developed an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst for water-splitting that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. Zhou et al.

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” Oasense’s team has been granted several patents related to their device, the first filed by Schneider in 2016.

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MARCH 27, 2015

Staffs of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and California Air Resources Board (ARB) are working on the next phase of greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, referred to as Phase 2. The truck chassis was redesigned as well.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Bush set a goal of commercializing cellulosic ethanol production by 2012; and President Obama set a goal of one million electric vehicles by 2015. We thus reason that governments can take steps to improve their role in AFV development and commercialization, including the manner in which they contribute to hype. —Melton et al.

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RoMeLa ] The New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell celebrates 10 years of breaking robots! This past weekend, the Zoox robotaxi drove for the first time on open public roads in Foster City, California. UMass Lowell ] Thanks, Holly! Zoox ] Thanks, Whitney!

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In addition to seeking more heavy-duty applications for the RunWise hybrid system—such as transit—McGrew said that the company is working on a new generation of the product that should launch in 2016 for Class 4-6 delivery trucks—e.g., Especially in states like California, that’s a big deal. FedEx, UPS, etc.

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The biomass-degrading enzymes from the anaerobic gut fungi are competitive with optimized commercial enzyme preparations from Aspergillus and Trichoderma. O'Malley’s team also included scientists from PNNL, DOE JGI, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Harper Adams University. Solomon, Charles H. Haitjema, John K.

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JUNE 27, 2022

It’s been 25 years since University of Delaware energy and environmental expert Willett Kempton and Green Mountain College energy economist Steve Letendre outlined what they saw as a “dawning interaction between electric-drive vehicles and the electric supply system.” We Drive Solar from his Utrecht home in 2016.

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MARCH 25, 2016

University of California, San Diego National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research; James F. Craig Venter (2016) “Design And Synthesis Of A Minimal Bacterial Genome” Science doi: 10.1126/science.aad6253. Gibson, Vice President, DNA Technologies, SGI; Associate Professor, JCVI. Other authors on the paper are: Thomas J.

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JULY 11, 2018

EVgo, America’s largest public fast-charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), has launched a commercial installation of second-life battery storage at a public DC fast charging station. EVgo conducted a successful test case at the UCSD microgrid prior to launching the second-life battery system in Union City.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

During a series of tests at the University of Southern California and Second Sight in 2016 and 2017, Byland was told about “virtual electrodes,” that is, software upgrades that would boost his system fourfold to around 250 pixels, as well as a new video processing unit. Other Argus II patients.

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FCEB durability has reached 23,000 hours, surpassing FCTO’s 2016 target of 18,000 hours, and range has reached up to 340 miles (547 km), more than 13% above the 2016 target of 300 miles (483 km). the American Fuel Cell Bus Project at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). The average hours accumulated is 12,302.

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The study, by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Georgia, Aerodyne Research, California Air Resources Board (ARB), Ohio State University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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