Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As traditional silicon-based power transistors approach their limits, materials such as GaN are gaining popularity to speed energy conversion at lower costs. Their products include epitaxial wafers in 150mm, 200mm and 300mm, and also solar substrates. GaN-on-Si may also offer an alternative approach to LED manufacturing.

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South Korea Power Powered Production 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2011

IGBTs also play an important role in the use of renewable energies: here IGBTs enable the efficient conversion of variable frequency output such as from a wind turbine or solar plant to a fixed frequency appropriate for the grid in the region concerned.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. Transitioning to hybrid and all-electric machinery Earlier in his career, Singh helped Deere begin the transition away from diesel engines.

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Engine Power Powered New Zealand 84

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Progress continued in several key areas, including electrolysis, photoelectrochemical (PEC), biological, and solar-thermochemical hydrogen production. The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) is currently collaborating with EERE on a study of nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems. L/L-reactor/day hydrogen production rate, a 12.5%

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Hydrogen Renewable Carbon Production 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

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. The proposed concept could dramatically reduce solar cell manufacturing costs, according to the researchers. Splitting Water at High Temperatures.

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Energy Vehicles Power Powered 239

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Primary energy sources in model include fossil fuels (crude oil, natural gas, and coal); non-renewable non-fossil sources (nuclear); and renewable sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass). Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Hybrids Hydrogen Policy Power Generation. Wallington et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Ener1 battery packs are also being tested by the US Department of Defense in a prototype hybrid Humvee. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Lithium Ion Fisker Mazda Batteries 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. Commercial demonstrations of the conversion technologies integrated with carbon capture and storage will have to be pursued aggressively and proven economically viable by 2015 if these technologies are to be commercially deployable before 2020.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose.

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 5, 2021

A demonstration of plug-in hybrids and full battery electrics at an HEAA meeting. We now produce more wind energy than any other state by a large margin.”. The first year we were invited, we planned to show a few conversions, including a VW bus and a VW Bug,” Douglass explained. Everyone’s asking: How do we transition?

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Oil Houston Golf Cart Aptera 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Solar Turbines Incorporated. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Zyvex Labs, LLC.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

Further key elements for bringing down production cost for methanol from CO 2 include the use of electricity from wind farms that cannot be evacuated to the grid or employing solar electricity generated in isolated, but sun-rich regions for hydrogen and methanol production. 74 (2), 487–498 doi: 10.1021/jo801260f.

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Transportation CO2 Carbon Hydrogen 244

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

With ultimate research targets ranging from off-shore wind power and coral reef ecology to electrochemical energy storage, quantum physics and nanotechnology, the 12 projects will launch more than $250 million in new laboratory construction projects beginning early this year. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

We believe that inverters will become increasingly important to our economy and environment as solar PV, batteries, and similar power sources continue their rapid growth. More broadly, similar forms of power electronics are everywhere: in laptops, phones, motors drives, electric vehicles, wind turbines, to give just a few examples.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. 2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

Case Western Reserve and its partners G&S Titanium and Evans Capacitor Company will receive $2,254,017 to develop novel capacitors for power electronics in the hybrid electric vehicle and consumer electronics markets. Grid energy storage will be needed to enable the widespread use of two key renewable energy sources: wind and solar power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Methanol-powered vehicles are one pillar of Geely Auto’s diversified new-energy strategy, which also encompasses ethanol, CNG, gasoline-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid, pure-electric, and extended-range solutions.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

All the wind farms and solar panels in the world won’t do anything to lower the outflow of hundreds billions of dollars annually or decrease our pump-fueled funding of Islamic fundamentalism unless we build cars that can use that cleaner electricity. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Plug-in Al Gore Plug Gore 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Lead organization.

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MyEVOnline

AUGUST 3, 2020

Hence, a bidirectional charger contains a converter for rapid electrical conversions and controlling the rate of flow of electricity. These include plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. Difference between Smart Charging and Bidirectional Charging. Energy-efficiency.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

Grid stabilization, solar arrays, wind farms, and even home energy storage systems—some of those are coming offline and already going to their second set of batteries. We’re a bit of a hybrid. We’re currently in conversations with potential offtake partners that will have their own specs.

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Building Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 95

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. First Solar Inc. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

We chose the solar-powered Park n Ride just off 80. After an hour or so of breakfast and conversation, we unplugged our respective vehicles and went off to our appointments in the Capitol. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto. Choice is what we want.

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Carbon San Francisco Sacramento Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913. Eaton Corporation, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913. Georgia Tech Research Corporation, EDISON – Efficient DC Interrupter with Surge Protection – $3,000,000.

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Grid Transportation Industrial Industry 207

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

Its year-long mission across the country is to educate our youth about viable transportation options of electricity, solar, etc. EV Jerry” and the “Spirit of DC” Plug-In Hybrid EV All Around America educational tour are nationally recognized, because “Spirit" runs on electricity, and can convert to hybrid propulsion. “EV

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

year involvement with NS, which also includes the parallel development of a hybrid system for line-haul locomotives, noted Axion Power Chairman & CEO Thomas Granville. The contract is also a milestone in NS’ quest for a battery/hybrid locomotive, which reaches back a number of years to the Green Goat effort. Micro-hybrids.

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Lead Acid Hybrid Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels. Electrofuels.

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Carbon Li-ion Batteries Battery 249

Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Grid stabilization, solar arrays, wind farms, and even home energy storage systems—some of those are coming offline and already going to their second set of batteries. We’re a bit of a hybrid. We’re currently in conversations with potential offtake partners that will have their own specs.

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Building Batteries Battery Charging 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). If successfully developed, this transformational new energy storage technology would greatly reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles. DIRECT SOLAR FUELS. Cyanobacteria Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuels. Earlier post.) Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

To fund specific grand technical challenges in application areas covering a broad range of power electronics disciplines, including, but not limited to: electric motor driven systems, automotive (electric and hybrid electric vehicles), electric vehicle chargers, high-performance computing and data centers, power supplies, solar inverters, wind-electric (..)

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Power Powered Convert Grid 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2013

The new catalyst, reported in an open source paper in Nature Communications , could pave the way for reliable, economical metal-air batteries and alkaline fuel cells, providing for practical use of wind- and solar-powered electricity, as well as enhanced hybrid and electric vehicles. —Piotr Zelenay, corresponding author.

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Fuel Batteries Battery Li-ion 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The US Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 14 projects for $27 million in funding to support the development of next-generation power conversion devices. MicroLink Devices will engineer affordable, high-performance transistors needed for power conversion. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

The MINI E is a conversion of the BMW Mini Cooper developed for trials with drivers, and deployed in several test sites world-wide, including Germany, UK and new sites in France, Japan and China. 88% of respondents said they are interested in buying a BEV or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in the next five years.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million.  Making the conversion to electric vehicles is becoming more and more appealing as a result of all these causes. With the delivery of 10.5

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging 75

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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