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The plant will produce cleaner gasoline from low-cost natural gas, captured bio-methane from farms and landfills, and mitigated flared gas from the Permian basin. The Penwell facility will be the first gasoline manufacturer in the world to incorporate carbon capture and sequestration.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The 10 teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5-million,

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Researchers at the University of Delaware, with a colleague at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, have developed a composite catalyst—nickel nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes—that exhibits hydrogen oxidation activity in alkaline electrolyte similar to platinum-group metals. —Zhuang et al.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. This magnified image shows aluminum deposited on carbon fibers in a battery electrode. A paper on the work is published in Nature Energy.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent ( DE-FOA-0002919 ) for potential funding to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of affordable clean-hydrogen technologies.

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JUNE 23, 2014

The reverse reaction may have a similarly transformative potential, where the decomposition of ammonia into nitrogen and hydrogen enables the provision of hydrogen for a low-carbon energy economy. The material costs, however, are very significantly less, the team observed. —David et al.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers. million EVs would reduce carbon emissions by nearly 5 million tons annually by 2030, or about three tons of carbon reduction per vehicle. Powering 1.5

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have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, with colleagues at the Université de Toulouse, France, have developed a process for the direct production of levulinates from cheap residual lignocellulosic biomass using an affordable homogeneous catalyst. A paper on their work is published in Fuel.

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APRIL 1, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) recently awarded $2.4 million in funding for three projects to advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies toward increased duration, reliability and affordability.

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MAY 18, 2021

When used as an alternative to fossil fuels, green hydrogen can enable deep decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors, enable the repurposing of valuable existing infrastructure and support an affordable, responsible energy transition. —Martin Adams, General Manager and Chief Engineer at LADWP. —cott Drury, SoCalGas CEO.

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million) in grants to 16 collaborative research and development projects that focus on achieving significant cuts in CO 2 emissions for vehicle-centric technologies in low carbon vehicles. Affordable COMPosites for Lightweight Car structurEs (ACOMPLICE). Low Cost, Scalable Low Rare Earth Electric Motor.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

and Renmatix, the leader in affordable cellulosic sugars, announced a joint development agreement to evaluate the commercial feasibility of creating renewable jet fuel by integrating Renmatix’s Plantrose Process ( earlier post ) with Gevo’s GIFT technology and alcohol to jet process ( earlier post ).

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MARCH 26, 2019

Through this partnership, both companies are furthering the vision to someday connect communities with clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel. Harbour Air first demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first fully carbon-neutral airline in North America in 2007, through the purchase of carbon offsets.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Gigastack, funded by the BEIS Hydrogen Supply Competition, will demonstrate the delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen through gigawatt-scale polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis, manufactured in the UK.

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MARCH 1, 2012

The LC Super Hybrid, conceived by Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) and the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) to show that significant CO 2 reduction can be achieved through electric hybridization at low voltages (12-48 volts) using the latest lead-carbon batteries, will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show.

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The partnership aims to further reduce the carbon footprint of EVs by recycling key battery materials. As one of the first legacy automakers to commit to an all-electric future, Volvo is already making massive strides to reduce its carbon footprint. Volvo and battery giant CATL are teaming up to turn old EV batteries into new ones.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition. Blast furnace production would fall to 18% of capacity in this scenario.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

The keys to continued advancement of H2@Scale are scaling up affordable hydrogen production and developing new uses for hydrogen, to grow the overall market size and develop technology that integrates hydrogen into the energy system. Advanced Carbon Fiber for Compressed Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage Tanks.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The plants are designed to be low-cost, highly efficient facilities optimized to generate an attractive project rate of return. Each Oasis modular facility comes equipped with performance guarantees based on the designed methanol output rating.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Compared to conventional fuels, renewable methanol produced from biomass, wind and other processes cuts carbon dioxide emissions by up to 95%, reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90%, and completely eliminates sulfur oxide and particulate matter emissions. —Dave Edlund, President and CEO of Element 1.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The UK’s Carbon Trust has selected ACAL Energy, the developer of FlowCath low-platinum liquid cathode technology ( earlier post ), for a £1-million (US$1.6-million) ACAL Energy’s low-cost liquid catalyst achieves the same performance of expensive platinum catalysts while offering lower costs and reduced system complexity.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

This topic seeks proof-of-concept, or seedling projects that complement the VTO Battery500 Consortium’s research to more than double the specific energy (to 500 watt-hours per kilogram) of lithium battery technologies which will result in smaller, lighter weight, less expensive battery packs, and more affordable electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

2 at low voltages of 1.837 and 1.951 V, respectively, for overall alkaline seawater electrolysis at room temperature with very good durability. Seawater makes up about 96% of all water on earth, making it a tempting resource to meet the world’s growing need for clean drinking water and carbon-free energy. —Yu et al.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

The growth of global industrialization, increasing demand on energy resources and rising carbon emissions are deepening the need for energy infrastructure that is increasingly green, distributed, flexible, and resilient. Grid balancing and resilience is not a challenge borne out of our transition to a net-zero carbon economy.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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MAY 3, 2022

Through DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the Department is launching the Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program to develop more affordable, convenient, efficient and resilient batteries. No/low cobalt and no/low nickel-content cathodes [e.g.,

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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). Earlier post.)

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JULY 12, 2017

These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable. Research highly loaded sulfur cathodes and conductive carbon coated separators that enable high energy batteries. ICME Low Cost Carbon Fiber (Area of Interest 2).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Monash University low-cost robust, high-activity water splitting electrodes – $1,054,209. RMIT University proton flow reactor system for electrical energy storage and bulk export of hydrogenated carbon-based material – $805,026. CSIRO Methane Fuel Carrier – $1,085,553. CSIRO Liquid Fuel Carrier – $1,010,021.

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JULY 29, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $60 million to 24 research and development projects aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and light- and heavy-duty trucks. (DE-FOA-0002420) These advancements would increase the useful life of EVs and enable more affordable, better performing vehicles. AOI 6: Low?cost

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Inspired by the tetrapod structures of a breakwater, the novel material for electrodes is created from affordable melamine foam and carbon black. Cathodes made of a porous carbon support (carbon black) on which a catalytically active metal like platinum is finely dispersed can very effectively minimize this kinetic inhibition.

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JULY 5, 2016

Whereas fuel cost used to be a major driver for fleet managers, the lowering of oil prices and the availability of low-cost natural gas has reduced this concern, Navigant notes. A major factor has always been the cost of battery packs. Medium- and heavy-trucks represent 4.3% of vehicles in the US, drive 9.3%

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MAY 20, 2021

In the future, Ford will introduce Ford Intelligent Power, which can use the truck to power homes during high-cost, peak-energy hours while taking advantage of low-cost overnight rates to charge the vehicle in time for your morning drive.

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The company in an announcement said that the lithium will be produced through a closed-loop, direct extraction process that leads to a small physical footprint, no production tailing and lowers carbon dioxide emissions when compared to traditional processes like pit mining or evaporation ponds. GM to develop electric lunar rover for NASA.

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JULY 14, 2016

These projects will develop highly productive algal cultivation systems and couple those systems with effective, energy-efficient, and low-cost harvest and processing technologies. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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