Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Well, let's think. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2021

EAA partners with credit union to offer loans on clean energy, EVs, and e-bikes. The Electric Auto Association and Colorado-based Clean Energy Credit Union have partnered on a new member benefit. The ability to get competitive interest rates for renewable and sustainable projects can make a good deal just so much better.

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Clean Cleaning Auto Energy 85

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2012

FuelCell Energy, Inc., Versa), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer with research facilities in Littleton, Colorado, USA and Calgary, Canada. Prior to this action, FuelCell Energy, Inc. a provider of carbonate direct fuel cell power plants, has acquired the remaining shares of Versa Power Systems, Inc.

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Energy Power Powered Clean 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

The new research center, which will be named the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), will bring together leading researchers from academia, four Department of Energy national laboratories, and the private sector. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). In recent years, DOE and others have scaled up work to address these challenges. Molycorp, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2014

Ford Motor Company is expanding its MyEnergi Lifestyle program ( earlier post ), announced at last year’s CES, to include home energy storage. In addition to using home renewables, smart charging and smart appliances, Ford announced at the 2014 International CES that MyEnergi Lifestyle 2.0

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Energy Storage Ford Energy Eaton 306

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Developments by PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and Princeton of lithium air batteries incorporating graphene as a cathode material set the highest energy storage capacity ever recorded, 15,000 mAh g -1. These Liquid Desiccant HVAC systems deliver a 50 - 75% reduction in energy usage over conventional HVAC units.

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Hydrogen Engine Energy Batteries 279

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Of that, $26.5 billion already has been obligated to fund more than 8,500 approved projects in 55 US States and Territories.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Toyota Motor North America is collaborating with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to build, install and evaluate a 1-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generation system at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado. This 3-year, $6.5-million

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Toyota Fuel Hydrogen Energy Storage 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. State of Colorado Department of Transportation. Because the charging stations will utilize Jacksonville Electric Authority's Solar Smart Power program, the buses will truly have zero emissions. Broward County.

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2009

At team of researchers from Solix Biofuels ( earlier post ), Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have calculated both an absolute upper limit to solar-based algal oil production as well as a feasible target range for production based on realistic efficiencies (calculated for six global sites).

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Oil Solar 2009 2008 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Electrofuels. per gallon.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. National Energy Technology Laboratory.

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. HEATS: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage ($37.3 National Renewable.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Biomass Energy (5 projects). Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects). Conventional Energy (1 project). ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It Expands Capacity for Renewable Energy Storage Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar play a critical role in a sustainable economy. An efficient power grid must be able to capture energy from them when it’s available and store it for distribution when it’s needed.

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Grid Power Grid Vehicles Renewable 94

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Well, let’s look at them from first principles and see, with the energy demands and the utilization of the vehicle that you have in aviation, what makes sense. When it comes to utilizing that energy, fuel cells are 50-60% efficiency. Biological organisms are not great at converting sunlight into energy.

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Hydrogen Fuel San Francisco All-Electric 90

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

If successful, the team will greatly increase transformer functionality and reduce size over current technologies, affecting application areas like grid energy storage, solar photovoltaics and electric vehicle fast chargers, while also enabling better grid monitoring and easy retrofits. Imagen Energy. Opcondys, Inc.

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