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APRIL 2, 2016

However, wide scale adoption of β-titanium alloys in transportation applications has been limited due to its high cost. The cost of β-titanium alloys can be lowered by replacing the expensive β stabilizers such as Mo, Cr and V (in full or in part) by low cost Fe such as the case in Ti–1Al–8V–5Fe (Ti-185) alloy introduced in 1960s.

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APRIL 4, 2016

Even if a refueling station is relatively complex, it is just another piece of equipment that has to have a small footprint, high uptime, and low cost of ownership. H2 Logic will start to relocate to the new facility in the second half of 2016, and will complete the rebuild and relocation during 2017.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $30 million in available funding ( DE-FOA-0001647 ), subject to appropriations, for research and development of low-cost hydrogen production, onboard hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to advance the widespread commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Ce-Al does not require additional thermal processing during the casting process and takes advantage of abundant, low-cost cerium, said ORNL scientist Orlando Rios. The cost of heat treatment and the additional machining required due to thermal distortion can make up some 50-60% of the cost of casting traditional alloys.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Eos Energy Storage announced the commercial availability of its MW-scale Aurora system for deliveries starting in 2016. The Aurora product employs Eos’s patented Znyth battery technology that uses a safe aqueous electrolyte and a novel zinc-hybrid cathode to enable extremely low-cost electricity storage and long life.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

The greatest challenge is the same as that which is plaguing the adoption of fuel cells in the automotive market—the buildout of low-cost green hydrogen infrastructure. Tier 1 cities in China were the first to adopt electric buses, driving rapid growth between 2012-2016, but now many of these markets are saturated.

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APRIL 18, 2018

The cost of producing, delivering, and dispensing hydrogen in early markets for light duty vehicles during recent commercial station deployments was estimated to be $13-$16/gallon gasoline equivalent (gge). 2c) Breakthrough Infrastructure R&D: materials and component R&D to reduce cost and station footprint.

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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Technical areas of interest include: Innovative Concepts: This topic area will support the research and development of SOFC technology that has the potential to significantly undercut current DOE cost targets in a SOFC system. Cathode air humidity should be at reasonable levels consistent with that expected in commercial deployment.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Over the past three years, engineers from Honda and GM have been working as one team with each company providing know-how from its unique expertise to create a compact and low-cost next-gen fuel cell system. —Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain“.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2016, DOE national laboratories identified the potential of hydrogen to decarbonize deeply a multitude of sectors in a proposal termed “H2@Scale”. For domestic institutions of higher education, domestic nonprofit entities, or US State, local, or tribal government entities, the cost-share requirement is 10%.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

The first trials on the demo plant in Leuna were successfully completed, within schedule, in the fall of 2016 and Global Bioenergies announced first production of green isobutene via fermentation. Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., The first two parameters (cost and life), in combination, represent the economic cost of an energy-storage system capable of providing the hybridization function over the vehicle’s life. —“The 2014 xEV Industry Insider Report”. Source: AAB.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

However, Hurst adds that the primary challenge facing the hybrid truck market remains the cost of the system. While the typical operating cost of a diesel vehicle is significantly higher than that of other drivetrains ($0.72/mile mile for diesel versus $0.60/mile mile for hybrid and $0.22/mile mile for diesel versus $0.60/mile

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

However, no specific model has existed to examine the costs of manufacturing these cylindrical cells. To date, manufacturing process research and cost models have focused exclusively on prismatic cells, and there is no specific model to address the costs of manufacturing cylindrical cells. —Rebecca Ciez. 2016.11.054.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Their hybrid approach combines the highly efficient light harvesting of inorganic semiconductors with the high specificity, low cost, and self-replication and -repair of biocatalysts. thermoacetica–CdS system directs ~90% of photosynthetic products toward acetic acid, reducing the cost of diversifying to other chemical products.

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MAY 9, 2016

The devices can be fabricated with as few as three parts (anode, cathode, and cell body), reflecting their simplicity and potential for low-cost manufacture.The researchers used 3D printing to fabricate prototype electrolyzers that they demonstrated to be electrolyte agnostic, modular, and capable of operating with minimal product crossover.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

So far, many materials have been suggested until now, however, titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) is still one of attractive photoelectrodes due to its strong optical absorption, high chemical stability, environmental benignity, and low cost. Heon Lee (Korean University). 2016.01.004.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. DOE plans to issue the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on 30 November 2015.

