Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. Bottom line: Among CSP, molten-salt power towers have the greatest cost-reduction potential, thanks to higher operating temperatures and improved efficiencies, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA ).

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Molten Salt Solar United Arab Emirates Albuquerque 111

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In recent years, however, CSP development stalled amid the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. Bottom line: Among CSP, molten-salt power towers have the greatest cost-reduction potential, thanks to higher operating temperatures and improved efficiencies, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA ).

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Molten Salt Solar United Arab Emirates Albuquerque 98

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Arkansas North Carolina Energy New York 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Two of the most recent charger installations were at the East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock, Arkansas. FUMC installed our JuiceBar commercial - grade charger in June, making it available to the public for free. No messy, hard-to-read screens.

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Massachusetts Arkansas Grid Installation 69

Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). While the local electricity rate was $0.1749kWh last year, a heat wave has increased the cost to $0.1927kWh this year. to $1,156.20.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Grid 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2016

Efforts to commercialize light-weight, energy-dense lithium-sulfur secondary batteries (2510 Wh kg –1 ) have been stalled by ongoing problems with the battery’s membrane, which limits cycle-life. Harper International Corp.

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Manufacturer EPRI Lithium Sulfur Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on accelerating the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics, and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Pennsylvania State U.;

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Manufacturer Los Angeles Oregon Connecticut 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Commercial scale algae production is not included. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. 2.0% (mostly woody biomass). Central East.

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. per gallon.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

Durable and affordable higher-temperature heat exchangers could make energy conversion much more efficient, which in turn could reduce fuel consumption, system footprint, capital and operational cost, and emissions. It features a plate-type heat exchanger that enables lower cost, powder-based manufacturing. The Ohio State University.

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Low Cost Universal Power Powered 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By creating high performance parts built with solid ion conductors—solids in which ions can be mobile and store energy—the IONICS program will focus on new ways to process and integrate these parts into devices with the goal of accelerating their commercial deployment. —ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D. Iowa State University.

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Li-ion Polymer Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. measurement capabilities and lowering the cost of electric. cost associated with thermal management. Pennsylvania State University.

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Energy Storage Grid Electric Vehicles Energy 299

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded more than $54 million—leveraging approximately an additional $17 million in cost share from the private sector—for 13 projects to advance transformational technologies and materials that can help manufacturers significantly increase the energy efficiency of their operations and reduce costs.

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Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Carbon Lithium Sulfur 210

Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

After six months of 80-hour weeks and sleepless nights, SS MAPR was able to finish its maiden voyage with water samples and data collected from the bottom of the Schuylkill River, in Pennsylvania. Energy sources like solar and wind are already cost competitive compared with fossil fuel.

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Climate Change Climate Wind Renewable 95

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. Right now, my Subaru Impreza, with its 14.5

Electric Vehicles 94

Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 94

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. Right now, my Subaru Impreza, with its 14.5

Electric Vehicles 93

Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 93

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

Primus Green Energy estimates that the cost of production for its fuels will be competitive with petroleum-based fuels when crude oil is trading at $65 per barrel (oil is currently trading at approximately $95 per barrel). —Prof. NEWBio is supported by a nearly $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Universal Gas Green Energy 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

Part of the reason for its success is the price, which keeps falling—from $595 at its introduction to $149 currently, for which the consumer gets graphics and sound equal to or better than that provided by machines that cost five times as much. The cost of developing the Commodore 64: No one knows. It’s only sand.”

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Engine Design Personal Production 118