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New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award

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million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and validate technology that will reduce the cost of manufacturing high-performance carbon fiber by 25% to make composite natural gas or hydrogen fuel tanks to power cars and trucks. Well over half of the composite fuel tank’s cost is attributed to carbon fiber used in its manufacture.

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Ferguson collaborates with Ford on F550 Fuel Cell Prototype

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As part of this collaboration, Ferguson will also prepare a location in Charlotte, NC for the installation of temporary infrastructure equipment for the duration of the pilot. Together, these investments in new technologies will help inform Ferguson’s strategy for a more environmentally friendly fleet.

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Fontaine Modification offers refrigerated trailer electrification through new strategic alliance with eNow

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The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia. In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs.

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Construction begins on DOE-sponsored carbon-capture project at Kentucky Power Plant

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million carbon-capture pilot, funded in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE), at Kentucky Utilities’ E.W. The 2 megawatt thermal system will be the first megawatt-scale carbon-capture pilot unit in the Commonwealth. An integrated cooling tower that recovers energy from the carbon-capture system and improves power plant efficiency.

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Zap&Go bringing C-Ion technology to Williams Advanced Engineering-led consortium as part of ?246M Faraday Battery Challenge

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Zap&Go Ltd has been selected to contribute its unique Carbon-Ion (C-Ion) technology to a consortium led by Williams Advanced Engineering to develop next-generation battery systems for electric vehicles. The time is right to demonstrate that our Carbon-Ion technology can deliver safe, fast charging.

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Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium membership reaches all-time high

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The consortium, which coordinates research programs for advanced lead-acid and lead carbon batteries, is also looking to build upon that number soon as at least 10 other companies have expressed interest in joining this year or next.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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Her father, a chemist, was on the team that first synthesized vitamin B1 at pharmaceutical company Merck in Charlotte, N.C. in Charlotte. In 1941 her uncle Vannevar Bush was appointed the first science advisor to the U.S. While an undergraduate EE student there, she got an internship at Southern Services Co. ,