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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The project is a collaboration between Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. and Penn State University. US Airways Inc.

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MAY 23, 2014

The Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) held a dedication and grand opening of its $4.8-million Converting its fleet also required LCSMWA to install CNG fueling infrastructure at its Transfer Station Complex. million compressed natural gas (CNG) project. million total.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, achieved two years of successful operations at their cellulosic ethanol semi-commercial facility in Madison, Pennsylvania this month. Coskata, Inc.,

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MARCH 27, 2014

has agreed to mutually terminate its contract with Long Beach Transportation Company (LBT) for the delivery of 10 electric buses. The FTA-funded stress testing in its Altoona, Pennsylvania, facility, of the BYD electric bus—the same model to be delivered to Long Beach Transit—has resumed and should finish soon.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Worldwide industrial solutions company Harsco Corp. Together, the two companies will jointly develop plans to present the LanzaTech biotechnology to Harsco’s major steel mill customers and explore potential business relationships for installing and operating commercial facilities at selected sites throughout the world.

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Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2023

In the early 1980s, Goetzberger conducted pioneering research into fluorescent planar collector-concentrators, utilizing photovoltaic (PV) material mixed with fluorescent dyes to separate the various wavelengths of light and convert them using solar cells with different band gaps. in 1974 and 1977, respectively.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Uber is expanding its self-driving pilot to San Francisco, California, using specially-converted self-driving Volvo XC90 premium SUVs. These cars were initially tested in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is expected to start operations in the beginning of 2017. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MAY 1, 2012

After receipt of $30 million in state government assistance for job creation and infrastructure improvement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Monroe’s investment to acquire the refinery will be $150 million, and Monroe will spend $100 million to convert the existing infrastructure to maximize jet fuel production.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semiconductors. Pennsylvania, United States Solarflux's prototype unit is a simplified, lower-cost version of a decades-old concept, operating at Pennsylvania State University's campus in Berks County.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Algae inside the PBR absorb the CO 2 and convert it into biomass during photosynthesis. At the core of the technology is A2BE Carbon Capture’s photo-bioreactor (PBR) system for the production of algal biomass. The PBR is designed to capture and recycle CO 2 emissions without releasing the gas into the atmosphere.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semiconductors. Pennsylvania, United States Solarflux's prototype unit is a simplified, lower-cost version of a decades-old concept, operating at Pennsylvania State University's campus in Berks County.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Gevo, the only product development company in this consortium, believes that woody biomass can be used as a cellulosic feedstock to create petroleum replacements such as isobutanol. The company also successfully converted the cellulosic isobutanol into isobutylene and paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel).( Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At Renmatix’s demonstration facility in Kennesaw, Georgia, the company has already scaled its process to convert three dry tons of woody biomass to sugars daily. The company also has developed processes to concentrate sugars as necessary to meet specifications of different partners. The Plantrose process is biomass agnostic.

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MAY 13, 2012

The increased thermal transfer allows a larger amount of the input energy to be efficiently converted. The Stripper Well Consortium is managed and administered by The Pennsylvania State University. Isothermal operation equates to efficiency in compressors/expanders.

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MAY 1, 2010

By converting UNFI’s Sarasota lift truck fleet to hydrogen fuel cells, the company expects carbon emissions will be reduced by approximately 132 metric tons annually, an amount equivalent to the annual emissions of 35 automobiles. ; hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts at Nestlé Waters North America in Dallas, Tex.;

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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. The core of the INEOS Bio technology is the patented anaerobic fermentation step, through which naturally occurring bacteria convert syngases into ethanol.

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MAY 29, 2013

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has opened its Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) Natural Gas Vehicle program. The program will provide an estimated $10 million in grants to help companies and organizations purchase or convert medium to light-weight natural gas vehicles.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. Zoltek Companies, Inc. The Pennsylvania State University. 3M Company. Thermoelectric and enabling engine technology : Three projects awarded to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric devices to convert engine waste heat to electricity. drop-in replacement fuels).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Bayer Material Science LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will analyze an innovative, non-turbine approach to harnessing river currents. Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity.

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JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania).

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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APRIL 13, 2009

The company has four global business groups: Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 24, 2014

EFRC research has also benefited a number of large and small firms, including start-up companies. Understand catalytic processes that will enable the viable, economic operation of biorefineries with lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks converted to a range of fuels and chemicals. The Pennsylvania State University. Georgia Tech.

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MARCH 23, 2019

General Electric Company, GE Global Research. The Boeing Company. The proposed technology can potentially convert a variety of fuels to electricity more efficiently than incumbent technologies while targeting a product cost of $800/kW electrical power and a 20-year lifetime. Pennsylvania State University.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 13, 2023

.” – Daniel Krichert “The only way to make money as a car company is to sell a large number of cars.” ” Daniel Krichert “The time is right for electric cars – in fact, the time is critical.” ” – Alexandra Paul “In order to have clean air in cities, you have to go electric.”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

that has developed a gasification-based process to convert agricultural biomass into 93 octane gasoline ( earlier post )—has expanded its US-based development facility in New Jersey, enabling the company to build its complete, integrated thermochemical process. This stream would then be merged with the light gasoline.

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JUNE 12, 2012

The projects selected for awards include: The Dow Chemical Company, Scale-Up of Novel Low-Cost Carbon Fibers. Collaborators include Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ford Motor Company. PolyPlus Battery Company, Innovative Manufacturing of Protected Lithium. Leading to High-Volume Commercial Launch. Potentially this novel.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. Pennsylvania State University. Multicopper Oxidases for Methane Activation.

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JULY 3, 2018

Chemical engineers at Rice University and Pennsylvania State University have shown that combining machine learning and quantum chemistry can save time and expense in designing new catalysts. The metals used in catalytic converters are typically part of a wire mesh. Their study is published in the journal Nature Catalysis.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Tesla, one of the smartest things the company did was to recognize early on that if electric cars were to be accepted as viable substitutes for cars with engines, they couldn't be limited to low-range city-only [driving]. What do we predict?

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Tesla, one of the smartest things the company did was to recognize early on that if electric cars were to be accepted as viable substitutes for cars with engines, they couldn't be limited to low-range city-only [driving]. What do we predict?

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MARCH 13, 2015

This limits the development of replacements with better performance and catalytic converter compatibility. Now, in a study published in the journal Science , researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and ExxonMobil, have uncovered the mechanisms governing the growth of ZDDP antiwear tribofilms at sliding interfaces.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. It’s a classic win/win/win. NO PURCHASE!

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APRIL 2, 2022

Designing the next great chips In the late 1970s, MOS Technology was a successful semiconductor company; its engineers had designed the popular 6502 microprocessor, and it manufactured several other solidly selling products. We tried to get a feel for what these companies could do in the future by extrapolating from their current technology.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). RAR also received help from an east coast Tesla Roadster owner who converted his Tesla Motors High Power Connector (HPC) assembly that can handle up to 70 Amps of current from a 240-VAC single phase source.

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