Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. —Alice Jackson, president, Xcel Energy-Colorado.

New Mexico 170

New Mexico Colorado Mexico EV Smart 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Four projects were selected under this topic to validate improved upstream extraction and midstream separation and processing technologies of critical materials at scales that facilitate the next step to commercialization. Standard Lithium DOE share: $500,000; Cost share: $156,380; Total costs: $656,380.

Li-ion 321

Li-ion Wyoming Lithium Ion Corporation 321

Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the evenings, overnight, and on weekends (off-peak), demand is lower, presenting an opportunity for cost-effective energy utilization. Utilities usually provide variable kilowatt-hour (kWh) pricing, distinguishing between on-peak and off-peak hours. What are battery energy storage systems? According to the U.S.

Energy Storage 102

Energy Storage Energy Batteries Battery 102

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). Click to enlarge. The RFI seeks input on six specific areas: Concept of H2@Scale.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Energy Future Low Cost 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Hundreds of millions of gallons of drop-in 100% SAF will be unlocked. Comstock Inc.,

Production 225

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

SEED awards will support research projects that establish potential new areas for technology development and provide ARPA-E with information that could lead to new ARPA-E focused funding programs. The ARPA-E IONICS program developed highly conductive, chemically stable anion exchange membranes that are now commercially produced.

Phoenix 150

Phoenix Lithium Ion Water Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lumen Bioscience will rapidly engineer strains that grow robustly in seawater, resist contamination and predation, and accumulate substantial amounts of energy-rich components. The selected projects are: Lumen Bioscience. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

San Diego 150

San Diego New Mexico Mexico Washington 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

Renewable 220

Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The first workshop focused on hydrogen transmission and distribution and was held at DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 25-26 February 2014. DOE is also interested in the community’s opinion of the technologies that have the most potential to meet DOE goals of producing low-cost hydrogen at $2.30/kg

Hydrogen 218

Hydrogen Production Low Cost 2014 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Start-up Liquid Light, a developer of process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide ( earlier post ), has closed a $15-million Series B financing. New investors include Sustainable Conversion Ventures, which focuses on renewable fuels and chemicals investments.

Financing 218

Financing Light Companies CO2 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2023

Renewable bio-ethanol produced from agricultural feedstocks and algae offers the benefits of high energy density, easy storage and transport, and a low environmental impact. This study provides useful information for further development and commercialization of ethanol-fueled MS-SOFCs with IRC. —Hu et al.

International 150

International Fuel Transportation Water 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

US Commercial-scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nor, despite the growth potential over the next several years, has the path to commercial biofuels been smooth. Planned cellulosic biofuel production by 2015. Source: EIA.

EPA 225

EPA Renewable 2007 2012 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone. Bank of America can help move GCEP technologies to commercialization.

Climate 218

Climate America Global Energy 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) program ( DE-FOA-0001211 ) seeks to accelerate biomass yield gains (especially energy sorghum) through automated, predictive and systems-level approaches to biofuel crop breeding.

Power 258

Power Powered Water Waste 258

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials.

Lithium Ion 236

Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels. This partnership will allow for broad dissemination of information and increased awareness of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Industrial 253

Industrial Industry Fuel Carbon Fiber 253

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Both partners have been working on the development of the industrial fermentation and down-stream processing of bio-based succinic acid and will start production of commercial quality and volumes in the second quarter of 2010. Furthermore, low cost succinic acid has high potential as a platform chemical and its downstream products.

Production 210

Production 2004 Low Cost Polymer 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

In 2007, Vorbeck signed a worldwide license agreement with Princeton University for a patented method from the the Aksay Labs for manufacturing graphene at commercial scale. When combined with other advanced battery materials, it could effectively lower battery life cycle cost by up to 70%.

Hydrogen 279

Hydrogen Engine Energy Batteries 279

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Earlier post.).

Waste 281

Waste Climate Change Clean Cleaning 281

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Iogen Corporation announced that Brazilian ethanol giant Raízen Energia Participações S/A has started construction of a commercial biomass-to-ethanol facility using Iogen Energy’s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology. Iogen Energy is a joint venture between Raízen and Iogen Corporation. Earlier post.). —Vasco Dias, CEO of Raízen.

Brazil 218

Brazil Juice North America Commercial 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

As FCEVs become increasingly commercially available, the Energy Department is focused on reducing the costs and increasing technical advancements of critical hydrogen infrastructure including production, delivery, and storage. Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Fuel Range Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected 33 small businesses to work directly with DOE national labs to accelerate the commercialization of new clean energy technologies. The department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is investing nearly $6.7 million under Round 1 of the new Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot.

Clean 150

Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The Purdue-led NEXTCAR project team also includes Cummins, Peterbilt Motors Company, ZF TRW, the University of Arizona and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This approach means that innovations that emerge from the project can be commercialized at low cost.

Peterbilt 150

Peterbilt Fuel Connect Connected 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

On-board hydrogen storage continues to be a challenging barriers to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen-fueled vehicles. to develop new low-cost hydrogen sorbents that have high hydrogen sorption capacities that exceed the “Chahine rule” (roughly 1 wt% H 2 uptake per 500 m 2 g ?1 1 of specific surface area).

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Michigan Texas 2005 150

Green Car Congress

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.

Commercial 170

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2015

DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). Advanced Control Architecture and Sensor Information Development for Process Automation, Optimization, and Imaging of Chemical Looping Systems. water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. The Ohio State University.

Power 150

Power Powered Ohio West Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Department Of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of its Vehicle Technology Office (VTO), a program-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000991) for fiscal year 2014 on or about January 2014. Broadly, VTO program activities are focused on achieving: Saving 1.4

Vehicles 246

Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber Plug-in 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

All the models’ estimations depend critically on assumptions about technologies, economics, and policies and should best be viewed as tools to help inform decisions rather than as machines to generate truth or make decisions. Making hydrogen with low GHG emissions is more costly (e.g., Several advanced battery technologies (e.g.,

Hydrogen 244

Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy 244

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.

Mariner 210

Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. megawatt hours to form 50 metric tons of oxygen.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. billion in loan guarantees to support innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the United States. 46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far. The solicitation can provide up to $4.5

Obama 150

Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. The competition goal is to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration, thereby opening access to the moon and its valuable resources.

Water 231

Water 2004 Climate Change Clean 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

ion batteries provide a pathway for efficient use of renewable-sourced electricity in the transportation sector, but it is possible that fundamental physical limitations may prevent pure Li-ion-based BEVs from ever delivering the freedom of providing long trips, with intermittent quick refills, that consumers currently receive from their cars.

Li-ion 210

Li-ion Connect Connected GM 210

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Besides creating new possibilities in the field of autonomous machines, he is making robots accessible to more researchers with the Solo 8 and 12 projects, a low-cost, open source alternative to prohibitively expensive quadruped robots. Giuseppe: Many people see that robotics can be useful, but for really small tasks.

New York City 121

New York City Environment New York Engine 121

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2017

The projects moving forward are part of ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) ( earlier post ) and Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL) ( earlier post ) programs. Additional awardees are expected to move forward in the coming weeks.

Hydrogen 186

Hydrogen Connect Connected Water 186

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.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Polymer Batteries Battery 150