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JANUARY 23, 2012

Batteries are appealing because of their small footprint and flexible siting; however, conventional battery technologies are unable to meet the demanding low-cost and long-lifespan requirements of this application. —Bradwell et al. While the initial cell performance results are promising, exploration of other metal?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Ballard Power Systems unveiled its next-generation high-performance liquid-cooled fuel cell stack, the FCgen-LCS, at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Trade Fair and Convention. The FCgen-LCS features important design and performance enhancements, while also offering a reduction in total-cost-of-ownership.

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MARCH 31, 2011

Startup Pinnacle Engines unveiled plans to commercialize a new, more efficient combustion engine by 2013. The company says the new engine design enables significant reductions in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions without increasing vehicle cost. Click to enlarge. a Pinnacle Engines development partner.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

a gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology and solutions company that transforms methane and other hydrocarbon gases into gasoline and methanol ( earlier post ), has successfully produced 100-octane gasoline at its commercial demonstration plant in Hillsborough, New Jersey. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

A gas diffusion layer without any catalysts was used as the baseline air electrode for comparison. Architectural features of tetrapod structures, commercially available melamine foam (inset), and a cross-sectional view (SEM image) of a fractured melamine foam after pyrolysis. Source: Lee et al. Click to enlarge. A team of S.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

b) Comparison of cycling performance at C/2 with and without the PVP modification. Lithium sulfur batteries are of great interest due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost (e.g., Commercial applications of lithium sulfur batteries have not been very successful despite several decades of research.

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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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JULY 24, 2017

Researchers in Sweden and Italy have devised a simple strategy to address the issues currently hampering commercialization of high-energy density Li-sulfure batteries, including. The challenges with an increased energy density and reduced cost of secondary batteries can only be tackled by new battery chemistries. Agostini et al.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Low-cost electricity is the single most important factor for the production of all zero carbon energies and globally, there are significant unused and non-commercial renewable resources which can be developed by the P2XFloater. The renewable source can be either hydro power, sun or wind- or a combination of these.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. Such fuels should be currently available, or have the potential to become, commercially practical within the next 10 years.

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MARCH 23, 2016

a gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology and commercial solutions company that transforms methane and other hydrocarbon gases into methanol and gasoline, plans to develop and deliver its 160MT/day methanol plant to a manufacturing site in the Marcellus shale region. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Cost savings can be achieved by reducing material costs (notably platinum use), increasing power density, reducing system complexity and improving durability. The Carbon Trust is currently supporting the following companies and organizations: ow ITM Power’s fuel cell technology reduces cost compared to current technology.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Each point of efficiency increase translates to major savings in fuel costs for each megawatt of power produced. (As As a point of comparison, the Siemens SGT6-5000F gas turbine for 60 Hz power plants offers a power output of 208 MW and efficiency of 38.590% in single cycle operation.). in simple cycle operation, and to 57.5%

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JUNE 6, 2010

However, carbon remains the predominant commercial anode material solution at this point. The GMP40 material also showed strong cycling performance, with capacity remaining above 250 mAh g -1 at the 60 th cycle in comparison to less than 175 mAh g -1 for the mesophase pitch carbon.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Furthermore, QinetiQ estimates that significant cost savings are possible in comparison with current commercial production Li-Ion chemistries through cheaper raw materials and a more energy-efficient patented manufacturing process.

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JULY 24, 2020

The program will demonstrate that a suite of commercially available, EPA-rail-certified engines present a near-term, low-risk solution to create an affordable RNG hybrid line-haul locomotive with near zero emissions while simultaneously improving fuel cost by 50%. g/bhp-hr of NOx, a reduction of 400 times. g/bhp-hr of PM.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

For comparison, activated carbon control has also been plotted. In addition, the team suggests that such electrodes could be mass scalable with relatively simple and low-cost fabrication procedures, thereby providing a clear pathway toward commercialization. Credit: ACS, Mukherjee et al. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The AFC Energy fuel cell (known as the Alpha Fuel Cell System) is a compact alkaline fuel cell system developed for the commercial power generation market. AFC has run thousands of hours of system and electrode tests, and in some instances has run comparison tests to ascertain the severity of the problem of CO 2 contamination in KOH.

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APRIL 2, 2016

An improved titanium alloy—stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market—gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys.

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MAY 1, 2018

Currently, liquid electrolyte still [dominates] the commercial LIB market since they are low cost, easy to prepare and [feature] high ionic conductivity. To create the hybrid electrolyte, the team mixed 5 wt% and 10 wt% Al 2 O 3 -ST into a base commercial electrolyte with 1M LiPF 6 in EC:DMC (3:7 by volume).

