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Emerson and BayoTech partner to scale production and distribution of low-cost, modular SMRs for hydrogen production

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Global industrial software and technology leader Emerson announced a multi-year strategic framework agreement with BayoTech, a developer of modular steam methane reformers (SMRs) and other hydrogen solutions, to accelerate the delivery of hydrogen around the world.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Production Albuquerque

Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

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AUGUST 3, 2022

As the world looks to quickly decarbonize transportation and industry, hydrogen demand is expected to increase rapidly, from $130 billion today to $2.5 There is an accompanying need to develop new low-cost and low-carbon technologies for hydrogen production. T in 2025, according to the Hydrogen Council.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Gas Production

Gevo develops process for low-cost renewable isoprene; building block for rubber and rubber products

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FEBRUARY 3, 2019

has developed a proprietary catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or even waste by-product, renewable alcohols into renewable isoprene that would be expected to compete head-to-head on price with natural and petroleum-based chemical equivalents while reducing CO 2 emissions.

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Low Cost Renewable Production Building

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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JULY 19, 2017

Stuart Licht have demonstrated the first facile high-yield, low-energy synthesis of macroscopic length carbon nanotubes (CNTs)—carbon nanotube wool—from CO 2 using molten carbonate electrolysis ( earlier post ). The process is constrained by the (low) cost of electricity. —Johnson et al.

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Low Cost Carbon CO2 Solar

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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JULY 10, 2022

The UK government is awarding £54 million to 15 projects to develop technologies that remove carbon emissions from the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide can then be permanently stored or used in various products or applications. The biochar is rich in carbon and can be used as a fertilizer. Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd.,

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. Contract value: £3.12 million (US$4.1

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind

Nacero transitioning unbuilt facility from low-carbon gasoline to SAF and LCAF; TOPSOE MTJet

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APRIL 1, 2023

Nacero will transition its current pre-construction, multi-billion USD facility in Penwell, Texas—designed to produce low carbon gasoline—to the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and lower carbon aviation fuel (LCAF). Earlier post.)

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Gasoline Carbon Texas Gas

Air Products to invest about $500M to build green hydrogen production facility in New York; 94MW hydropower already approved

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Air Products plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as liquid hydrogen distribution and dispensing operations. The commercial operation of this facility is targeted to begin in 2026-2027.

New York

New York Hydrogen Production Green

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 21, 2015

A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) —Ren et al.

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Low Cost Carbon Li-ion Carbon Fiber

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Industrial

TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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JUNE 3, 2023

The storage battery market is expected to continue growing in light of the spread of renewable energy and electrified vehicles, as well as the global trend toward carbon neutrality.

Toyota

Toyota Batteries Battery Energy Storage

ARPA-E awarding ~$14.4M to four projects for production of hydrogen and carbon products from methane

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

These project teams will pursue methods to create high-value carbon and hydrogen from methane (four projects, $14.4 million), or to produce super strong, durable concrete with lower cost and environmental impact (3 projects, $6.1 High Value, Energy Saving Carbon Products and Clean Hydrogen Gas from Methane, $3,479,624.

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Low Cost

New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

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MARCH 22, 2020

The Road Map stresses the versatility of hydrogen as an enabler of the renewable energy system; an energy vector that can be transported and stored; and a fuel for the transportation sector, heating of buildings and providing heat and feedstock to industry. For US transport, hydrogen is a strong low-carbon alternative.

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Economy Hydrogen Low Cost Chevron

How Shipping Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Capture

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MARCH 10, 2022

Early in February, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that they will build the world’s first ship for transporting carbon dioxide solely from carbon-capture facilities. Carbon capture is picking up steam around the world as heavy industries and power plants try to meet emissions-reductions targets.

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Carbon Norway Store Transportation

Hyzon Motors to collaborate with Transform Materials on renewable hydrogen production

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Together, Hyzon and Transform Materials will evaluate proposals to develop facilities to produce low-to-negative carbon intensity hydrogen from various forms of methane, prioritizing biogas and renewable natural gas. —David Soane, Transform Materials’ founder and CEO.

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Hydrogen Renewable Production Motor

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

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APRIL 9, 2018

Stuart Licht, a chemistry professor at the George Washington University, and his team of researchers are among the finalists announced today in the $20-million Carbon XPRIZE competition. Stronger, more stress resistant & cheaper by weight than steel, C2CNT carbon nanotubes avoids > 160 ton CO 2 per ton steel replaced. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate

DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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JULY 21, 2020

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost.

Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Low Cost Polymer

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas

Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Methane, the key component in natural gas, is usually just burned for heat, combining with oxygen in the atmosphere to form carbon dioxide, the predominant greenhouse gas. For acetylene users, Transform Materials enables on-site production of this important precursor, guaranteeing surety of supply, conveniently and at low cost.

