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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. from coal.

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Cornell energy center receives $12.6M in renewed funding for alkaline fuel cell work

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AUGUST 27, 2022

Cornell’s Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES) has received renewal funding of $12.6 The center, part of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) program supported by the US Department of Energy, was created in 2018 with an initial $10.75-million million grant from the DOE Office of Science.

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Optimus Technologies closes $17.8M Series A to advance Vector System for heavy-duty engines on 100% biodiesel

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APRIL 28, 2023

The round included participation from one of North America’s largest commercial fleets, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, and Pittsburgh regional investors including: Idea Foundry, Inc., Optimus Technologies recently announced a $17.8-million million Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co. out of Tokyo, Japan.

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DOE awarding $40M in FY 2018 to 4 DOE Bioenergy Research Centers; plans for 5 years of funding

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JULY 18, 2017

US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced $40 million in Department of Energy awards for the establishment of four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), which will provide the scientific breakthroughs for a new generation of sustainable, cost-effective bioproducts and bioenergy.

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

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MAY 19, 2019

NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Resources. Perry and P.

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ARPA-E announces $12M for five projects in nuclear materials science; first OPEN+ cohort

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $12 million in funding for 5 projects as part of its first OPEN+ program. This first cohort will focus on ways to enable advanced nuclear energy by overcoming challenges in high performance materials science.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

IEEE Power & Energy Society president. Lambert was the IEEE Power & Energy Society 's 2020–2021 president. He founded the IEEE Empower a Billion Lives global competition in 2018 to crowdsource ideas that could improve energy access in underserved communities. Frank Lambert. Life senior member, 69; died 27 July.

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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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APRIL 8, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 projects as part of the ARPA-E Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy ( BETHE ) program. —Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Commercial fusion technology has long been viewed as an ideal energy source. Zap Energy.

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Researchers develop high-strength nanotwinned aluminum alloy

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JANUARY 26, 2018

While these are easy to produce in metals such as copper and silver, they are difficult to introduce in aluminum because of its high “stacking fault energy.”. The formation of the 9R phase in aluminum is even more difficult because of its high stacking fault energy. Zhang (2018) “High-Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase” Adv.

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Tin-based nanoplates as promising anode materials for high-capacity Li-ion batteries

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology, with colleagues from the Beijing University of Technology and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, have synthesized tin chalcogenide (SnSe 0.5 Thus, it is extremely important to develop new anode materials for batteries with high energy density. 2018.01.051.

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XALT Energy, HED develop XBV telematics system for battery-electric powertrains

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

In a bid to streamline battery tracking options for customers with a single-source solution, battery-maker XALT Energy has developed XALT Battery Viewer (XBV) , a telematics system that is sold as a companion tool for the heavy-duty lithium-ion batteries the company provides to commercial fleet manufacturers. Advanced telematics at XALT.

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Five New Fusion Prospects, Minus the Neutrons

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Interest in fusion energy is surging today in response to the world’s desperate need for abundant clean power. At least 43 private companies are now pursuing this goal of safely fusing two atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus while releasing energy. They also produce little or no radioactive waste.

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Researchers engineer yeast to tolerate ionic liquid used in biomass pretreatment for biofuel production

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Now, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and several Department of Energy laboratories have identified two changes to a single gene in S. This research was supported by grants from the Department of Energy (DE-SC0018409, DE-FC02-07ER64494 and DE-AC02-05CH11231). Higgins, Megan K. Gasch, Steven W. 118.301161.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. Overview of RGGI.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Cornell energy center receives $12.6M in renewed funding for alkaline fuel cell work

Optimus Technologies closes $17.8M Series A to advance Vector System for heavy-duty engines on 100% biodiesel

DOE awarding $40M in FY 2018 to 4 DOE Bioenergy Research Centers; plans for 5 years of funding

NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

ARPA-E announces $12M for five projects in nuclear materials science; first OPEN+ cohort

IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

Researchers develop high-strength nanotwinned aluminum alloy

Tin-based nanoplates as promising anode materials for high-capacity Li-ion batteries

XALT Energy, HED develop XBV telematics system for battery-electric powertrains

Five New Fusion Prospects, Minus the Neutrons

Researchers engineer yeast to tolerate ionic liquid used in biomass pretreatment for biofuel production

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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