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MAY 21, 2012

By comparison, syngas resulting from conventional gasification cannot be converted to pipeline quality natural gas without further processing. pure methane). We are extremely pleased to welcome Wanxiang as one of our strategic investors and establish a joint venture with them in China.

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MAY 25, 2015

By comparison, the average particle size of Pt/C increased from 4.5 After 1,000 degradation cycles in a full cell, a MEA (membrane electrode assembly) with a Pt 3 Cr/C cathode exhibited an excellent maximum power density retention of about 94% compared to only 59% for the MEA with the commercial catalyst. up to 10–30 nm.

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MARCH 19, 2014

The data for 10 nm Sn (tin) NCs are shown for comparison. Sodium is regarded as a possible low-cost alternative to lithium as it is much more naturally abundant and its reserves are more evenly distributed on Earth. 20C (1C = 0.66 1 , 9 cycles at each C-rate, first cycle at 0.1C).

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MAY 16, 2010

Initial results, reported in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , suggest that DMF is very promising as a new biofuel; not only is the combustion performance similar to commercial gasoline, but the regulated emissions are also comparable.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

The ATJ is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial isobutanol plant located in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo is well positioned to play a role in this growth, as the company believes its ATJ is cost advantaged in comparison to other renewable jet alternatives derived from carbohydrate-based feedstocks.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The finding, described in an open access paper in Nature’s Scientific Reports , is potentially a step towards reducing the cost of fuel cell technology—one of the impediments to widespread commercialization. The prohibitively high cost and scarcity of Pt have also been bottlenecks that further impede the widespread use of PEFCs.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg. By comparison, realized capacity in a graphite/copper composite anode is only ~ 150 mAh g -1. —Karl Kreder. —Professor Arumugam Manthiram.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In 2011, according to the FAA, commercial aviation was responsible for roughly 5% of US GDP—just over $1 trillion in economic activity. narrow coverage range of airline types, which ought to include low-cost carriers and regional affiliates of larger airlines. In 2010, aviation accounted for about 7.5%

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APRIL 29, 2011

Startup Pinnacle Engines, the developer of a four-stroke, spark-ignited (SI), opposed-piston, sleeve-valve architecture engine ( earlier post ), is initially targeting lower power applications (such as tuk tuks) in developing markets in its commercialization strategy. a Pinnacle Engines development partner.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

The module will also utilize fuel cell stacks manufactured through a high-volume, low-cost process. These product enhancements and efficient manufacturing process will reduce capital expense and operating costs, providing a more competitive total cost of ownership in comparison with alternative low-emission technologies.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

The MOF-based device shows an areal capacitance that exceeds those of most carbon-based materials and capacity retention greater than 90% over 10,000 cycles, in line with commercial devices. Tests showed they lost less than 10% of their performance after 10,000 cycles, which is comparable to existing commercial supercapacitors.

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JUNE 10, 2011

High-level findings of the MIT study include: There are abundant supplies of natural gas in the world, and many of these supplies can be developed and produced at relatively low cost. It is clean and flexible. Natural gas use in the transportation sector is likely to increase, with the primary benefit being reduced oil dependence.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy is seeking these projects as part of the Department’s Carbon Storage program, which has the goal of developing and advancing technologies to improve the effectiveness of carbon storage, reduce the cost of implementation, and be ready for widespread commercial deployment in the 2025–2035 timeframe.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 19, 2021

Saju Nair, EVP and Head of Commercial Vehicle Business, Piaggio India Pvt Ltd. ” Also read related article: Mahindra Treo & Piaggio Ape E-City E-Autos Comparison. Saju Nair, EVP and Head of Commercial Vehicle Business, Piaggio India Pvt Ltd.

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APRIL 5, 2010

In Phase I, the catalyst will be prepared and characterized, and its performance to catalyze the transesterification reaction in the presence of an industrially relevant concentration of methanol will be compared to the most promising commercially available biocatalyst. Low-Cost Retrofit Emissions Control in Off-Road Sources”, $69,999.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Comparison of the best NPMC (non-precious metal catalyst) in this work with a Pt-based catalyst. One of the obstacles to commercializing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the cost of the fuel cells themselves. Mitch Jacoby, “ Low-Cost Iron For Fuel Cells ”, Chemical and Engineering News , 6 April 2009, Vol.

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