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Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

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While rechargeable batteries are the solution of choice for consumer-level use, they are impractical for grid-scale consideration. In their proof of concept, the researchers reported that the battery retained 92 percent of its capacity over three months. “We We want to freeze the electrolyte at ambient temperature, right?

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ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

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This concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7 The diesel-electric powertrain concept enables the T-Hybrid (turbo-hybrid) to be driven in electric-only mode at low speeds and when cruising, with deceleration serving to recharge the battery pack.

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DOE announces $26.6M SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards; fuel cells, batteries, power electronics and efficient combustion engines

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SBIR and STTR programs at DOE have three distinct phases: Phase I explores the feasibility of innovative concepts with awards up to $225,000 over 9 months. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. 149,871.44. US Hybrid Corporation. 149,999.70. 149,975.00.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. The project also includes innovative concepts for engineering microbial fuel cells and bioreactor systems. 1,500,000.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. rechargeable battery?technology?that is developing a?rechargeable

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

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Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. Areas of emphasis could include, but are not limited to: Development of microbial strains or co-cultures with improved hydrogen yields; Reactor designs to improve hydrogen production yields or reduce costs (e.g., Technical Targets for Catalysts.

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Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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Zhang proposed the concept of the SFCV in a paper in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science in 2009 to address problems such as high-density hydrogen storage in FCV, low-cost sustainable hydrogen production, costly hydrogen distribution infrastructure, and safety. indirect costs (e.g., and hidden costs (e.g.,

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