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Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

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OSU’s Yue Cao and Alan Fern will use advanced electrical propulsion and artificial intelligence research to create the power electronics, motor drive technology and energy management tools for the hydrogen fuel cell truck tractor. The work by Oregon State is part of $25.8 Earlier post.).

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Researchers devise seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer for turning seawater into hydrogen

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer.

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PNNL licenses three technologies via Startup America; batteries, fuel cells and buildings

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optioned a PNNL-developed method for building titanium oxide and carbon structures that greatly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries. The company’s business plan is based on manufacturing devices to detect pests in buildings. Each year, pests cause many millions of dollars in damage to homes and commercial buildings.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Managed by the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, the new projects will build on that success by researching alternative methods of extraction and the potential for commercialization, as well as the environmental impact of natural gas extraction from hydrate formations. The University of Texas at Austin.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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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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Study urges tougher target for California LCFS; up to 26% by 2030 under high performance scenario

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The research was conducted by Chris Malins, who has a doctorate in applied mathematics from the University of Sheffield, was formerly Fuels Program lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), and is an independent global expert on transportation, energy and clean fuels policy. Malins (2018) Click to enlarge.