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Alkegen begins commercial production of silicon anode material SiFAB in Indiana

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SiFAB features micron-sized silicon fiber with an engineered structure that enables higher energy density through a nanoporous fiber structure that accommodates swelling. Source: Alkegen SiFAB is currently being validated by customers for use in more than 20 different applications, according to Chief Innovation Officer Chad Cannan.

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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Limitations on diesel-ignited propane duel fuel combustion in heavy-duty diesel engine

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liter, six-cylinder, production heavy-duty diesel engine. They presented their results Results are presented for brake mean effective pressures (BMEP) from 5 to 20 bar and different percent energy substituted (PES) by propane at a constant engine speed of 1500 rpm. Polk, Chad D. —Polk et al. 2014.04.069.

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Unifrax introduces new silicon fiber anode technology

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Unifrax, the inventor of specialty ceramic fibers, has a 75+ year track record of developing and supplying engineered inorganic materials at large scale to advanced industries worldwide including electric vehicles, aerospace, and chemical processing. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Unifrax.

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Verdezyne groundbreaking for first bio-based DDDA plant; replacing petroleum

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The new facility is designed to produce bio-based long chain diacids via fermentation of Verdezyne’s proprietary yeast, which has been engineered to use non-food biomass to produce high value chemicals. —Chad Waite, Chairman of the Verdezyne Board of Directors. Verdezyne Inc.,

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. This guided them in successfully engineering the new strain of yeast that not only shows resistance to ionic liquids but also improves sugar conversion and biofuel production.

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NREL to lead $5M initiative to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency of DFW

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—NREL Associate Lab Director, Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Sciences, Johney Green. —DFW Airport Executive Vice President of Operations Chad Makovsky. We anticipate the labs developing models for convenient, energy-efficient methods of moving people and commerce that will guide our efforts for decades to come.

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