Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) opened the registration period for the new Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the state-of-the-art performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. Receive seed funding to build a 1/20th scale model WEC device for testing. Van Buren Township, Michigan.

Energy

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MAY 16, 2014

This process is more cost-effective when performed at a relatively small scale, Maverick says, so it is more cost-effective to produce methanol where the feedstock is located, and ship the methanol to a central hub for conversion to olefins. Maverick currently operates demonstration plants in Florida and Colorado.

Canada

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products. Partners include Allonia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

San Diego

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JANUARY 6, 2021

The T2145e electric motor coach undergoing final testing in Colorado. Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced a $45-million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from Faribault, Minnesota-based motorcoach supplier ABC Companies. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

All-Electric

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APRIL 19, 2009

Bright Automotive launched in January 2008 from Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.

Bright Automotive

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AUGUST 12, 2011

The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Jan Leach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia.

South Carolina

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JANUARY 4, 2020

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. Modular System for Direct Conversion of Methane into Methanol via Photocatalysis. DOE Funding: $1,499,980; Non-DOE Funding: $375,000; Total Value: $1,874,980.

Gas

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MARCH 24, 2010

Two Colorado State University (CSU) researchers have received a $325,000 National Science Foundation grant to determine the pollutant formation chemistry of algae-derived biofuels, which have potential to be high-yield, efficiently produced, renewable fuels. Much of the work will be done at the CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory.

Pollution

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. This Tradesman got a mild camper conversion at some point. The build tag says it was built at St. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard.

Dodge

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. HVAC upgrades include DDC control system covering all buildings, expanded control system with advanced control strategies. Denver Regional Transportation District, Colorado: $770,000. Minneapolis-St.

Emissions

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. This research into underwater coatings that prevent biofouling has the potential to positively impact all MHK systems and improve the conversion efficiency for MHK systems. DOE Funding: $160,000. Total Project Value: $192,000. DOE Funding: $160,000.

Mariner

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JUNE 24, 2009

Rentech, the developer of a Fischer-Tropsch process for the conversion of syngas derived from biomass and fossil resources into synthetic fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals, has acquired a 25% stake in ClearFuels Technology Inc. through a strategic investment. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

Companies

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Colorado School of Mines. Colorado School of Mines will develop and demonstrate engineered composite membranes for efficient tritium extraction for fusion applications. Such scalable, cost-effective fabrication of ODS steels may enable efficient power conversion cycles (?40%) University of California, Los Angeles.

Fusion

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. Develop and deploy up to 100 electric vehicles, such as “Ampere” (Ford Transit Connect EV), “Faraday” (Ford F150 EV conversions), Step Vans, and “Newton” medium-duty trucks. Colorado State University. $5.

Lithium Ion

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MARCH 14, 2018

INTEGRATE projects will develop advanced natural-gas-fueled, distributed electric generation systems with conversion efficiencies of more than 70%: double the delivered efficiency of average utility-scale, fossil-fueled plants. The team will take a modular approach, building 5kW stacks that can be grouped together in a pressurized container.

Engine

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. unprecedented solar-to-fuel conversion efficiencies of more. residential and commercial buildings, where there are.

Energy

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AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter (MxC). Earlier post.). Description. Cree Fayetteville. Eaton Corporation.

Convert

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

We do, however, find that the conclusion, that cellulosic biofuels increase CO 2 emissions, builds on an incomplete analysis and that the analysis could have reached the opposite conclusion had it been more complete. Sheehan, Mark Easter, William Parton, Keith Paustian and Stephen Williams from Colorado State University; and Paul R.

Climate Change

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Colorado State University. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Temple University.

Manufacturer

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

A team of researchers from NREL, the University of Georgia, and the University of Colorado, Boulder, then characterized all the mutant enzymes and compared the features to those of the native enzyme to gather critical data about the relationships between the specific glycan, its function, and its location. Antonella Amore, Brandon C.

