Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare-earth elements from it. One thing that surprised me was just how well our process cleans up the water. The TEP process to produce a REE feedstock while neutralizing CMD. Miranda et al. —Jeff Bielicki.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

With this funding, industry and DOE national laboratories will partner to advance lab-developed clean transportation technologies towards commercialization in technology areas, including vehicle electrification, batteries, materials, decarbonized off-road vehicles, and energy efficient mobility systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. Both the carbon fiber and the aluminum foil contribute to the mechanical properties of the structural battery.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Most of the materials required for batteries and other clean energy technology are dirty to mine. Nth Cycle’s technology was developed at Harvard and Yale universities. million in seed funding led by Boston-based clean energy venture capital company Clean Energy Ventures. In April, Nth Cycle received $3.2

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 25, 2023

As I wrote earlier today, this new electric vehicle era is all about batteries, batteries, batteries. Much of that simply means scaling up the battery supply chain and scaling up battery production, but it also means innovating and improving battery chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

The technology group Wärtsilä is participating in a consortium of Finnish research organisations and leading companies researching means for developing radical new solutions for clean and efficient marine and off-road transport. —Maciej Mikulski, Associate Professor from the University of Vaasa.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

Altilium says that its technology can recover more than 95% of the critical metals and 80% of battery value. The final product is a chemical combination of metals and lithium which can be sold direct to battery manufacturers (ready-made) at a premium of 30%, compared to pure metals which requires further processing.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California. The project was funded with $26.98

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Expectations are high for a new solid state battery from Adden Energy, based on technology developed at Harvard University. The post Harvard Spinoff Lobs Solid State Battery Bomb At Fossil Fuels appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has launched a new funded program to help speed the commercialization of clean energy technologies. CalTestBed connects clean energy entrepreneurs with the immense resources within the UC system and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2019

Western Australia will host a national consortium to position Australia as a global leader in the manufacture and supply of batteries after a A$135-million (US$96.4-million) —Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Chris Moran. million) industry-backed research hub was supported by the Federal Government.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

G&W), the largest owner of short line and regional freight railroads, to pursue zero-emission battery and hydrogen freight strategies, as well as increase rail utilization across North America. —Farnam Jahanian, President of Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, Wabtec announced an MOU with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W),

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

An experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain and squeezes into tight spaces using the same motors, has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium-ion battery storage devices, has installed a one MWh lithium-ion battery storage system at the University of California, Riverside (UCR); the system has gone operational, providing electric power to the Bourns College of Engineering building.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The automotive supplier Schaeffler teams up with Honda and The Ohio State University to push a new solid state EV battery out of the lab. The post Elegant Solid State EV Battery To Be Unveiled At CES 2024 By Schaeffler…Who? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Imagine driving behind a diesel truck spewing clouds of smoke into the air while your new fully electric vehicle cleans up its carbon emissions. The post This Zero Emission Mobility (ZEM) EV captures CO2, cleaning the air as it drives appeared first on Electrek. This dream may soon be a reality.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. The US transportation sector accounts for the largest portion of US greenhouse gas emissions, and I firmly believe it is a human right to breathe clean air. Combustible, energy-dense petroleum is replaced by bulky batteries. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Academy Express, LLC has awarded New Flyer a contract for six Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses complete with three charging stations. The purchase is supported by New York State Electric Vehicle Voucher Incentive Funds (NYSERDA) focused on advancing clean vehicle technologies in New York.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Honeywell and FREYR Battery signed an agreement pursuant to which FREYR will, subject to viability, leverage Honeywell’s leading technology offerings, including integrated automation, field instrumentation and security integration solutions in FREYR’s manufacturing process. —Tom Einar Jensen, FREYR’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2023

A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and University of Miami has analyzed the implications of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) for emissions of greenhouse gases and criteria air pollutants, both in aggregate and in their distribution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

Through this program, ECS and Toyota promote innovative and unconventional green energy technologies born from electrochemical research—and encourage young professionals and scholars to pursue battery and fuel cell research. Direct recycling represents the highest potential value gain towards reclaiming cathode materials from spent batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2019

Available clean fuels for the state of Washington could meet a 2028 target of 11.2% —“Washington’s Clean Fuel Future”. Governor Jay Inslee’s administration says the proposed clean fuels program would achieve nearly half of the emissions reductions needed in the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. Niron will use the funding to build its pilot production facility in Minnesota and accelerate the development of its Clean Earth Magnet technology. million in new financing. Background.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Smartville emerged as the product of of the University of San Diego, California, as a result of the research of co-founders Antoni Tong and Mike Ferry. They realized the need for and the opportunity to build a business around triaging and repurposing second life electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

A team led by Kanazawa University in Japan has developed a cleaner method for the recycling of several rare earths (REs) such as yttrium (Y) and europium (Eu) used as phosphors in fluorescent lamps (FLs). Credit: Kanazawa University. —corresponding author Hiroshi Hasegawa. Hiroshi Hasegawa, Zinnat A.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

MAHLE Powertrain is leading a project to develop sustainable propulsion solutions to retrofit to high-performance marine vessels where battery and other electrified technologies may not prove practical. The project will aim to deliver retrofit solutions at scale across commercial, professional, and governmental fleets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2023

This funding enables a range of solutions to be developed, including hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen combustion and battery electric versions. Project partners include: University of Bristol, Customer Interconnect Ltd, API Capacitors Ltd. Hydrogen is a clean fuel, producing only water when burned.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

Six research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won a share of $1.16 The energy projects chosen seek to improve electric vehicle batteries, to model the impact of renewable energy policy on the economy and the environment, and to better understand the combustion biodiesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2017

The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. Recipients included Motiv Power Systems, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Dürr is positioning itself in the growing Li-ion battery market as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems. Dürr Megtec is part of the Clean Technology Systems division.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The UK’s Faraday Institution recently announced up to £42 million (US$58 million) in new government funding to four UK-based consortia to conduct application-inspired research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. Earlier post.). —Business Minister Richard Harrington. million (US$6.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

Demand for lithium—a critical material used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid-scale electricity storage, phones, and laptops—has grown rapidly in recent years, with global demand expected to increase 500% by 2050. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Making a battery for an electric vehicle typically requires mining hundreds of pounds of hard-to-extract minerals. That’s put a spotlight on batteries’ heavy environmental toll , at least upfront. EV batteries are simply too valuable to toss out, and a new industry of recyclers is busy snatching them all up.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 3, 2024

The post New Sodium-Ion Battery Could Charge An Electric Vehicle In Seconds, Not Minutes appeared first on CleanTechnica. The electric vehicle revolution has barely gotten under way, and already the goalposts for EV charging times are moving on to the next phase.

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