Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Concept diagram of an SMA heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a prototype thermomechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in automotive exhaust. Source: GM.

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) which will allow biodiesel plants to eliminate the creation of hazardous wastes while reducing their dependence on fossil fuel. Geobacter removes any waste produced during glycerol fermentation to generate electricity. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

SG Preston, a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, is partnering with IHI E&C , a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of Japan’s IHI Corporation , to develop and to construct a series of commercial-scale renewable diesel and jet fuel manufacturing plants, initially in the US Midwest and Canada.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

A team from the University of Michigan, Michigan State, and UCLA has designed synthetic fungal-bacterial consortia for the direct production of isobutanol from biomass. Colleagues at Michigan State University had pre-treated the roughage to make it easier to digest. You can put everything in one pot. Minty, Marc E.

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MAY 31, 2011

The Advisory Board represents delivery, utility and commercial fleet leaders, and currently consists of representatives from: Calcars, Club Assist, Consumers Energy, Cox Communication, DIRECTV, Enterprise, Film Vehicle Services, Frito Lay, NCH, PG&E, Stantec, Service Master, and Waste Management. Earlier post.).

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JULY 17, 2020

Announced by Secretary Brouillette in January 2020, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge is designed to create and sustain US global leadership in energy storage technology, utilization, and exports. Rational Electrolyte Design for Li-ion Batteries with Micro-Sized Silicon Anodes. Michigan Technological University. 4,933,028.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Coskata has been demonstrating the commercial viability of its process for more than a year at the company’s integrated biorefinery, located in Madison, Pennsylvania. Enerkem uses gasification followed by catalytic synthesis to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The plant, with an expected startup in 2014, is a first-of-its-kind commercial facility in the mid-Atlantic region. The same technology being used at a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Crescentino, Italy, expected to start operations in the fall of 2012, and in a series of plants to be built by GraalBio in Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, has made an initial 20 unit commercial commitment for a series hydraulic drive system from Parker Hannifin. The hydraulic hybrid is able to recover and reuse about 70% of the energy that otherwise would have been wasted during the braking process.

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MAY 21, 2010

University of Michigan - $931,603. University of Michigan- $406,712. The goal of this research area is to research and develop the next generation of nuclear reactors that will produce more energy and create less waste. University of Michigan - $996,581. University of Michigan - $1,181,379.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

As each of the following stages heat and compress the biomass, it will outgas commercially viable bio-intermediary compounds that are then taken off to catalytic reaction chambers. Site preparation and detailed engineering design work is currently underway, and the company expects to start construction before the end of the year.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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JUNE 21, 2016

We expect collaborations across multiple disciplines; from 3D bio-printing, cell science, and process design, automated pharmaceutical screening methods to the supply chain expertise needed to rapidly produce and transport these live-saving materials. Modular Chemical Process Intensification (MCPI) Institute. Missouri U. Purdue U.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

DeCicco of the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor presents a rigorous first-principles analysis that undermines the common “biofuels recycle carbon” argument. Avoiding CO2 releases that would otherwise occur (use biomass wastes; REDD). Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Cornell University. Additive Manufacturing of Amorphous Metal Soft Magnetic Composites - $1,900,000.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. The project will increase the use of natural gas, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in 13 sites throughout Michigan.

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MARCH 23, 2019

These project teams seek to develop new approaches and technologies for the design and manufacture of high temperature, high pressure, and highly compact heat exchangers and components. HITEMMP projects include: Michigan State University. Michigan Technological University.

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JUNE 14, 2010

But it will take decades to shift most freight from trucks to trains, design walkable communities, shorten our commutes, and build better mass transit and high-speed rail networks. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. Meanwhile, we all still need to drive all the time.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

PEM is commercializing a carbon-14 field-ready analyzer with a sensitivity of approximately 1 part per million of fossil fuel-produced CO 2 in ambient air. Arches geologic province (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio) by building a geologic model and completing reservoir simulations necessary for large-scale CO 2 storage.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. Michigan State). With a clear path to commercialization this technology hopes to revolutionize Li-Air batteries for electric vehicle applications.

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JULY 10, 2012

sulfurreducens removes waste fermentation byproducts that can inhibit ethanol production.) This is because the fermentative bacterium was carefully selected to degrade and ferment agricultural wastes into ethanol efficiently and to produce byproducts that could be metabolized by the electricity-producing bacterium.

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JULY 19, 2011

City Safety is designed to help a driver avoid rear-ending another vehicle in slow-moving, heavy traffic. It’s not designed to work at speeds faster than 19 mph. Proof-of-concept demonstrations have been deployed in Michigan and California, but there are to date no widespread deployments. — Mike Shulman.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

The Army will also test and evaluate fuel-efficient tires resulting from projects at its facilities in Warren, Michigan. Fuel efficiency improvements in passenger vehicles and commercial trucks. Michigan State University. Nineteen projects are aimed at reducing the cost and improving the performance of key PEV components.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

a Wayne State University (WSU) startup company seeking to commercialize a new class of biodiesel catalysts, has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the amount of $498,830. NextCAT , Inc., This brings NextCAT’s total grant funding to $1.3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. The pine tree developed for this project is designed both to. the use of a new motor design, addition of emerging materials, and the incorporation of advanced manufacturing techniques.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. which had made the 1103 dynamic memory chips used in the MAXC design, reaped one of the first benefits. Laser printers.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

A team of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify and to test naturally diverse groups of green algae that can be grown together to create a high-yield, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective system to produce next-generation biofuels.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Honda also didn’t seem impassioned to make this fuel-cell vehicle a unique design or body style. Simply put, wafer-like layers host and harness a chemical reaction between oxygen and hydrogen, producing electricity, waste heat, and some water vapor. The look might be plain, but the implementation is top-notch.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). will develop a commercially viable process for the production of bio-butanol, an advanced biofuel, from seaweed (macroalgae). Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies. Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels. Water (1 project).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. interesting design. Living in Michigan, that means that I cant use a scooter about 5 months of the year. But it does look like it needs some cool "Apple" design engineering!

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APRIL 10, 2010

states are already actively participating in the design and implementation of three regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The WCI released a design document laying out its basic program parameters in September 2008. In May 2009, the Advisory Group released their draft final design recommendations.

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