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Thus, one problem facing the production of advanced biofuels via large-scale fermentation of complex low-cost feedstocks (e.g., In theory you could operate a fermentation plant with much less expensive equipment and lower associated operating costs. —Jeff Lievense. Joe Shaw, Felix H. Brevnova, Emily Greenhagen, W.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

More to the point, the cost of electric vehicles will only decline in real dollar terms over time, and adoption should continue to rise in a non-linear fashion. The industry cut upstream investment by $250 billion in 2015, and another $70 billion could be cut in 2016. That presents a significant threat to long-term oil sales.

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JUNE 3, 2016

The commercialization path in part will depend on the cost of cerium. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg, Turchi (2016) “Cerium-Based, Intermetallic-Strengthened Aluminum Casting Alloy: High-Volume Co-product Development” JOM doi: 10.1007/s11837-016-1943-9. Image credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL. Click to enlarge. McCall, M.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

will twin the southern section of its Athabasca Pipeline from the Kirby Lake, Alberta terminal to the Hardisty, Alberta crude oil hub at an estimated cost of approximately C$1.2 The twin line will initially add approximately 450,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity between these points, with low cost expansion potential to 800,000 bpd.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

While the MOF material has advantages in the simplicity and potentially low cost of manufacturing, the materials used to make it are more expensive than conventional carbon-based materials, Dincă said. We have a new material to work with, and we haven’t optimized it at all. It’s completely tunable, and that’s what’s exciting.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Direct air capture of carbon dioxide is a key technology that not only reduces the cost of algae biofuel production, but greatly increases the volume of algae biofuel that can be produced by enabling algae farms to be located anywhere. Project partners include Petron Scientech, Byogy Renewables, Birla Carbon, and Clark Atlanta University.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. The committee supports consistent R&D to advance technology development and to reduce the costs of alternative fuels and vehicles. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge. —Douglas M.

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APRIL 5, 2011

mpg by 2016. The market would focus, consolidate and find some very innovative ways to produce low-cost clean energy. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 In contrast, imagine the public outcry if the cost of gasoline varied from $3.00 cents/ kWh in Hawaii to 5.61

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Excellent fuel economy, nice styling, low price and an excellent warranty. Low-cost but not cheap. First Drive: 2016 Nissan Sentra. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Drivetrain. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter

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JULY 21, 2016

On another front, DOE will partner with industry, the National Laboratories, and other stakeholders to develop a study that will examine the vehicle, battery, infrastructure, and economic implications of direct current (DC) fast charging of up to 350 kW, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Stanford University scientists have identified a new solid-state Li-ion electrolyte predicted to exhibit simultaneously fast ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability, low cost, and low mass density. S system also has a low elemental cost of approximately 0.05 V and possibly as high as 3 V or greater.

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DECEMBER 20, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will issue , on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), a FY 2016 Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement, with an estimated $56 million of total program funding, in the January 2016 timeframe.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

for 2016, followed by the Model X. The Leaf has increased its range, looks and functionality since its introduction and remains a key affordable EV choice while used Leafs offer a low-cost EV alternative. News: Mercedes EQC Introduced ; First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz B250e ; Smart Fortwo ED; 8. had Tesla badges on them.

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JULY 24, 2020

OptiFuel has already developed and tested a high volume CNG/RNG refueling system at the Indiana Harbor Belt CNG locomotive program, utilizing low-cost CNG. The OptiFuel design will allow the railroads to repower existing Tier 3 and Tier 4 line-haul locomotives at half the cost of fully replacing older Pre-Tier 0 to Tier 2 locomotives.

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MARCH 19, 2013

M-KERS can recover up to 70% of braking energy for around a third the cost of battery electric hybrids, the company says. CFT KERS scales down very well so could open-up a new market for small, low-cost automotive hybrids. —John Hilton, Flybrid co-founder.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Three factors—technology, regulatory mandates, and consumer cost of ownership—will shape the changeover, which BCG expects to play out over three phases and about a dozen years: Phase 1. The low cost of gasoline in the US will yield similar results.

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The mechanical complexity and high cost of most lidar sensors—which not long ago would have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of each vehicle—no doubt helped shaped Musk’s views. We and others at our company, Analog Photonics , which spun out of MIT in 2016, hope to break this impasse.

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AUGUST 26, 2017

announced in January 2016. But as manufacturing ramps up and the efficiencies of these types of cells climbs to 35%, the researchers predict the cost per watt could fall to 66 cents for a GaInP-based cell and to 85 cents for the GaAs-based cell. An efficiency of 32.5% —just 2% below the overall triple-junction record.

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