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Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

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After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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BP selects Tesla batteries for pilot storage project at US wind farm

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The battery storage project is expected to launch at the site during the second half of 2018. The project also supports BP’s broader strategy to invest half a billion dollars annually into low-carbon technologies, including projects within its established renewables portfolio as well as in new low-carbon businesses.

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INL team develops new electrode for efficient steam electrolysis at reduced temperatures

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cost option for hydrogen production from renewable energies. Now, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a self?architectured Ding (2018) “3D Self?Architectured Using a proton?conducting conducting electrolyte (H?SOECs) architectured ultraporous (SAUP) 3D steam electrode for efficient proton? —Wu et al.

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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

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Farrell served as Co-Optima project leader from its early planning stages and 2015 launch through December 2018. —NREL Vehicle Technologies Program Manager John Farrell. Fellow leadership team member Robert Wagner of Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently assumed management responsibilities for the project.

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DOE researchers develop energy-efficient, cost-effective process to extract rare earth elements from scrapped magnets

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John Klaehn and Eric Peterson of DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory collaborated in an early phase of the research focused on chemistry, and Ananth Iyer, a professor at Purdue University, later assessed the technical and economic feasibility of scale-up. That’s a huge missed opportunity considering 2.2

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Study of 7 years of production data supports billion-ton biofuels feedstock estimate

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The project involved researchers from the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture, 35 land-grant universities, Heidelberg University and several industry partners, as well as Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory. Earlier post.). Schnell, R., Staggenborg, S. Viands, D. Williams, D.,

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Idaho National Laboratory low-energy electrochemical process could eliminate need for steam cracking of hydrocarbons

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A team of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers, with colleagues at Georgia Tech, has pioneered an electrochemical process that could eliminate the need for high-energy steam cracking. Comparison of process energies and carbon footprint in NDP and steam cracking. (a) The INL project will receive $1.25

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