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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Researchers from Griffith University in Australia and Peking University in China have synthesized low-cost, hierarchically porous, and nitrogen-doped loofah sponge carbon (N-LSC) derived from the loofah sponge via a simple calcining process and applied it as a multifunctional blocking layer for Li–S, Li–Se, and Li–I 2 batteries.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The battery is constructed from easily sourced, low-cost materials and does not contain any cobalt or lithium. E4Tech, a London-based clean-tech specialist consultancy, performed an independent, strategic scoping study of stationary grid storage application based upon LiNa’s technology.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. The generation of hydrogen from water using sunlight could potentially form the basis of a clean and renewable source of energy.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Marquette University.

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MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

The Clean Carbon Conductors team, with members from Rice University and DexMat Co, is designing enhanced-conductivity CNTs by improving fiber quality, alignment, packing density, and by electrochemically doping the CNTs. Each winning team has earned a $25,000 cash prize and a stipend for third-party conductivity testing in Stage 2.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. Advanced composites are especially important for progressing clean energy generation and improving the efficiency of the nation’s fleet. TPI Composites, Inc.;

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The Sensors teams will develop ultra-low-energy distributed sensors to improve production efficiency in agriculture, boosting viability for bioenergy crops and reducing the energy and water requirements for agriculture more broadly. Energy-Water Technologies cohort. Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture cohort.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

—Alexander Bergmann, head of the Institute of Electronic Sensor Systems at Graz University of Technology. Bergmann expects low-cost remote sensors for emission measurement to be ready for series production by the end of the 2022 project at the latest. AUTh (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; GR).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Echion Technologies, a spin-off from the University of Cambridge developing niobium oxide-based materials for anodes, has closed a £10-million (US$13.8 million) Series A funding round. Twice the volumetric capacity of LTO anodes. Safe operating voltage. 1000’s of cycles demonstrated.

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JULY 20, 2020

The Bloom Energy Servers are a proven market leader in clean, reliable, and resilient on-site power. Generating low-cost hydrogen from intermittent renewables is a sine qua non for decarbonization. This expansion of our product offering enables zero-carbon electricity and transportation solutions.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Michigan. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. University of Washington. The project aims to demonstrate a significant step-change up in efficiency with a step-change down in cost of energy. University of Virginia. Emrgy, Inc.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Produced using hydrocarbon materials and a novel polymer structure, Ionomr’s polymer-based solutions avoid a range of environmental problems associated with the production, use and disposal of fluorine-containing polymers predominantly used in clean technologies today. —Hans Maenhout, Finindus, Investment Directo.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A consortium of Progressive Energy, Essar, Johnson Matthey, and SNC-Lavalin will deliver the project comprising the development of a 100,000 Nm 3 per hour clean hydrogen production facility for deployment as part of the HyNet Cluster, using Johnson Matthey’s low-carbon hydrogen technology which enables carbon capture and storage.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

The methane cohort awards: Rice University. Rice University will develop recyclable, lightweight materials that could be used to replace metals in automotive applications. High Value, Energy Saving Carbon Products and Clean Hydrogen Gas from Methane, $3,479,624. Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

However, without strengthened domestic manufacturing capacity, the US will continue to rely on clean energy imports, exposing the nation to supply chain vulnerabilities while simultaneously losing out on job opportunities. The consortium will be led by the University of Toledo, First Solar, Colorado State University, Toledo Solar Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Boston University. Core-Shell Heterostructures as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes Boston University will research ways to synthesize and deploy core-shell heterostructures as SOFC cathodes that will improve SOFC performance by increasing oxygen reduction rates and improving cathode resistance to degradation. Boston University.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Drawing on both fundamental and applied research capabilities within National Labs, universities, and industry, the Plastics Innovation Challenge accelerates innovations that will significantly reduce plastic waste in oceans and landfills and position the US as global leaders in advanced plastics recycling technologies.

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APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Winning BETHE projects are: Category A: Development of Lower-Cost Concepts. University of Wisconsin-Madison. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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JULY 26, 2022

High current density achieved by a CORC cable based on a four-layer model coil recently tested at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) motivated its consideration for low cost, reduced size fusion magnet application. High-temperature superconducting magnets have several advantages over copper magnets.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. Iowa State University. Michigan State University. Temple University.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Ohio State University. Low-Cost Rare Earth Element (REE) Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage Sludge Research Triangle Institute plans to use a staged, membrane-based treatment approach to separate, concentrate, and ultimately recover REEs from acid mine drainage (AMD) sludge that will take place over an 18-month performance period.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

a developer of low-cost, high-performance polymers for electrochemical applications, announced its selection by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for an award that will support the continued development of its alkaline exchange ionomers and membranes. Ecolectro Inc.,

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MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. Thermal energy storage is a known low-cost, low-risk approach for storing solar energy in the form of heat,” adds Codd.

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JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

A team of researchers led by Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, has developed an oxygen-evolving catalyst that takes just minutes to grow at room temperature on commercially available nickel foam. That requires substantial amounts of energy and drives up the cost.

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JULY 13, 2016

Alphabet Energy, a startup commercializing low-cost, efficient thermoelectric materials for power generation leveraging technology initially developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ( earlier post , earlier post ), has closed a $23.5-million million Series C round of financing.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The project aims to increase the generation of clean, low cost, efficient energy.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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JUNE 18, 2012

Waymouth of Stanford University and Dr. James L. Coates of Cornell University in the Academic Category for developing a new family of catalysts that can effectively and economically turn carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into valuable polymers. His approach also uses a low-cost feedstock. Professor Geoffrey W.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) FE-FOA 0002397 , University Turbines Systems Research (UTSR) — Focus on Hydrogen Fuels. There is renewed interest in the use of hydrogen, a clean-burning fuel, for turbine-based electricity generation.

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MAY 21, 2018

The demonstration project will see Drax partner with C-Capture and invest £400,000 (US$539,000) in what could be the first of several pilot projects undertaken at Drax to deliver a rapid, lower-cost demonstration of BECCS. —Chris Rayner, founder of C-Capture and Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds.

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MARCH 22, 2012

These university-industry partnerships will receive almost $34 million in total project support. This project is led by Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University, in partnership with Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation, Ballard Power Systems, Hyteon Inc., APC Investment: $5,500,000 (through NSERC and NRC). GM Canada, and Hydrogenics.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Through this topic area, the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) will select “seedling” projects for innovative, new ideas that accelerate the development of advanced motor designs and materials in support of the goals of the Electric Drive Technologies (EDT) Consortium, a multi-disciplinary team of national labs and universities.

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