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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Anovion’s selected site has critical infrastructure in place that will allow for an accelerated timeline for the construction of the facility.

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MAY 20, 2021

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

A team of researchers led by Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, has developed an oxygen-evolving catalyst that takes just minutes to grow at room temperature on commercially available nickel foam. If the cost is prohibitive, it will not make it to market.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The new funds will be used to scale-up manufacturing of a next-generation silicon-carbon composite anode material and advance into commercial production. Group14 Technologies—a 2016 spin-off from EnerG2—derives its name from the Periodic Table column listing both silicon and carbon (the carbon group).

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Normalized well-to-wake GHG emissions for low-, baseline- and high-emission cases for jet fuel pathways under different land use change scenarios. The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. From Hileman et al. million bpd.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

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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AUGUST 10, 2022

Now, a group of researchers from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) led by Prof. SiMPs are the most appropriate, low-cost, and easily available alternatives, especially when combined with materials that have exceptional structural properties, such as silicon oxycarbide black glasses.

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MARCH 29, 2017

The report provides an overview of the current state of alternative aviation fuels, as reported in findings by recent working groups, and also presents findings from the Alternative Aviation Fuel Workshop hosted by BETO in September 2016. Unlike other liquid fuels (e.g.,

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

The purpose of the workshop was to share information and identify the RD&D needs to enable low-cost, effective delivery of hydrogen from centralized production facilities to the point of use (e.g., The dominant technologies in commercial installations are alkaline and PEM, with the others in pre-commercial development in laboratories.

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APRIL 3, 2013

The findings of their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition , suggest that cell-free biosystems could produce hydrogen from biomass xylose at low cost. Mielenz said Zhang’s process could find its way to the marketplace as quickly as three years if the technology is available. earlier post ).

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

This consortium will utilize the expertise and capabilities of the national laboratories to accelerate the development of commercially viable pathways for hydrogen production from renewable energy sources. Earlier post.) Caloric Cooling Consortium (CaloriCool) focuses on development of caloric materials for cooling applications.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Gevo has signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a group of eight airlines and certain fuel producers to work cooperatively on expanding the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Gevo’s ATJ is eligible to be used for up to a 50% blend in conventional jet fuel for commercial flights.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Researchers at MIT’s Photonic Microsystems Group are developing a LiDAR-on-a-chip system that is smaller than a dime, has no moving parts, and could be mass produced at a very low cost to be used in self-driving cars, drones, and robots. An article describing the new system is published in IEEE Spectrum.

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APRIL 18, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) announced up to $39 million in available funding to support early stage research and development (R&D) of innovative hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. ( 50 cm 2 ) that are made available to ElectroCat for independent testing and evaluation. A/mg PGM at 0.1

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Fuel Efficiency Improvements in Passenger Vehicles and Commercial Trucks. This project will develop a low cost, ultra-compact power module using innovative integrated-cooling to increase power density, improve performance, and reduce cost. Navitas Advanced Solutions Group. Delphi Automotive Systems. Ford Motor.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The comments are part of the formal submission made by the industry group to EU regulators who concluded the public consultation phase of the review of the End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive this week. This electrical system is in all cases supplied by a 12V lead-based battery, the groups said. The review.

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MARCH 28, 2012

ABB launched the Terra Smart Connect (SC), a low-cost DC fast-charger that the company says will significantly improve the business case for installing electric-vehicle (EV) fast chargers throughout Europe. The Terra SC is specifically designed for convenient fast charging in commercial and office areas. The Terra SC.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Architectural features of tetrapod structures, commercially available melamine foam (inset), and a cross-sectional view (SEM image) of a fractured melamine foam after pyrolysis. The interconnected large pores may facilitate fast mass transport. Good methanol tolerant and durability were also demonstrated.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium.

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MARCH 3, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced ( DOE-FOA-0001224 ) up to $35 million in available funding to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and to enable early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Platinum group metal (PGM) total content (both electrodes). 2020 Target.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

National lab consortia that will be leveraged include: Electrocatalysis Consortium (ElectroCat) –this consortium will accelerate the development of catalysts made without platinum group metals (PGM-free) for use in transportation fuel cell applications. According to the DOE’s 2015 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report, many U.S.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Further, the project will demonstrate the commercial viability of the desalination technology that also reduces the capital and operating costs of water purification. The pilot plant is being designed in cooperation with American Water’s Applied Management Group, which also will provide operating support.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Alcohol-to-jet (bottom) is currently being explored by an ASTM Working Group. Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. Conventional polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology requires high content of platinum electrocatalyst, which raises manufacturing costs.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Jörg Löffler, global vice president of Product Group Efficiency Technologies. Konarka works with high level OEM partners, such as Webasto, to develop Power Plastic for commercial uses. It is manufactured in a roll-to-roll process at low cost and low energy consumption making it favorable for the environment.

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MAY 10, 2011

The group is committed to making transportation fuel from agricultural waste, energy crops and forest biomass. per gallon, and a capex for the first-in-kind commercial plant of $6 per gallon, reduced to $4 per gallon for subsequent plants. The objective of G2BioChem is to produce cellulosic ethanol for less than $2.25

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

The gel enables molecular encapsulation of the bromine in a manner that is reversible, so that the bromine is still available for electrochemistry. The energy sector is very conservative," says Jen Noack of the Redox-Flow-Battery-Group, Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology, Germany. To explain, he uses the analogy of Velcro.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Most currently available thermoplastic elastomeric materials consist primarily of styrenic or other crystalline hard phases, but thermoplastic elastomers with greater stiffness would find immediate use if they were based on low-cost renewables. of Energy; schematic by Mark Robbins Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 13, 2015

A team of researchers in South Korea and Italy has demonstrated a highly reliable lithium–sulfur battery showing cycle performance comparable to that of commercially available lithium-ion batteries while offering more than double the energy density. 1 and 2500 Wh kg ?1.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

The gel enables molecular encapsulation of the bromine in a manner that is reversible, so that the bromine is still available for electrochemistry. The energy sector is very conservative," says Jens Noack of the Redox-Flow-Battery-Group, Fraunhofer-Institute for Chemical Technology, Germany. To explain, he uses the analogy of Velcro.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Currently, renewable hydrogen may be produced from water by electrolysis with either low efficiency alkaline electrolyzers that suffer 50–65% losses, or by more efficient acidic electrolyzers using expensive rare platinum group metal catalysts (Pt). Our new HER catalyst, Ni 5 P 4 , has the strong potential to overcome this challenge.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine a vehicle’s position as compared to that of conventional GPS devices by up to 90%, and which can be installed in any vehicle at a very low cost. —David Martín, LSI.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g., Commercial applications of lithium sulfur batteries have not been very successful despite several decades of research. (b) Comparison of cycling performance at C/2 with and without the PVP modification. earlier post ).

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JUNE 3, 2016

Based at Ames, the institute works to increase the availability of rare earth metals and other materials critical for US energy security. Rare earths are a group of elements critical to electronics, alternative energy and other modern technologies. The commercialization path in part will depend on the cost of cerium.

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JULY 6, 2016

Graphite is the most advanced commercially available anode material, due mainly to its relatively high energy density, good reversibility, non-toxicity, safety and low cost. Owing to their complex construction, commercial batteries will not be able to fully replicate these results, the researchers noted.

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