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Virginia Tech researchers develop high-energy-density sugar “biobattery”, an enzymatic fuel cell

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JANUARY 21, 2014

A Virginia Tech research team led by Dr. Y.H. 1 , which is one order of magnitude higher than that of lithium-ion batteries. So it’s only logical that we try to harness this natural power in an environmentally friendly way to produce a battery.” Then, low-cost biocatalyst enzymes are used as catalyst instead of platinum.

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Virginia Energy Fuel Energy Storage

DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions.

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Li-ion Wyoming Lithium Ion Corporation

Aqueous Hybrid Ion battery company Aquion files for Chap. 11, targets sale of assets

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MARCH 14, 2017

the developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. In 2008 he produced the first functioning Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) battery.

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Companies Hybrid Energy Storage Batteries

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

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JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. China has been able to provide a low-cost supply of rare earths using these methods, and therefore, dominates the global market.

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West Virginia Coal Virginia Waste

Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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JULY 15, 2011

However, notes Virginia Tech Prof. internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE); hybrid electric vehicle-gasoline (HEV-gas); hybrid electric vehicle-diesel (HEV-diesel); (hydrogen) fuel cell vehicle (FCV); battery electric vehicle (BEV); and sugar fuel cell vehicle (SFCV). Click to enlarge. Zhang 2009. Click to enlarge.

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Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric

GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

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APRIL 9, 2018

The C2CNT team uses low-energy, low-cost technology developed in the Licht lab located at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus to transform carbon dioxide into widely useful and highly valued products—carbon nanotubes. Illustration credit: Stuart Licht. Click to enlarge.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Develop a novel photocatalyst particle-based slurry reactor with the potential for low-cost renewable hydrogen production via solar water splitting. Develop a new class of anion exchange membranes with high oxidative-stability for use in cerium redox-flow batteries and with potential for use in fuel cell applications.

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Fuel Hydrogen Virginia 2011

DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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AUGUST 19, 2023

plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. The team intends to demonstrate high-purity (greater than 98% by volume, preferably above 99.5%

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric

Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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JULY 16, 2022

This timing is particularly significant because the enormous costs required to design and build a submarine are meant to be spread out over at least 60 years. Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 billion , according to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On July 26, in a rare glimpse into progress on his company's purported game-changer battery, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in true Muskian form, raising hopes and tempering expectations in one cryptic swoop : We have successfully validated performance and lifetime of our 4680 cells produced at our Kato facility in California.

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Batteries Battery Production Tesla

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

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JUNE 26, 2021

Lynchburg, Virginia). ENTR Alliance (Charlottesville, Virginia). Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors for The Scale Up of High Energy Density Cobalt-Free Cathodes for Advanced Lithium ion Batteries, $1,200,000. Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979. Alkaline Water Electrolysis, $100,000.

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Water (1 project). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. American Superconductor will develop a new, low-cost. . $3,734,939. Chromatin, Inc.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The IEEE Life Fellow spoke during a session addressing the role of technology in delivering an equitable, sustainable, and low-carbon resilient world. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Grid

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Virginia Tech researchers develop high-energy-density sugar “biobattery”, an enzymatic fuel cell

DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

Aqueous Hybrid Ion battery company Aquion files for Chap. 11, targets sale of assets

WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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