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Nikola Motor Company hires Jesse Schneider from BMW as hydrogen and fuel cell technologies VP

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Nikola Motors, the startup developing a Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell range-extended electric truck ( earlier post ) has hired Jesse Schneider as vice president of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. He led a number of firsts related to fuel cell durability, hydrogen tanks and wireless charging.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Hydrogen Storage Materials Discovery.

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Nel ASA awarded multi-billion NOK contract for 448 electrolyzers (1 GW) by Nikola Motor

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Nel ASA has been awarded a contract for delivery of 448 electrolyzers and associated fueling equipment to Nikola Motor Company (Nikola) as part of Nikola’s development of a hydrogen station infrastructure in the US for truck and passenger vehicles. We’ll begin fleet testing the Nikola hydrogen electric semi-trucks in 2019.

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Sandia study finds underground geologic storage of hydrogen could boost transportation, energy security

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Salt caverns such as the one depicted here could provide a low-cost solution for the geologic storage of hydrogen. Geologic storage of hydrogen gas could make it economically possible to produce and distribute large quantities of hydrogen fuel for a growing fuel cell electric vehicle market.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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Liquid fuel and chemical production from sweet sorghum. Amyris is presenting a summary of the results at the 34 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans, Louisiana. Amyris is presenting a summary of the results at the 34 th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Application of Advanced Materials Processing to Enable Direct Production of Fast Reactor Fuel Alloys, $1,000,000. Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. Tucson, Arizona). NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). Caltrode, Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Select projects in OPEN 2012 include: ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Advanced Fuels. Energy-Dense Aviation Fuels from Biomass. high performance liquid aviation fuels. density of these terpene-based fuels could outperform existing. petroleum fuels by increasing flight range up to 20%. High-Density Algae-Fuel Reactor.

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