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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has selected 11 projects to receive up to $10 million in funding through the fuel cell technology incubator FOA ( earlier post ) in support of innovations in fuel cell and hydrogen fuel technologies. Source: Slade et al. Click to enlarge.

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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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Audi investigating its e-fuels in an optical research engine using laser-induced fluorescence. The Audi engineers were primarily interested in mixture preparation and the synthetic fuels’ combustion characteristics. The engineers mix a tracer that glows when stimulated with a laser into the e-fuels. Click to enlarge.

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USDA provides $91M loan guarantee to Cool Planet for biogasoline blendstock plant; biomass pyrolysis and catalytic conversion

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Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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Airlines , public transit , and regular commuters are feeling the strain of rising fuel costs, which have increased dramatically since August 2021. In fact, EV sales have doubled in the past year , while, correlational or not, average fuel prices have jumped from an average of $2.94/gallon gallon in April 2021 to $4.21/gallon

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Astra ‘Rocket 3’ nosecone dooms first Florida launch attempt

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The satellites onboard the flight were developed by three universities and one NASA center: BAMA 1 (University of Alabama, Tusscolusa) INCA (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces) QubeSat (University of California, Berkeley) R5-S1 (NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston). ” As of November 2021, Astra charges around $2.5-3.5M

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Joule secures first of multiple sites for solar fuel production; expects costs as low as $20/bbl for renewable diesel (including subsidies) at full-scale production

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This is an exciting first step for Joule in an effort to secure multiple optimal sites for demonstration, both within and beyond the United States, and to ultimately commercialize our process at the scale, costs and productivities that can make a strong impact in the global fuels market. Joule Unlimited, Inc., Source: Robertson et al.

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First results from HEI/ACES murine study find few biologic effects from exposure to exhaust from new technology diesel engines

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McDonald of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jeffrey C. Bemis of Litron Laboratories, Rochester, New York, and Lance M. Hallberg of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and their colleagues.

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