2018, Low Cost and Wind

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Wind and solar grow from 7% of generation today to 48% by 2050. This will attract $13.3

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Wind Solar Emissions Batteries

BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

Energy storage installations around the world will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF’s analysis suggests that cheaper batteries can be used in more and more applications.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Global Energy

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants. The European Commission in 2018 set a target for each member country to transmit across its borders at least 15 percent of the electricity produced in its territories. The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9

Grid

Grid United States Connect Connected

Toyota Tsusho to acquire 15% stake in lithium miner Orocobre for US$232 million

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2018

Olaroz hosts a JORC/NI43-101 (mineral reserves reporting standards) compliant, high quality, low-cost and long life resource. The brine is then transferred to a series of evaporation ponds which utilize solar radiation and wind for evaporation and concentration along with a precipitation process to remove impurities.

Toyota

Toyota Argentina Lithium Ion Carbon

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

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The production of hydrogen production via water electrolysis using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) offers favorable thermodynamics and kinetics, and is considered the most efficient and low?cost cost option for hydrogen production from renewable energies. Ding (2018) “3D Self?Architectured Using a proton?conducting

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Hydrogen Idaho Water Production

Empa team develops electrohydraulically actuated cam-less valve train; up to 20% fuel savings at low load

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

Natural gas, biogas and syngas generated from wind and solar power offer increased anti-knock properties, and the valve train can react flexibly to this as well. The valve train has been running on an Empa engine test bench since October 2018 and has already survived many millions of cycles in fired engine operation flawlessly.

Fuel

Fuel Gas-Electric Exhaust Gas

Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The 124-megawatt solar plant adjacent to Korea Zinc’s Townsville refinery, completed in 2018, cut a quarter of the coal-heavy grid power it had been using to run its power-intensive electrolytic process. Ark’s first move was to access more renewable power in Australia by buying into a 923-MW wind farm that’s expected to spin up in 2024.

Australia

Australia Hydrogen Green Renewable

LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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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). The first commercially available product will be ready in Q1 of 2018. Earlier post.)

Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber Low Cost Carbon Manufacturer

Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Excellent fuel economy, nice styling, low price and an excellent warranty. Low-cost but not cheap. When the engine is winding-out at the highest rpms it can be bit noisy. The zippy linier acceleration helps the Rio get around town, but the low horsepower and torque have their upside limits. Drivetrain.

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Kia Fuel Economy MPG Economy

ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Stanford University. The Ohio State University. University of Washington.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion

BP outlook: Energy demand grows as fuel mix continues to diversify; EVs in global car parc at 15% by 2040, but electric share of VMT at 30%

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The 2018 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook considers the forces shaping the global energy transition out to 2040 and the key uncertainties surrounding that transition. This strong growth is enabled by the increasing competitiveness of wind and solar.

Global

Global Energy Coal Fuel

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

For 20 years, researchers have shown that CNT membranes offer tremendous promise for a wide variety of uses including the low-cost production of ethanol fuel, precision drug delivery, low-energy desalination of seawater, purification of pharmaceutical compounds, and high-performance catalysis for the production of fuels.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin

Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Unlike the electrode materials found in most lithium-ion batteries, Prussian blue enjoys a widespread availability and low cost that make batteries based on Prussian blue electrodes an economically attractive, environmentally friendly technology. Resources. Firouzi, R. Motallebi, C.W. Valencia, H.S. Fujimoto, L.A. Yang, and C.D.

Chevron

Chevron Sodium Energy Charging

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.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies

BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Toyota Tsusho to acquire 15% stake in lithium miner Orocobre for US$232 million

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

Empa team develops electrohydraulically actuated cam-less valve train; up to 20% fuel savings at low load

Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

BP outlook: Energy demand grows as fuel mix continues to diversify; EVs in global car parc at 15% by 2040, but electric share of VMT at 30%

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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

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