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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

Louis, Missouri chapter. From the beginning of his work to make vehicles electric, Jack believed the way to do it was to encourage individuals to convert their own vehicles to electric and show them to others,” said GEVA President Wayne Garver. Of course, this was while he was manufacturing and distributing parts for conversions.”.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Engineering E. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: E.

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Joule says it has improved the photosynthetic efficiency of its engineered cyanobacteria by nearly 100%

Green Car Congress

Louis, Missouri, Joule reported that its has improved the overall photosynthetic efficiency of its engineered cyanobacteria by nearly 100%, and estimates a maximum 14% energy conversion efficiency in its biomass-to-fuels process. At the 2014 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Annual Meeting in St.

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

Green Car Congress

Durable and affordable higher-temperature heat exchangers could make energy conversion much more efficient, which in turn could reduce fuel consumption, system footprint, capital and operational cost, and emissions. Missouri University of Science and Technology. The Ohio State University. Thar Energy LLC.

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