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Lightning Systems more than tripling size of manufacturing and R&D facility in Colorado

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With more than $32 million in pending orders from commercial and government fleets, commercial electric vehicle supplier Lightning Systems is more than tripling the size of its manufacturing, research and development facility in Loveland, Colorado. With the expansion, Lightning has nearly doubled its number of employees from 40 to 70.

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Solid Power unveils all-solid-state platform technology, transitions silicon cells to pilot line

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Solid Power, a producer of all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, provided details on its All-Solid-State Platform technology and the three unique battery designs it enables. Solid Power has also announced the successful transition of its high-content silicon all-solid-state battery to the company’s Colorado-based production line.

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Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

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In a 2012 presentation, the inventors said that the direct conversion process delivers a liquid hydrocarbon fuel yield of ~54-55% at 310°C, with ~6-7% ethylene and ~39% water byproducts, making the technology more cost-effective than previous approaches. It could also be incorporated into new plant designs to further reduce operating costs.

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Solid Power to expand Denver-area production to support formal automotive qualification

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an industry-leading developer of all-solid-state battery cells for electric vehicles, is adding a second Denver-area production facility in Thornton, Colorado. Solid Power also intends to sell the solid electrolyte material to other solid-state cell producers who may not be using the company’s unique all-solid-state cell designs.

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Cobalt Technologies demonstrates capability of biocatalyst conversion of biomass sugars to n-butanol; confirms 40-60% cost reduction compared to petroleum-derived n-butanol

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For the strain fermentation demonstration, Cobalt utilized the NREL Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility (IBRF) in the National Bioenergy Center facilities in Golden, Colorado, which is designed for large-scale fermentation and downstream processing. Tests resulted in high sugar conversion and high yields of butanol.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. Colorado State. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. amounts a sunlight, Cornell’s design will increase efficiency and. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a.

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Topic 2, Area of Interest 2: Conversion to Rare Earth Metals (RE-metals). University of Wyoming; Generation of Rare Earth Metals from Rare Earth Oxides by Using Microwave Plasma Partners: Colorado School of Mines, Ames Laboratory, Eutectix, Rare Element Resources DOE share: $500,000; Cost share: $125,500; Total costs: $625,500.