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AUGUST 1, 2013

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced more than $22 million in new investments to help develop cost-competitive algae fuels and streamline the biomass feedstock supply chain for advanced biofuels. Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. California Polytechnic State University ($1.5

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

A paper co-authored by Hansman and several MIT students—and presented this summer at the IEEE International Conference on Future Energy Solutions at the University of Vaasa in Finland— considered the case of supplying enough liquid hydrogen for 100 airports worldwide, each with long-haul flights.

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JULY 5, 2017

Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. A commercialized bioprocess of n-butanol can be readily realized by a cost-effective feedstock. g/L n-butanol from 20 g/L crude glycerol.

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MARCH 24, 2013

million in funding toward these projects with the matching cost share from the awarded project teams totaling $5 million. They also represent teaming by NAMII members with more than 30 different participating organizations, including eight universities and 25 industry partners from both small and large businesses. The Robert C.

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APRIL 18, 2017

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed and demonstrated at laboratory scale a novel process to synthesize low-cost, polymeric valerolactones with tunable mechanical properties and low glass transition temperatures. The University is seeking to license the technology. Brutman, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Deborah K.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

As part of the FY 2012 Phase I Release 3 SBIR/STTR Award program, the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Michigan-based XG Sciences, a manufacturer of graphene nanoplatelets ( earlier post ), a contract to develop low-cost, high-energy Si/graphene anodes for Li-ion batteries for use in extended range electric vehicle applications.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. This year at that same conference, a leader in the field, IEEE Fellow Andrew Kahng , hoped to put an end to the acrimony once and for all. Called proxy cost, this acts like the score would in a reinforcement learning system that was figuring out how to play a video game.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The California Energy Commission is awarding the University of California, Berkeley $1.5 The project will focus on controlling the charging of PEVs in residential and small commercial settings using a novel and flexible open-source, open-software architecture charge communication and control platform.

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JULY 30, 2023

Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. Still, there were problems.

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JUNE 14, 2016

The winners and their innovative technologies are: Professor Paul Chirik of Princeton University is being recognized for discovering a new class of catalysts that are used to produce silicones, found in silicone rubber, tires, shampoos, furniture fibers and paper coatings without using hard-to-obtain platinum.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to control systems technology, was awarded to the development team of engineers: David Germann, Dejan Kihas, Daniel Pachner, Jaroslav Pekar, Greg Stewart, and Francesco Borrelli, who is now an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California-Berkeley.

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This project, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference on February 24, 2024, marks a pivotal moment in India’s commitment to renewable energy adoption. This initiative will be supported by 1 billion dollars in concessional finance and other commercial funding.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There’s a compound there,” says Alexander Gabay , a researcher at the University of Delaware , referring to the iron nitride in the magnets being developed by Niron. However, the magnet is far too expensive for commercial use. But “it’s not intrinsically capable of making a good magnet. It’s that simple.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. The conference.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a highly reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS). The UCR Office of Technology Commercialization has filed patents for the inventions.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

A study previously issued by the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta suggested that “the choke point for the province’s oil sands expansion may not be the huge carbon dioxide emissions arising from mining and processing the sticky, bitumen containing tar sands, as is widely assumed, but a lack of water.”.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The three-year project has a projected cost of €4.94 For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost. The University of Exeter. The University of Nottingham. million (US$6.64 million); EU project funding is €3.58 million (US$4.82

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JANUARY 12, 2023

CES , the huge annual conference, showcase, and deal-making venue for the international consumer electronics industry, is not just about shiny new gadgets. They called their invention Electro-Quasistatic Human Body Communication; they’ve now tagged the commercial version Wi-R, and Sen says it’s ready for prime time.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

GM also said it plans to strengthen its core business through global growth initiatives and an aggressive product launch cadence, while continuing to focus on driving cost efficiencies. The company shared its plans with investors during a conference at its Milford Proving Ground. —Mary Barra. eBike Concept.

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APRIL 17, 2022

The device went on to serve as the heart of stability-control systems in countless commercial and private aircraft and U.S. 1972, University of California, Los Angeles, both in electrical engineering; Ph.D., 1972, University of California, Los Angeles, both in electrical engineering; Ph.D., missile guidance systems, too.

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APRIL 30, 2023

But now, Cerf sat alone in the lobby of San Francisco’s Jack Tar Hotel , on a break from a computing conference. his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. and University College London. It was time to go commercial.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Researchers at the University of Toronto, collaborating with colleagues in the fields of fuel, aerospace, and combustion, have performed what they say are the largest yet simulations of bio-jet fuel combustion, making it now possible to identify fuel mixtures which reduce soot formation while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Artificial intelligence has become an indispensable tool in many scientists’ lives, such that its use by researchers now has its own moniker— AI4Science —used by conferences and laboratories. in quantum field theory at the University of Edinburgh, then worked in nuclear fusion before machine learning caught his eye in the 1980s.

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MARCH 11, 2023

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA. SDG&E is working to further evaluate and fine-tune the charging infrastructure, which is a critical link to making electric vehicles commercially viable.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Electric supercharging provides a cost-effective technology for controlling emissions without increasing fuel consumption. This can be achieved without the cost and complexity of replacing an entire fleet with brand new vehicles before older vehicles have been fully amortized. Phil Bush, technology manager at Eminox. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

The increased power density leads directly to smaller engine package size and weight, the Achates team suggested, both beneficial to decreasing fuel consumption and manufacturing costs. Thermodynamic analysis. Thermodynamic analysis. Herold, Michael H. Wahl, Gerhard Regner, James U. Lemke, David E.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota also has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce 100% renewable jet fuel from algae. Storage stability is a unique military and Navy requirement not required in the commercial world.

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MAY 4, 2009

The 31 st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, a special conference of the Society for Industrial Microbiology, began yesterday in San Francisco with its largest group of conferees yet—approximately 850. At least one company, Gevo, is also looking at butanol as an intermediate to renewable hydrocarbon fuels. The use of C.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. Director, Manufacturing Research Center, Western Michigan University. —Jon Lauckner.

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JUNE 14, 2009

Riversimple worked with Oxford and Cranfield University on the power electronics, motors and control system. Commercialization and manufacturing. Riversimple plans to lease its cars, not sell them; fueling will be included in the lease cost. LCVP conference, 8 June 2009. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: Still 10 years away?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Fewer base stations are required, reducing overall system setup costs. This configuration also makes it possible to provide low-cost temporary networks after disasters. OKI has already evaluated experimental systems with up to 100 devices using the 950 MHz band, both indoors and outdoors. Encompassing frequencies between 915.9

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JULY 15, 2023

Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Dennis Whyte [left], the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ CEO, Bob Mumgaard, confer in CFS’s test hall, where the startup built and tested its first magnet. national labs and universities as well as international research institutes.

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Davide Scaramuzza directs the Robotics and Perception group at the University of Zürich. So I’ve watched many of your previous tech talks and also interacted with you guys at conferences. This also has already been done, not by my group, but a group of Richard Hartley at the University of Canberra in Australia.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. Studying "smart grids" with emphasis on co-joining BEVs with houses and commercial buildings.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. Studying "smart grids" with emphasis on co-joining BEVs with houses and commercial buildings.

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