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PNNL, OSU, Lanzatech improving efficiency and cost of ethanol-to-jet process

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3D printing allows the research team to create a pleated honeycomb of mini-reactors that greatly increase the effective surface-area-to-volume ratio available for the reaction. Vanessa Lebarbier Dagle, Austin D. —OSU lead researcher Brian Paul. Winkelman, Nicholas R. Jaegers, Johnny Saavedra-Lopez, Jianzhi Hu, Mark H.

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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

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Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. Easton Park is a 2,400-acre community southwest of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, as per the Austin Business Journal. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park.

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New OnStar app shows cost of Volt charging

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OnStar is testing a smartphone app that tells Chevrolet Volt owners how much it costs to charge their battery and compares their Volt’s energy use with the total energy consumed in their home by day, month or year. Based on electricity rates, the data is broken down to show the cost of both total energy usage and Volt charging energy use.

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Stanford scientists identify new Li-B-S solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance

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S system also has a low elemental cost of approximately 0.05 Conventional solid electrolytes can’t conduct as much ionic current as liquid electrolytes, said study lead author Austin Sendek, a visiting scholar in Stanford's Department of Materials Science & Engineering. “ —Austin Sendek. —Austin Sendek.

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U Texas Austin team finds P2S5 electrolyte additive enables use of Li2S bulk particles for high-capacity cathodes in lithium-sulfur batteries; ~800 mAh/g

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. enables the direct use of commercially available bulk Li 2 S particles as high-capacity cathode materials for rechargeable Li?S The ability to use commercially available bulk particles could significantly decrease the manufacturing cost of Li?S

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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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MetalKraft Technologies, with members from Lehigh University, also is using solid phase processing to create Copper-Graphene Ultra Wire with small amounts of commercially available low-defect crystalline Graphene.

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Tesla is building an employee gym on top of the Fremont Factory

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Things like showers for those who commute to work via bike are available, as well as in-house medical support and on-site training are all available for Tesla staff. Tesla lists the cost of the project as $200,000. There are plenty of food options, but there are also hospitable options that make life easier for Tesla employees.

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