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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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Earlier studies show that poplar woodchips are a viable biofuel source, but costs still don’t pencil out, especially since trees are cut just once every 10-plus years. Additionally, other tree parts go to waste when only the trunk is used, making the process more inefficient and wasteful. Chang Dou, Devin S. Chang Dou, Wilian F.

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Canada invests $1.9M to support Nano One advanced battery production technology

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Nano One produces low-cost high-performance energy storage materials for batteries as well as a wide range of advanced nanostructured composite materials. Nano One has been granted three patents covering process, materials and batteries and is actively developing other novel technologies to bolster its portfolio of intellectual property.

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. A hydrogen fuel cell version of the van is due to be launched in 2017. Plug-in Car Grant. This will reduce tailpipe CO 2 emissions from 70 g/km to zero.

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DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

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Incremental costs associated with the technology must be shown to be absorbed by the associated fuel use reduction. EERE is seeking grant applications in the following subtopics: Cellulosic and Algal Biofuels. Grant applications that enable the following are sought: Transportation Fuel Cells. Hydrogen Storage.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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The Energy Commission approved $18,690,000 in grants for projects that will expand the state’s fueling infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Studies suggest that 68 stations are needed by 2017 to support the market. It is paid for through surcharges on vehicle and boat registrations, and smog check and license plate fees.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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Val Miftakhov got into the EV game in 2010 when he founded eMotorWerks, which created an innovative smart charging solution and was acquired by the Enel Group in 2017. million) grant from the UK government, and $21.4 You have waste heat, much less of it than a turbine because of higher efficiency, but still you need to get rid of it.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. from the Bakken shale) are developed, but increasing reliance on oil imports elsewhere heightens concerns about the cost of imports and supply security. The number of people without access to electricity remained unacceptably high at 1.3

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