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Convert Hydrogen Gas Low Cost

Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

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MARCH 26, 2019

Harbour Air first demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first fully carbon-neutral airline in North America in 2007, through the purchase of carbon offsets. The aviation industry currently contributes 12% of all US carbon emissions and 4.9%

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All-Electric Seattle North America Building

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

AQDS undergoes extremely rapid and reversible two-electron two-proton reduction on a glassy carbon electrode in sulfuric acid. First, scalability: AQDS contains only the Earth-abundant atoms carbon, sulphur, hydrogen and oxygen, and can be inexpensively manufactured on large scales. —Michael J.

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Low Cost Grid Batteries Battery

FREYR in negotiations for building battery production facilities in the US; at least 50 GWh

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JUNE 12, 2021

disclosed that FREYR is in negotiations with a major multinational industrial conglomerate (the JV Partner) potentially to develop battery production facilities in North America. It is a natural step for FREYR to include North America in our long-term plans for expanding our production of clean, low-cost and low-carbon battery cells.

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North America Building Batteries Battery

Calysta Energy engineering organisms to convert methane to low-cost liquid hydrocarbons; BioGTL process

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Calysta says that in contrast to current algae- and sugar-based methods, a methane-based biofuel platform is expected to produce fuel at less than half the cost of other biological methods, allowing direct competition with petroleum-based fuels. Carbon feedstock. Comparison of biofuel platform efficiency (source: Calysta Energy).

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Low Cost Convert Engine Energy

Rio Tinto to acquire Rincon Mining lithium project for $825M

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Rio Tinto said the acquisition demonstrates its commitment to build its battery materials business and strengthen its portfolio for the global energy transition. The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate.

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Argentina South America Carbon Low Cost

Gevo to deploy Shockwave process to lower the carbon intensity of its ethanol, isobutanol

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Shockwave’s Thermodynamic Corn Fractionation Process is a front-end corn fractionation platform that uses high velocity air and pressure changes to fractionate solid materials, providing an novel, low-cost approach to separating the corn kernel into the various fractions including a higher-starch feed for fermentation as well as germ and fiber.

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Carbon Oil Renewable Commercial

Toyota working with AMRC Cymru to optimize fuel cell assembly

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APRIL 25, 2023

The HEPS project aims to de-risk the assembly and production scale up of hydrogen fuel cells for the automotive, aerospace and rail industries. The first iteration of the HEPS testbed consists of a reconfigurable floor, collaborative robots and other advanced Industry 4.0

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Toyota Fuel Hydrogen Manufacturer

NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It is a strategy rooted in cross-cutting research and engineering to enable industry stakeholders, communities, government agencies, and early adopters to meet their climate goals. The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for about 28% of total carbon emissions.

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Transportation Hydrogen Mariner Renewable

MHI invests in Electric Hydrogen to accelerate efforts to produce clean hydrogen at scale

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JUNE 29, 2022

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MHI) has invested in Electric Hydrogen (EH2), a clean hydrogen startup headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, to support its efforts in developing cost-competitive, fossil-free hydrogen. The investment has been executed through Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Mitsubishi

Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany

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JUNE 27, 2022

A group of leading German companies along with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has released a green hydrogen roadmap, outlining a set of recommendations for government and industry, to meet the ambitious target of importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Source: RMI analysis).

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Germany Hydrogen Green Russia

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575.

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Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion

California Energy Commission awards $7.8M to two lithium recovery projects; “Lithium Valley”

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MAY 14, 2020

The major challenges for lithium production in this region relate to the harsh chemistry of the brine and the difficultly of developing a low-cost and highly selective process for lithium recovery. The new lithium recovery projects awarded funding are designed to help reduce costs and environmental impact.

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California Energy Clean Cleaning

HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

We have proven carbon-neutral eFuels are a real solution to help decarbonize transportation. Now we are accelerating Direct Air Capture technology that enables efficient and low-cost CO 2 capture—the future of CO 2 recycling. We want to put an industrial direct air capture, or DAC, procedure into series production.

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Chile Porsche Global Installation

General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Ultimately, the company expects the projects will support its efforts to provide low-cost and low-carbon energy to the electricity grid. The UKAEA will be building a new, larger Thomson Scattering system, which will be installed on General Fusion’s fusion demonstration machine at Culham.

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Fusion Energy Commercial 2002

DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Department (DOE) released a new report showing continued momentum and growth in the fuel cell industry. Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels.

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Industrial Industry Fuel Carbon Fiber

DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9

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Carbon Diesel Audi Fuel

NREL and Electric Hydrogen partner to develop high-performance electrolyzer components

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

Our goal is to build industrial-scale electrolysis so that carbon-heavy industries can adapt. NREL has pretty unique hardware for testing electrolyzer stacks; this will allow us to characterize efficiency, durability, and performance across a range of operating conditions.

