Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their colleagues have devised a novel catalytic method to produce renewable acrylonitrile (ACN) using 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which can be biologically produced from sugars. Conceptual process diagram for renewable ACN production from biomass sugars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2017

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The center is home to the largest carbon fiber spinline at any university in North America.

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Carbon Fiber Kentucky Carbon Low Cost 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Selections were made under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) annual funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2017. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. Carnegie Mellon University. University of Connecticut. Giner, Inc.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

For 2017, the targets are 1.8 The office encourages collaborative approaches with teaming across multiple entities including university, industry, and/or national labs with complimentary disciplines and expertise necessary for a holistic approach. Topic Area 2: Improved materials for fiber composites and balance of plant components.

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Carbon Fiber Hydrogen 2017 Carbon 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A team from Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, Tufts University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have now used X-ray based imaging techniques to study the inner workings of PEM fuelcell components subjected to a range of temperature and moisture conditions. Credit: Berkeley Lab). Weber, Odne S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

Of those 30 projects, Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shawn Litster has been selected to receive $2 million in funding as principal investigator of his multi-institution team’s research project, “Advanced PGM-free Cathode Engineering for Higher Power Density and Durability.”.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Low Cost Hydrogen 150

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Preventing further, more perilous levels of warming will require immediately shifting away from fossil fuels, scaling up renewable energy, and potentially even removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That idea didn’t advance, but in 2017, Keith became faculty director of Harvard’s. Solar Geoengineering Research Program.

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