Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). The research team is looking into possible commercialization of the technology.

Minnesota 268

Minnesota Conversion Universal Grant 268

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Projects will work to reduce the LCOE through multiple approaches, including increasing generation efficiency, increasing rotor area per unit of equivalent mass, lowering operation and maintenance costs, minimizing potential impacts on the surrounding environment, and maximizing system reliability. The University of Michigan.

Mariner 418

Mariner Universal Grid Water 418

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

Efficiency improvements in energy conversion and storage technologies: This includes combined heat and power units; novel energy storage and energy conversion techniques; and waste heat recovery. All DOE National Laboratories are eligible to participate. The deadline for concept papers is Tuesday, 9 June 2020.

Manufacturer 186

Manufacturer Waste Conversion Universal 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

Parts 459

Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 459

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2020

The proposed engine power generation innovation is built around achieving ultra-high energy conversion efficiency. The ultimate objective of the project is to upscale both innovations and to demonstrate them in relevant operational environments. By capturing wave energy, extra thrust is produced and ship motions are dampened.

Fuel 291

Fuel Mariner Norway Emissions 291

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

Hillcrest Energy Technologies, a Canada-based a clean technology company developing power conversion technologies and control system solutions for next-generation electrical systems, has filed a patent application for a simplified EV charging solution. The 250kW 800V SiC EV inverter commercial prototype will be delivered this year.

Charging 210

Charging Re-Charge DC Concept 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. To further enhance this effect, they proposed a layered reverse-flow reactor concept.

Conversion 150

Conversion Water Gas Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Coal 210

Coal Universal Iowa Utah 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. University of California, San Diego. University of Houston. The selected projects: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Fusion 249

Fusion Energy San Diego Los Angeles 249

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

The collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the University of Nottingham and Clean Air Power will initially target search and rescue vessels. The project will aim to deliver retrofit solutions at scale across commercial, professional, and governmental fleets.

Mariner 221

Mariner Hydrogen Clean Cleaning 221

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., Under the terms of the licensing agreement, AutoPort has been granted non-exclusive rights in the area of commercial fleet vehicles. Source: PJM. Click to enlarge. AC Propulsion, based in San Dimas, Calif.,

Delaware 218

Delaware Universal Fleet Grid 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2016

The biojet used in this project will be sourced from commercially available, certifiably sustainable Canadian oleochemical feedstocks using the Hydroprocessed Esters and a Fatty Acids (HEFA) conversion process.

Canada 150

Canada Supplies Universal Massachusetts 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

The biojet used in this project will be sourced from commercially available, certifiably sustainable Canadian oleochemical feedstocks using the Hydroprocessed Esters and a Fatty Acids (HEFA) conversion process. CBSCI includes a strong research component with the participation of.

Canada 150

Canada Supplies Fuel Universal 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

51-year-old Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. ECD has determined that its current financial position is insufficient to sustain the current operating environment and make the necessary investments for the future of the business, without restructuring through the bankruptcy process. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Corporation 210

Corporation Conversion Companies Sale 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

A further advantage is the almost noiseless operation which makes them fit more easily into the environment. The OWI contributes its know-how in the conversion of liquid energy sources and is responsible for the further development of the fuel gas generator, hot gas recirculation and the thermal start-up concept of the overall system.

Mariner 220

Mariner Gas-Electric Fuel Gas 220

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2023

They come up with the questions, not us, which results in the kinds of robotics conversations you won’t hear anywhere else—uniquely informative, but also surprising and fun. We’re going to try to keep the episodes pretty short, maybe 20 minutes or so, so they’ll be easy to fit into your day.

Boston 95

Boston Conversion Google IDEA 95

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2016

A team at the University of California, Irvine has discovered that the iron protein (the reductase component) of the natural enzyme nitrogenase can, independent of its natural catalytic partner, convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO)—a syngas used to produce useful biofuels and other chemical products. —Rebelein et al.

Production 170

Production CO2 Conversion Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2018

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new approach for creating new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. In this study, researchers looked at the challenges of improving affordability and catalyst efficiency in the conversion and storage of clean energy. —Huang et al. Huang et al.

Design 191

Design Chad Polymer Conversion 191

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

A team from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in S. Korea, with colleagues from Hyundai Motors’s R&D group and the University of St. NO x is extremely difficult to reduce under an oxygen-rich environment. A paper on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wright, P.

Diesel 150

Diesel Engine Hyundai Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

A team from seven US universities and the Korea Institue of Science and Technology, led by George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed an integrated catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields.