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Hydrogen San Francisco Boston Water

Li-Metal and Blue Solutions sign joint development and commercialization agreement to advance development of next-generation batteries

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MARCH 1, 2022

The JD/CA will help advance the development of Li-Metal’s high-performance low-cost lithium metal anode technologies and Blue Solutions’ solid-state batteries to be used in passenger electric vehicles (EVs). Li-Metal Corp., —Maciej Jastrzebski, Li-Metal co-founder and CEO.

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Molten Salt Commercial Batteries Battery

CWind launches first hybrid-powered surface effect ship: CWind Pioneer

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MARCH 1, 2021

CWind, a leading provider of project services, crew transfer vessels (CTVs) and GWO-accredited training courses to the offshore wind industry, and part of the Global Marine Group (a market leader in offshore engineering), has delivered the world’s first hybrid-powered Surface Effect Ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. —Trygve H.

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Hybrid Power Powered Wind

IACMI, DuPont and Purdue partner on automotive carbon-fiber composites

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Multiple factors, including cost and design constraints, present barriers to the adoption of composites in high volume automotive applications. This new IACMI project will address both of these critical areas through a fundamentally different approach to the manufacturing of carbon fiber composites versus those currently in use today.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Tennessee Universal

Huntington Ingalls delivers 900-ton carbon composite deckhouse for new destroyer

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

The deckhouse, according to the company, is one of the largest carbon composite structures yet built. The deckhouse and hangar take full advantage of the properties of carbon fiber materials and balsa wood cores. The same facility also builds composite masts for the Navy’s San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious ships.

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Carbon San Antonio Carbon Fiber Mariner

FREYR Battery in license & services agreement with Aleees for LFP cathode active material

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The agreement, which includes ongoing services and support from Aleees, provides FREYR with a worldwide license to produce and sell LFP cathode material based on Aleees’ technology, and to build production facilities leveraging Aleees’ industrial expertise. Tilo Hauke, EVP of Supply Chain Management, FREYR.

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Taiwan Batteries Battery Energy Storage

DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced up to $64 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002229 ) to advance innovations that will build new markets for the H2@Scale initiative ( earlier post ). Hydrogen and fuel cells represent an industry with the potential to enable resiliency, energy security, emission reductions, and economic growth across sectors.

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Market Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Energy Storage

Suzuki and Daihatsu join CJP to apply CASE technologies in mini-commercial vehicles in Japan

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JULY 22, 2021

have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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Suzuki Japan Commercial Isuzu

Baker Institute expert says regional advantages will define future energy transitions

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Medlock described the energy industry as “a world of ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots.’” The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is a collection of nations “at the center of global discourse on economic growth, industrial activity, international trade and geopolitics”—the “haves”—that represents about 1.3

Energy

Energy Future Low Cost Hydrogen

Emerson and BayoTech partner to scale production and distribution of low-cost, modular SMRs for hydrogen production

Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

Gevo develops process for low-cost renewable isoprene; building block for rubber and rubber products

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Nacero transitioning unbuilt facility from low-carbon gasoline to SAF and LCAF; TOPSOE MTJet

Air Products to invest about $500M to build green hydrogen production facility in New York; 94MW hydropower already approved

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

ARPA-E awarding ~$14.4M to four projects for production of hydrogen and carbon products from methane

New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

How Shipping Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Capture

Hyzon Motors to collaborate with Transform Materials on renewable hydrogen production

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

DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Transform Materials plasma process converts abundant natural gas into high-value hydrogen and acetylene

Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

FREYR in negotiations for building battery production facilities in the US; at least 50 GWh

Calysta Energy engineering organisms to convert methane to low-cost liquid hydrocarbons; BioGTL process

Rio Tinto to acquire Rincon Mining lithium project for $825M

Gevo to deploy Shockwave process to lower the carbon intensity of its ethanol, isobutanol

Toyota working with AMRC Cymru to optimize fuel cell assembly

NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

MHI invests in Electric Hydrogen to accelerate efforts to produce clean hydrogen at scale

Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

California Energy Commission awards $7.8M to two lithium recovery projects; “Lithium Valley”

HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

DOE to invest $30M to further H2 and fuel cell technology as industry continues strong growth

DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

NREL and Electric Hydrogen partner to develop high-performance electrolyzer components

Li-Metal and Blue Solutions sign joint development and commercialization agreement to advance development of next-generation batteries

CWind launches first hybrid-powered surface effect ship: CWind Pioneer

IACMI, DuPont and Purdue partner on automotive carbon-fiber composites

Huntington Ingalls delivers 900-ton carbon composite deckhouse for new destroyer

FREYR Battery in license & services agreement with Aleees for LFP cathode active material

DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

Suzuki and Daihatsu join CJP to apply CASE technologies in mini-commercial vehicles in Japan

Baker Institute expert says regional advantages will define future energy transitions

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