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SoCalGas, partners developing technology to make carbon fiber during hydrogen production from methane; reducing the cost of H2 and cutting GHG

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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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Joint CEC, CARB annual report details progress in build-out of hydrogen refueling infrastructure

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The California Energy Commission and California Air Resources Board released the annual Joint Agency Staff Report on Assembly Bill 8: 2016 Assessment of Time and Cost Needed to Attain 100 Hydrogen Refueling Stations in California. Source: CEC, CARB 2016 Joint Staff Report. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota???s Carter: we???re on the cusp of the automotive hydrogen age

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Carter said that a prime example of the R&D focus is the hydrogen fuel cell sedan to be launched to the public in California next summer ( earlier post ) and, he suggested, thereafter to the East Coast. Carter noted that Toyota has reduced the cost of the fuel cell powertrain by 95% , and is confident it can reduce the cost further.

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Pasha, Port of LA and California ARB partner on $26.6M Green Omni Terminal demo project; emerging zero and near-zero emission tech

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million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The total cost of the project is $26.6 Data collection and analysis to track energy efficiency improvements and cost savings will take place over the subsequent two years. million project is funded in part by a $14.5-million

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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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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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DOE BETO awards $10M to 7 advanced biofuels projects

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Metabolix in collaboration with North Carolina State University. The Ohio State University in collaboration with the University of Alabama and Green Biologics. The University of California, Riverside in collaboration with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and CogniTek. BETO awards. Organizations.

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Toyota opens CES with strong affirmation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; “staggering” rate of cost reduction; FCV on sale in US in 2015

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In those 11 years—and more than a million miles—it has significantly reduced the cost of building a fuel cell powertrain. Toyota estimates a 95% cost reduction in the powertrain and fuel tanks of the vehicle it will launch in 2015, compared to what it cost to build the original prototype in 2002. —Bob Carter.

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