Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Gençer et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting process. Structure of an IMM photocathode configured for water splitting with TEM cross-section of the active layers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Schematic of the solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. A team from Caltech, ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have devised a solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. They achieved solar-to-fuel efficiencies of 0.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. coli strain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

While many technical advances have made solar cells more efficient and affordable, a disadvantage remains in the fact that solar cells produce no power when it’s raining. c), d) The operational principle of the flexible solar cell under sunlight. 2016) “A Solar Cell That Is Triggered by Sun and Rain.” mV and 7.17

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

All these concepts have advantages and drawbacks in terms of energy, operation and economics. Empa researchers hope that this novel process engineering concept will lead to simpler process control, higher efficiency and better suitability for dynamic operation. Construction of the plant is planned for mid-2021. Schröter K.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a method which boosts the longevity of high-efficiency photocathodes in photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices. A PEC cell absorbs sunlight and converts that energy into hydrogen and oxygen by splitting water molecules.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home. A 10 kWh battery energy storage system in the garage, using the same lithium-ion cells that are used in the Honda Fit EV, allows stored solar energy to be used at night, when household demand typically peaks and electric vehicles are usually charged.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

Partially because of this heat, the Brayton cycle has the potential to be much more efficient at turning heat from power plants—nuclear, natural gas or even concentrated solar—into energy than the traditional steam-based Rankine cycle. In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

Angela Belcher, has engineered a common bacteriophage virus (M13) to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. Angela Belcher.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a catalyst comprising of black silicon nanowire supported ruthenium ( Ru/SiNW) for the photochemical and thermochemical reduction of gaseous CO 2 to methane (methanation) in the presence of hydrogen under solar-simulated light. 1 under 14.5 reduction of gaseous CO 2 by H 2.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Scale-up of Hydrothermal Liquefaction with Supercritical Water Oxidation in an Integrated Biorefinery”, $579,673. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2011

Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. —Barry Cole, OTI’s Executive Vice President and Director of Technology Development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta. Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity is used as a renewable energy source in the Soletair system to produce electricity especially for the hydrogen production unit—the most energy intensive part in the system. kW solar PV power plant at LUT.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

Synthetic fuel production from fuel-combustion-based energy and CO 2 (top) and from atmospheric CO 2 using solar electricity (bottom). That solar fuels offer the promise of solar energy storage—a key challenge in a world predominantly relying on renewables. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

at 360 nm in overall water splitting and even good durability up to 1 day. When light is applied to photocatalysts, electrons and holes are produced on the surface of the catalyst; hydrogen is obtained when these electrons reduce the hydrogen ions in water. The mesocrystal also exhibits a high quantum yield of 6.7% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Hyundai Motor unveiled the RN30 high-perfromance concept at the Paris Motor Show in September. Keeping the car cool and comfortable can be achieved with heat management solutions such as BASF’s near infrared-reflective films, protecting windows of the RN30 against solar heat. The new i30.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Schema of synfuel synthesis through solar-driven biomass gasification. Solar energy produces both heat for gasification and H 2 via electrolysis. High temperature heat for biomass gasification is obtained from a molten-salt system in a solar concentrating tower. The purpose of the concept, said Edgar G.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Researchers at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, are studying a solar thermochemical process for the recycling and upgrading of CO 2 emissions for the production of synthetic fuels. In a paper published online in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , they describe results from a series of proof-of-concept experiments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Progress continued in several key areas, including electrolysis, photoelectrochemical (PEC), biological, and solar-thermochemical hydrogen production. Distributed production options under development include reforming of bio-derived renewable liquids and electrolysis of water. L/L-reactor/day hydrogen production rate, a 12.5%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Seed funding supports early work on concepts that have the potential for very high impact on energy production and use. Ultrathin Light Absorbers for Solar Cells. One way to lower the cost of solar power is to dramatically reduce the thickness of light-absorbing layers in solar cells. Splitting Water at High Temperatures.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

While solar and wind provide carbon-free electricity or H 2 through water splitting, they lack the ability to directly produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals without additional carbon sources. Schematic of biomass to bio-oil conversion process. The schematic of biomass to ethanol production is shown in Figure 2.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. They can thus be optimized for applications such as carbon capture, wastewater filtration, and natural gas storage, and for use in devices including fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, and solar cells.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The seed funding supports early work on concepts that have the potential for very high impact on energy production and use. The TomKat Center looks at generation and conversion, transmission and distribution, storage, and land and water as they pertain to energy for electricity and transportation. Flora, H-STAR.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

The primary goal of this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000949 ) is to provide disruptive new solar conversion and storage technology options to enable a much higher penetration of solar energy generation into the US energy mix. a) Hybrid solar converter (award Categories 1A and 1B).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. And the Norwegian company H2Carrier recently received approval in principle for its concept for an industrial-scale floating production unit to make green ammonia at sea. The technology to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water has been around for more than 200 years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. Until now, however, the technology has mainly been found in the laboratory because the costs of producing solar hydrogen were simply too high. Kant et al. Kant et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Renewable generation technologies, such as solar and wind, pose a fundamental challenge to centralized power generation due to variability and intermittency, ARPA-E noted. Examples could include conversion of methane or another hydrocarbon fuel to syngas, methanol, benzene, ethers, olefins, or other organics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

The hydrogen from electrolysis and CO 2 , delivered by a pipeline, are fed to a plant where the gases are converted in a reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) reactor to syngas (H 2 and CO). In contrast, wind and solar power generation follows natural conditions, with hourly, daily, weekly or seasonal fluctuations. —König et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

Fuel cell–based electrochemical conversion devices for stationary energy storage (TRL 2- 5). Applications are invited for novel approaches to hydrogen production through renewable pathways such as thermochemical conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks, and direct solar water splitting (at semi-central or central scale production).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2009

a bioengineering startup, unveiled its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Joule has also demonstrated proof of concept for producing hydrocarbon fuel and expects process demonstration by 2011.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. aims to demonstrate the performance of a novel water-lean solvent for post-combustion removal of CO 2 from coal- and natural gas-derived flue gas. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System. Electric Power Research Institute Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

These include a fine particle filter on the front module and underbody; a solar panel on the roof; component parts made of recycled materials; and a heating system which is close to the body. Sustainable repair concept for batteries in 2022. Solar energy from the vehicle roof. square feet.

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