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AFE to Use Plasma Gasification of Waste in 25MW Power Project in Milwaukee

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Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) last week announced the development of “Project Apollo,” a $225-million, 25MW energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. s (WPC) plasma gasification technology to process municipal and industrial wastes into syngas for use in power generation. A hat-tip to George!).

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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The direct injection two-stroke engine could be a very promising and interesting option for hydrogen combustion to achieve zero NO x because of its advantages of high-power density and inherent much lower NO x emissions. Achates Power expects close to the same level of thermal efficiency with hydrogen as a fuel. Fuel Injection.

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor. However, rare-earth elements like neodymium and dysprosium, which are required for the most powerful magnets for the latter, also represent a major choke point.

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Johnson Controls and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft collaborate on next-gen cooling systems for Li-ion battery packs; focus on 48V micro-hybrid system

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Optimizing the energy storage solution within the broader vehicle environment will enable Johnson Controls to design, develop and commercialize systems which not only meet our customers’ requirements, but also lead to improvements in function, package and cost. 48V Batteries Hybrids'

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USABC awards $5.48M Li-ion PHEV battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls

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USABC awarded the contract to continue Johnson Controls’ development of lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications to meet USABC goals for low-cost, long-life, high-power and high energy vehicle systems. The improved energy density is aimed at reducing cost, volume and mass.

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US Army Awards CD Technologies $19M Contract for Development of Large-Format Lithium-ion Batteries

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The $19 million contract will span an estimated four-year period from September 18, 2009, with the objective of developing large-format lithium-ion batteries that can meet the growing needs of the US Army for light-weight, high power density battery systems.

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Chemrec CEO Urges Serious Consideration for DME at Low-Carbon Biofuel for North America

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The other, a commercial-scale plant, is to be in production in 2012. Chemrec pioneered the Fuels-from-the-Forest biofuels biorefinery concept, which can produce BioDME. Chemrec is currently building BioDME production plants in Sweden. One, a demonstration-scale facility, is scheduled to begin biofuels production in 2010. Earlier post.).