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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The LiGas electrolyte improves safety, increases energy density, achieves all-weather performance, enables fast-charge capability and reduces costs while also being compatible with existing lithium-ion cell production or Gigafactory manufacturing processes and supply chains. and Chief Technology Officer Jungwoo Lee, Ph.D.,

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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. FERMI will substantially shorten the overall design cycle and reduce costs, while significantly improving accuracy.

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JULY 1, 2019

The research, published in the journal Joule , builds on innovations first reported in Science in 2017 by the same research group at the University of California San Diego and the university spinout South 8 Technologies. At minus 60 ?C, C, the team demonstrated lithium-metal anode cycling efficiency of 98.4%.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). This technology would be simple, cost effective, and well-suited to large-scale processing.

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JULY 14, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

To support the planned commercial launch of fuel cell electric vehicles by automakers in 2015 (FCEVs), California needs 68 hydrogen fueling stations in five clusters in which most early adopters are expected, according to a new report issued by the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP). Source: CaFCP. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected three projects to receive up to $8 million, aimed at reducing the costs of producing algal biofuels and bioproducts. In partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, University of California at San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the J.

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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. Based in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Bioenergy will develop a cost-effective photosynthetic open pond system to produce algal oil. Nearly $16.5

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). million award to increase its previously awarded funding of $1,394,298 for the university’s microgrid.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, a team of engineers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have described a new artificial microfiber made from liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) that replicates the tensile strength, quick responsiveness, and high power density of human muscles. millimeters thick. "We

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MARCH 15, 2020

In an open-access review paper published in Nature Nanotechnology , researchers at the University of California San Diego offer a research roadmap that includes four challenges that need to be addressed in order to advance all-solid-state batteries to commercialization. Scalable and cost-effective manufacturability.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. residential, commercial, office). kWh to $0.46/kWh

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JUNE 16, 2013

and Soitec will collaborate on a California Energy Commission-funded, two-phase program to demonstrate the cost and efficiency benefits of combining an energy storage system with Soitec’s Concentrix CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) technology. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. Maxwell was awarded a $1.39-million Maxwell was awarded a $1.39-million

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MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations. This can imply a long road to commercial success.”

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APRIL 6, 2011

The cost of Li-ion batteries currently affects the affordability of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles (PHEV/EV) for consumers. Such second-use applications could significantly increase the total lifetime value of the battery, and thus reduce its cost to the automotive user.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. San Diego is one of the regions covered in the $99.8-million million eTec/Nissan charging and EV rollout. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. 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.

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APRIL 30, 2013

The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards. This project includes $150,000 in match funding from San Diego Gas & Electric.

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JULY 14, 2015

Successful achievement of the project goals is expected to enable the commercial deployment of natural gas-fueled Distributed Generation SOFC systems, which is an intermediate step toward viable SOFC technology for large-scale, coal-fueled, central power generation applications. The University of South Carolina. GE Global Research.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The major challenges in the photo/electrochemical synthesis of alcohols from sunlight, water and CO 2 are low product selectivity, high membrane fuel-crossover losses, and the high cost of product separation from the electrolyte. Earlier post.). The program’s first phase focused on solar H 2 generation, which was completed in September 2015.

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MAY 6, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) $2 million to establish the California Initiative for Large Molecule Sustainable Fuels (CILMSF). The Energy Commission also awarded funding to: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will receive $1.2

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The DOE investment will be matched by private and non-federal cost-share funds of more than $19 million for total project investments of more than $97 million. The two cross-functional groups will seek to break down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and biomass-based advanced renewable transportation fuels.

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JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties. L/100km), achieved a 58% increase in gas mileage, a 37% decrease in carbon dioxide tailpipe emissions, and a 10% reduction in fuel costs. Earlier post.) When compared with the standard hybrid, the plug-in hybrid, at 68 mpg US (3.5

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As part of an ongoing effort to improve commercial scale algae biofuel production, a group of scientists, led by crude oil producer Sapphire Energy, Inc., Algal biofuels production, although theoretically attractive, faces a number of economic challenges—in particular, producing algae cost effectively at an agricultural scale.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. In just a few years, every new EV, on both the consumer and commercial sides, is likely to be bi.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University (ASU) have teamed up to improve computational models of algae growth in raceway ponds that can predict performance, improve pond design and operation and discover ways to improve algae yield outdoors.

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JULY 22, 2010

The goal of the Hub is then to develop an integrated solar energy-to-chemical fuel conversion system and move this system from the bench-top discovery phase to a scale where it can be commercialized. The Energy Innovation Hubs have enormous potential to advance transformative breakthroughs.

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APRIL 4, 2023

He and colleagues at University of California, San Diego delivered what he called an “an open and transparent assessment” of Google’s reinforcement learning approach. Called proxy cost, this acts like the score would in a reinforcement learning system that was figuring out how to play a video game. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Ohio State University.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The kelp will be processed into biocrude and further to hydrocarbons ready for commercial refineries. Leichter at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, and a team led by Douglas C. The funding will be used to research and develop open ocean farming of kelp as a biomass feedstock.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 The solicitation can provide up to $4.5

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Cotton—one of India’s major commercial crops—lost more than 5% of its 3.3 million US tons) annual output in 2005, costing the country $70 million, according to the new research. The nationally aggregated yield loss is sufficient to feed about 94 million people living below poverty line in India, they concluded.

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MAY 8, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. Eventually, this technology could deliver lower-cost solar energy at a utility scale. eSolar, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Plug-in electric vehicles.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The award recipients are: Buster Biofuels, LLC, based in the San Diego area, will receive $2,641,723 to convert a 7,300 square foot industrial warehouse building into a biodiesel manufacturing and fueling facility. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants.

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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. of California (Berkeley, Irvine, Los Angeles); U.

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