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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build universal quantum systems for business and science applications. IBM announced that bp has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry.

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JULY 20, 2019

Haldor Topsoe will build a 10 kg/hour methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s electrified and extremely compact eSMR Methanol technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable methanol from biogas. The technology heats the process using green electricity from wind turbines or solar panels instead of natural gas.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

a–i, Advances in materials science and engineering are increasing the efficiency of electricity generation from clean renewable energy sources—solar panels (a) and wind turbines (b), for example—as well as electricity distribution (c) and storage (d). Renewable energy future.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Fraunhofer and The University of British Columbia UBC in Vancouver, Canada will partner to develop technologies for sustainable energy production and supply; on 21 December 2012, Fraunhofer and the Canadian university signed a framework agreement for a collaboration spanning several years. Total funding of €4 million (US$5.3

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JANUARY 9, 2015

Advanced composites are especially important for progressing clean energy generation and improving the efficiency of the nation’s fleet. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding more than $5 million to support US wind energy development. million to boost the speed and scale of midsize wind turbine technology development and deployment. million to boost the speed and scale of midsize wind turbine technology development and deployment.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

To provide 50%—or more—of power from clean energy sources, power grids will have to be able to leverage distributed energy sources, and reliably manage dynamic changes, while minimizing impact on customer quality of service. Solar panel output depends on the weather, for example, as do wind turbines.

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JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. University of Texas at Austin.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Many materials deemed critical by the DOE are used in modern clean energy technologies—such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient lighting. Earlier post.). Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.;

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MARCH 15, 2022

Swedish battery company Northvolt announced today that it will build a new €4 Billion battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany in the city of Heide. ” In December, Northvolt became the first European company to design, develop, and build a lithium-ion battery cell entirely in Europe. . ” I’d love to hear from you!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. Iowa State University. Michigan State University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Eliminating particulate matter (PM 10 ) from underground car parks in the city center of Eindhoven could result in local reductions in the concentration of these particles of up to 50%, according to a study by researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The influence of the wind is very clear from this picture.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Through this topic area, the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) will select “seedling” projects for innovative, new ideas that accelerate the development of advanced motor designs and materials in support of the goals of the Electric Drive Technologies (EDT) Consortium, a multi-disciplinary team of national labs and universities.

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MARCH 23, 2024

Green software engineering is an emerging discipline consisting of best practices to build applications that reduce carbon emissions. And software engineers have tremendous influence on the actual purpose and emissions of what they build. The green software movement is fast gaining momentum. It’s not just lines of code.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Ten companies, agencies and universities have joined an initiative between The Gas Company (TGC), and General Motors to support a ramp up of hydrogen-powered vehicles and associated fueling infrastructure in Hawaii by 2015. The plan builds on a May 2010 memorandum of understanding between TGC, one of Hawaii’s major utilities, and GM.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. Transportation and Energy Analysis (Up to $1.2

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Clean Energy: The Future of Sustainability. The starting point for my thinking about clean energy is how to create and store energy sustainably and for the long term, and how to provide a constant source of power for the future of productive life. The storage of sustainable energy.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy, the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded 11 seed grants totaling $2.2 million to Stanford faculty for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency. Making Large Wind Farms More Productive, Less Expensive.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. DOE will use federal loan and loan guarantee authorities to strategically support a range of clean energy and advanced vehicle technologies.

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JULY 15, 2020

Later in the program, teams that move to Phase 2 will focus on building components, unit operations, and prototype systems to reduce technical risks and costs. Colorado State University. University of Pittsburgh. FLECCS Phase 1 teams will design, model, and optimize CCS processes that enable flexibility on a high-VRE grid.

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JUNE 8, 2011

This in turn causes a reduction in nighttime winds that would otherwise blow pollutants out to sea. In addition, built structures interfere with local winds and contribute to relatively stagnant afternoon weather conditions. Policy makers might also consider new approaches to development as cities work to clean up unhealthy air.

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JUNE 1, 2012

The Critical Materials Hub builds on the Department’s Critical Materials Strategy report ( earlier post ), which addresses the use of rare earths and other critical materials in clean energy components, products, and processes. These critical materials are also at risk for supply disruptions. The award selection is expected this fall.

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JULY 15, 2023

The company believes that this novel approach will allow it to build a high-performance tokamak that is much smaller and less expensive than would be possible with previous approaches. Among the magnetic-confinement crowd, CFS leads the pack in fundraising, having secured more than $2 billion to build its Sparc pilot plant.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance to engineer, build, test, and deploy a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor. (KC Cottrell), a global leader in air pollution control based out of Seoul, Korea.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004. She completed her Ph.D. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project. DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). 29,561,142.

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JULY 30, 2023

Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. Still, there were problems.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

To support this approach, the ReFactory will also include an incubator, open to start-ups, academic partners, large groups, local authorities and intrapreneurship, as well as a training center, backed by a university center, to promote know-how and accelerate research in the circular economy.

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MAY 2, 2010

The authors are Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Columbia University Earth Institute (GISS); Charles Kutscher from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and Edward Mazria from 2030 Inc./ Architecture 2030. A first step is to remove fossil fuel subsidies. Kharecha et al.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

In addition to Deutch, the SAB includes: MIT Chemistry Professor Daniel Nocera (Sun Catalytix founder); Harvard University Professor George Whitesides; Washington University Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry Mark Wrighton; MIT Chemical Engineering Professor Kenneth Smith; and University of Utah Distinguished Professor Henry White.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

A new start for decarbonizing chemical manufacturing DC-MUSE was conceived in the summer of 2020 in a workshop attended by over 40 companies and institutions, and organized by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation to build capacity in convergent research. Its aim is to develop technologies and strategies to help the U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.

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