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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a promising new conversion-type cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte. This material is based upon work supported by the Army Research Office under Grant No.

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MAY 29, 2020

magniX, a company developing electric propulsion systems for aircraft, and AeroTEC, a leading independent company focused on aerospace testing, engineering and certification, announced the successful flight of an all-electric Cessna Grand Caravan 208B. —Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magniX. air density.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The three concepts—all codenamed “ZEROe”—for a first climate neutral zero-emission commercial aircraft include: A turbofan design (120-200 passengers) with a range of 2,000+ nautical miles, capable of operating transcontinentally and powered by two hybrid hydrogen turbofan engines.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop a new technology to improve significantly the yield and performance of biobutanol processes. Microvi’s butanol technology is based on the company’s MicroNiche Engineering platform.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

The University of Maryland (UMD) Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) has been award ed a $1.1million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to elucidate the mechanism of rust pathogenesis in poplar in an effort to engineer durable resistance for this important, second-generation biofuel crop. Eisenstein.

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MAY 13, 2011

The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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APRIL 27, 2021

Axens Vegan technology is designed to hydrotreat a wide range of lipids and to produce a flexible slate of low-density and high cetane renewable diesel as well as renewable jet fuel. Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel fuel may be used in today’s airplane, truck, and ship fleets without changes to fueling infrastructure or engines.

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MARCH 12, 2010

The Biomass Program works with industry, academia, and national laboratory partners on a balanced portfolio of research in biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. Under the BPA, R.W.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Six research institutions and seven industrial partners from Europe will participate in the new BioBoost project, aimed at converting residual biomass into energy carriers for the production of high-quality and engine-compatible fuels and chemicals as well as for the generation of electricity and heat. million (US$6.6

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The LightningElectric battery conversion package is available for Ford Transit as part of Ford Motor Company’s eQVM program. Conversions and service are performed by Ford QVM-certified upfitters and dealers around the world. Conversions and service are performed by Ford QVM-certified upfitters and dealers around the world.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The objective of the present study was to address the problem of direct fossil fuel replacements through the de novo design and assembly of synthetic metabolic pathways, with the aim of producing linear and branched-chain alkanes and alkenes of variable, but specified, C n. To achieve this aim, we engineered E. Using this strategy, E.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Among 2016 INCITE award recipients: Martin Berzins of the University of Utah received 351 million core hours to study ultra super critical coal boilers, leading to improved efficiency and new designs for safer next-generation coal boilers.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. This guided them in successfully engineering the new strain of yeast that not only shows resistance to ionic liquids but also improves sugar conversion and biofuel production.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Researchers with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. There are two different ways to quantify the efficiency.

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JUNE 24, 2019

In defining the scope and design specifics during the Simultaneous Engineering process, the joint engineering team was able to validate the production process and propose modifications to the battery module design to further increase the efficiency of the proposed manufacturing solution.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Electricity powered the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on the cathode to produce formate, which is converted to isobutanol and 3MB by the engineered R. The study was funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA–E). Click to enlarge. —Li et al.

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MAY 24, 2016

The Sunlight Fuels agreement is the first IH 2 FEL-2 license granted in India for a commercial-scale plant. The plant will be designed with the potential to convert 500 tonnes/day of dry bagasse into approximately 150 tonnes/day of liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuel. KBR), CRI’s exclusive FEED engineering services provider.

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APRIL 8, 2015

million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Joining Huber on the UW-Madison portion of the grant are Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering James A. Part of a $13.4-million —George Huber.

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MARCH 23, 2011

million, three-year grant (award # 1048796 ) to address various topics relevant to automotive waste heat recovery using thermoelectrics. The team will design experiments to determine the microscale characteristics of interface (and adjoining) materials and how these characteristics evolve in response to thermal cycling.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

The technologies for shale gas conversion are more cost effective and environmentally benign than those used in commercial processes based on petroleum or other conventional gas-to-liquid technologies. Shell will bring process and reactor modeling capability, engineering scale-up and commercial demonstration expertise to the project.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy, the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded 11 seed grants totaling $2.2 Precourt Institute for Energy grants. PIs: Gianluca Iaccarino, Mechanical Engineering; Martin Fischer, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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MAY 13, 2022

ABB Robotics has collaborated with two world-renowned artists, eight-year-old Indian child prodigy Advait Kolarkar and Dubai-based digital design collective Illusorr, to create the world’s first robot-painted art car. Deep Robotics ] As not-sold as I am on urban drone delivery, I will grant you that Wing is certainly putting the work in.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding 20 grants for FY 2009 in two research areas on natural systems: biosensing and bioactuation (12 awards); and obtaining hydrocarbons from biomass and microorganisms (8 awards). Quick conversion of biomass. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann, and Fabio H. Ribeiro, all from Purdue University.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a 5-year, $16-million grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world’s largest independent plant science institutes. It is among the most efficient crops in conversion of solar energy and use of water, making it an ideal crop to target for improvement.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The institute builds on a history of successful partnerships between the UW and the PNNL, including joint faculty appointments and past collaborations such as the Materials Synthesis and Simulations Across Scales Initiative, the PNNL-led Battery 500 consortium and a new UW-based Materials Research Science and Engineering (MRSEC) Center.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., a developer of a novel indirect power conversion technology ( earlier post ), and EnerDel, Inc., has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc.,

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

After a three-month period covering the main issues in sustainable mobility, students choose one of the following options: mastering electric vehicle energy: electro-mechanical conversions, static conversions and storage; or.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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MARCH 14, 2013

The funding is being used specifically to roll out a larger and more advanced tidal energy conversion system known as the SR2000. Scotrenewables has designed a remarkably robust hydrokinetic unit which, by nature of its easily accessible floating design bypasses many of the maintenance issues that confront other marine startups.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

KBR is CRI’s preferred engineering services provider for commercial IH 2 facilities. KBR’s experience with the technology components of an IH 2 processing facility will assist in de-risking the commercial scale design. KBR is a leading global engineering, construction and services company.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The US Departments of Agriculture and Energy selected projects for more than $24 million in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. Of the $24.4

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JUNE 13, 2011

SOFCs oxidize fuels by electrochemical conversion to create electricity, using a solid oxide as the electrolyte between an anode and cathode circuit. Material and design demands for higher temperatures are much more severe and require additional precautionary measures. —Christos Takoudis.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Finland-based Forest BtL Oy has licensed Carbo-V biomass gasification technology from Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH. Linde Engineering Dresden acquired the Carbo-V biomass gasification technology ( earlier post ) of the insolvent ( earlier post ) Choren Industries GmbH from the insolvency administrator in February 2012.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

nm, average) of iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles are advantageous to sustain reversible conversion reactions in sodium ion and lithium ion batteries. In this work we explore the sodium and lithium conversion of ultrafine FeS 2 nanoparticles, with a tight size distribution centered around ∼4.5

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OCTOBER 17, 2014

million loan guarantee and a $97-million grant through the Department of Energy to support construction of the Hugoton facility. Abengoa Bioenergy licensed from Dyadic the use and modification of a microorganism that produces the enzymes required for the conversion of cellulose into sugars.). million liters) per year.

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