Renewable

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Most importantly for this project, acrylonitrile is also the primary building block in carbon fiber composites, which are used for lightweighting applications in automotive and air transportation. Acrylonitrile is produced today industrially via an energy-intensive and chemically hazardous process.

Carbon Fiber

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The new pathways lead to the conversion of KHPs [?-ketohydroperoxides] As oxidation products build up, acid-catalyzed and other lower-energy bimolecular channels are expected to dominate and lead to rapid equilibrium between KHP and CP. It’s very odd to have so many reactions at once in such a small molecule. —William Green.

Fuel

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. Towards Scale Solar Conversion of CO 2 and Water Vapor to Hydrocarbon Fuels. BUILDING EFFICIENCY. Water (1 project).

Energy

The Truth About Cars

JULY 6, 2023

Chevy went one step further by ‘roiding their already ‘roided Colorado ZR2 and creating the ZR2 Bison. Building on the AT4X, a rig we’ve sampled in off-road environs and found to be more than capable thanks in no small part to its excellent Multimatic DSSV dampers, the AEV Edition adds a 1.5-inch

GMC

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

Commercial

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From Automotive News : The dealerships cover a broad swath of car brands sold in states including California, Michigan, Colorado and New York. The effort was headed by Mickey Anderson, CEO of Baxter Auto Group, which operates 20 dealerships selling an array of brands in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. BEVs are stacking up on our lots."

Dealers

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APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. of Colorado-Boulder, Univ.

Carbon

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Proponents of this method, aneutronic fusion , argue that the devices will ultimately be easier to build and better suited to power systems, since it will be easier to convert the energy of charged particles into electricity. They also produce little or no radioactive waste. These beams also heat the plasma and supply it with fresh fuel.

Fusion

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MAY 15, 2015

ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Colorado State University. University of Colorado at Boulder. Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million.

Fusion

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Power ranked for EV adoption overlap with states that had the most policies for scaling deployment of EVs and building charging infrastructure, according to a July scorecard by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland.

North Dakota

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project. Gas Technology Institute (GTI) will design and build an engineering-scale CO 2 capture system using the Ohio State University transformational membrane process. This work will focus on designing a carbon capture system capable of capturing 50 to 70 percent of CO 2 emissions from blast furnace gas.

Carbon

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AUGUST 19, 2023

DOE Funding: $1,249,997; Non-DOE Funding: $312,516; Total Value: $1,562,513 Oxygen Integrated Unit for Modular Biomass Conversion to Hydrogen — Palo Alto Research Center Inc., approximately 1400 °C).

Hydrogen

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Thompson: The most important thing thats going on is that CSX Railway , one of the largest in the world, is working with the Canadian PacificKansas City Railway to make not only hydrogen-powered locomotives for the two companies own use, but to also make diesel-to-hydrogen conversion kits to sell to other major railways. is up and running.

Charlotte

Blink Charging

JANUARY 25, 2024

This type of charging would likely be found at retailers, truck stops, and roadside convenience stores , where EV drivers will exit the highway for a meal or rest stop before continuing their journey. Conversely, destination charging is needed at a traveler’s final destination, such as a hotel, resort, or conference center.

Charging

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I’d probably choose a non-Morizo package as I still have people who like me and would want to ride with me, but that Toyota can build and sell such an uncompromising car (five-door hatch with just two seats!) Conversely, the relatively firm ride offered by Mazda may turn off some drivers who just wanted a strict luxury vehicle.

Cars

EV Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Arcadia has developed a suite of technical products to make this possible, from tools that explore utility data and analytics to understand and optimize electricity usage, to centralized billing options that empower businesses to engage in the clean energy conversation with their customers. Many people across the U.S.

Climate Change

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Product conversations start with discussions of ‘tech stacks’ and expand from there. As part of the preparations for what is shaping up to be a major US launch, Segway has begun building up extensive operations stateside, including a dedicated e-bike division. We can’t wait to show you what else we have in store for 2025 and beyond.”

Miles