Renewable 247

Renewable Fuel Price Wisconsin 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The implementation of this industrial and commercial ecosystem will take place gradually between 2021 and 2024, replacing the production of new vehicles. Optimizing the battery’s life cycle is a crucial issue for the development of the sector and limiting its impact on the environment.

Economy 397

Economy Re-Charge France Maintenance 397

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2012

NO conversion versus ramp-up and ramp-down temperatures for MnCe-7:1 (?), The new material is active at temperatures as low as 120 °C with conversion maxima of ~45% higher than that achieved with Pt. Nanostellar was founded in California in 2004 by scientists from Stanford University and NASA Ames Research Center. SmMn 2 O 5 (?),

Exhaust 240

Exhaust Diesel Dallas Conversion 240

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2015

Superalloy for Heavy Duty Gas Turbine Wheels for Improved Combined Cycle Efficiency General Electric Company will partner with The Ohio State University to help increase combined cycle turbine efficiency for next generation advanced cycle operations that require new alloys capable of operating at 1,200 degrees and above.

Power 150

Power Powered Ohio West Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

That’s the goal of the Mobility Transformation Center, a cross-campus University of Michigan initiative that also involves government and industry representatives. In October, U-M regents approved plans for a one-of-a-kind driverless car test environment near North Campus. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Michigan 218

Michigan Vehicles Universal Google 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 NSF awards SBIR grants to small businesses for novel research with a potential for commercialization.

Minnesota 210

Minnesota Solar Fuel Universal 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2016

A team from Brown University and Lakehead University (Canada) have developed a method for the facile and cost-effective synthesis of NiFe-layered double hydroxides (LDH) nanosheets to serve as efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline environment.

Universal 150

Universal Low Cost Canada Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2014

This can happen either after removal of most of the carbohydrates by hydrolysis and fermentation operations (top sequence) or by pretreatment before downstream carbohydrate conversion (bottom sequence). Ragauskas et al. courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.] Click to enlarge. —Arthur Ragauskas. —Arthur Ragauskas.

Production 225

Production Carbon Fiber Polymer Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Mallee is indigenous to Australia and is well adapted to the environment. The pyrolysis thermal conversion process has yet to be recognized by the world’s fuels standards authorities. The sustainability analysis is managed by the CRC, Airbus and the UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University.

Renewable 255

Renewable Fuel Australia Alternative Fuels 255

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

2019 150

2019 Industrial Industry Production 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

ZeaChem says its role in the USDA project is the logical progression of its phased development strategy, in which it researches and develops saleable products at each step toward commercialization. ZeaChem Inc., For the ethanol process, the acetic acid is then converted to an ester which is then hydrogenated to make ethanol. Earlier post. ).

Washington 218

Washington Hydrogen Grant Universal 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

The following projects have been selected for awards: Kansas State University, $5,078,932. Ohio State University, $6,510,183. A life cycle analysis will incorporate thermodynamic principles to assess the resource use, energy/fuel production and the environmental impact of the conversion technologies. Ceramatec, Inc.,

Montana 231

Montana Wyoming Convert Kansas 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. 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. …

Fuel 150

Fuel Hydrogen Virginia 2011 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. Audi, along with ETOGAS, is building the first commercial-scale demonstration plant (6.3 Diagram: Isabelle Plat. Click to enlarge.

Volt 334

Volt Financing Gas Power 334

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

will prepare an initial engineering design study to use commercial-scale membrane CO 2 capture technology at the CEMEX Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, TX. Praxair will complete an initial engineering design study for a Linde-BASF CO 2 capture system at a commercial steam methane reforming (SMR) hydrogen plant in Convent, LA.

Carbon 236

Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in Using the faster computer simulations, they can track the conversion of wood all the way to the chemical vapor products. Energy Environ. Credit: Paul Dauenhauer.

Insight 210

Insight Conversion 2011 Delaware 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Participants in GTI’s project included Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Michigan Technological University. Earlier post.) We believe this is a significant advance for algal biofuels over lipid oil extraction approaches to diesel and jet fuel. —Nick Gerritsen.

Renewable 210

Renewable Companies Fuel New Zealand 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Acrylonitrile, a petroleum-derived commodity chemical, is one of the most widely used monomers in the chemical industry with many commercial applications. The high acrylonitrile yield allows us to propose a potential industrial process for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to renewable acrylonitrile and carbon fibers.

Carbon Fiber 191

Carbon Fiber Renewable Carbon Eaton 191