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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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The study, sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, is the result of a collaboration between Argonne and four other DOE national labs: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories.

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NREL report finds electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership than diesel under certain conditions

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A new total cost of ownership (TCO) study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that battery-electric and fuel-cell electric commercial trucks could be economically competitive with conventional diesel trucks by 2025 in some operating scenarios. —Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher.

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

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The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead a team of researchers—in partnership with Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world—to identify new transportation technologies that could dramatically improve energy use, convenience, and affordability.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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A new study by a team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concludes that a high-pressure, scalable, intra-city hydrogen pipeline system could improve the economics and logistics of hydrogen delivery, making it potentially cost-competitive with gasoline. Furthermore, these lower pressures are stepped down further, to 0.25–200

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

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My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago. It is a significant cost to them to transport all of that mass when only 20% of it is valuable, so the real value we bring is a very effective, clean way to upgrade this material.

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Ioxus unveils 16V/58F iMOD ultracapacitor module series for alternative energy markets

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a manufacturer of ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets ( earlier post ), unveiled its first 16V/58F iMOD series of ultracapacitor modules. —Chad Hall. Ioxus, Inc., It’s ruggedized to handle industrial environments.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million. The defendants.

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