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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely. Haiyan Mao, a UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow who is first author of the paper, said that melamine-based materials use much cheaper ingredients, are easier to make and are more energy efficient than most MOFs.

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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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JUNE 3, 2023

The storage battery market is expected to continue growing in light of the spread of renewable energy and electrified vehicles, as well as the global trend toward carbon neutrality.

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Toyota Batteries Battery Energy Storage

Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The research follows government and industry investment to create infrastructure and markets for carbon-free liquid ammonia fuel that will not contribute to greenhouse warming. This discovery paves the way for sustainable, low-cost hydrogen that could be produced locally rather than in massive centralized plants.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Conversion Houston Light

Golar and Schlumberger form OneLNG JV; targeting development of low cost gas reserves to LNG

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JULY 26, 2016

Golar LNG Limited and Schlumberger have formed OneLNG, a joint venture to develop rapidly low cost gas reserves to LNG. OneLNG will be the exclusive vehicle for all projects that involve the conversion of natural gas to LNG, which require both Schlumberger Production Management services and Golar’s FLNG expertise.

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Low Cost Gas Conversion Financing

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

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JULY 19, 2017

The process is constrained by the (low) cost of electricity. Efficacious climate mitigation by CO 2 transformation requires a massive market, and product stability and compactness. Monel cathode substrates, electrolyte equilibration, and a mixed metal (NiChrome) nucleation facilitate the synthesis of this CNT wool.

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Low Cost Carbon CO2 Solar

DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Notice of Intent ( NOI ) to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to advance innovations that will build new markets for H2@Scale. H2@Scale New Markets R&D—HySteel. H2@Scale New Markets Demonstrations. Earlier post.)

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. There are relatively few strong market drivers for electric vehicles in construction. Electric Vehicles in Construction - 1 GWh.

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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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MARCH 3, 2023

The company has a rapidly growing order book, today totaling 247 aircraft conversions from 16 customers worldwide, totaling more than $1 billion in conversions backlog and more ethan $2 billion in fuel services over the first ten years of operation. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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Hydrogen Universal Fuel Power

Berkeley Lab working with Alphabet Energy to develop a low-cost thermoelectric system

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APRIL 14, 2017

The technology has already seen some market traction in the oil and gas and automotive industries. They are developing advanced thermoelectric materials based on silicon nanowires with conversion efficiencies of 10% or greater and the ability to operate at temperatures up to 800 degrees Celsius.

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Low Cost Energy Waste Gas-Electric

USDA awards $3M biorefinery grant to support conversion of lignin into renewable alternative for ABS Resin

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JANUARY 15, 2018

a $3-million grant to support the commercialization of its patented and patent-pending lignin conversion and refining technologies. The USDA has awarded a consortium including Attis Innovations, Inc., a subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.,a and Advanced Lignin Biocomposites LLC. and Advanced Lignin Biocomposites LLC.

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DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

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MAY 25, 2023

The Clean Fuels & Products Shot supports the national goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 by developing the sustainable feedstocks and conversion technologies necessary to produce crucial fuels, materials, and carbon-based products that are better for the environment than current petroleum-derived components.

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Clean Cleaning Fuel Production

Georgia Tech team develops conversion-type iron-fluoride Li battery cathode with solid polymer electrolyte

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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. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Materials. —Huang et al.

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Polymer Georgia Conversion Batteries

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

The two main components—the electrochemical conversion hardware through which the fluids are flowed (which sets the peak power capacity) and the chemical storage tanks (which set the energy capacity)—may be independently sized. The design permits larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with traditional batteries.

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Low Cost Grid Batteries Battery

Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

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AUGUST 23, 2012

and Renmatix, a manufacturer of biobased sugar intermediates for global chemical and fuel markets, have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the feasibility of converting post-consumer waste into affordable, sufficient-quality sugars for manufacturing biobased materials using Renmatix’ supercritical hydrolysis technology.

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Waste Low Cost Conversion Water

Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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MAY 1, 2023

The conversion rate reaches 32.9 ± 1.38 This one-step nitrogen-fixation strategy to produce ammonia is eco-friendly and low cost, which converts widely available starting materials into a value-added product. The resulting splash of microdroplets enters a mass spectrometer and is found to contain ammonia (NH 3 ).

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Water F-150 Low Cost Gas-Electric

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

M2FCT includes Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories as co-leads, and focuses on fuel cell durability, performance, and cost to better position fuel cell trucks as a viable option in the long-haul trucking market. Efforts in both areas are to be coordinated with the Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck consortium.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Low Cost Idaho

SPX and Aker Wade partner to develop new low-cost fast chargers for EVs

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

SPX Service Solutions, a business unit of SPX Corporation ( earlier post ), and Aker Wade Power Technologies, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of advanced fast charging systems ( earlier post ), signed a letter of intent jointly to develop a new family of practical electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers for the global vehicle market.

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Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany

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JUNE 27, 2022

The recommendations to the German government include: developing subsidies and incentives to remove the “First Mover Disadvantage”; encouraging sources of low-cost capital to scale the industry, and underwriting equipment manufacturers expansion plans to meet developer’s needs. Source: RMI analysis).

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ARPA-E seeks to develop superconducting cables for fusion, grid, electric aviation, motors & generators

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MAY 31, 2023

DE-FOA-0002784 Modification 06 ) Enabling widely available low-cost, high-performance superconducting (HTS) tapes could help enable the market growth and proliferation of nuclear fusion, superconducting cables for the electric grid, electric aviation, and superconductor-based electric generators/motors.

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Fusion Grid Motor Motors

Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for curbstone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE

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MAY 17, 2023

This imperative bumps up against the lack of space in urban areas for fast, flexibly scalable, low-cost installation of readily accessible public charging stations. Its market includes industrial and commercial customers, vehicle fleet operators, the real estate sector, as well as local governments and public utilities.

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Installation Low Cost Charging Fleet

Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partner to develop low-carbon CAM precursors for Li-ion batteries

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MAY 4, 2023

The companies have initiated the partnership with a non-recurring engineering (NRE) agreement to develop low-carbon technology for the conversion of critical metals—first virgin and later recycled material—into battery-grade cathode active material (CAM) precursors, which are essential to 6K Energy’s advanced cathode manufacturing.

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Li-ion Carbon Energy Batteries

Calysta Energy engineering organisms to convert methane to low-cost liquid hydrocarbons; BioGTL process

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Start-up Calysta Energy plans to use methane as a feedstock for engineered organisms to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels and high value chemicals that are cost-effective, scalable and reduce environmental impact. Conversion method. Comparison of biofuel platform efficiency (source: Calysta Energy). Carbon feedstock. Photosynthesis.

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New high-performance lithiated silicon–sulfur battery with pomegranate-structured electrodes

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JUNE 28, 2021

The pomegranate-like sulfur host with titanium nitride-carbon dual-layer hollow nanospheres (Pome-TiN@C) not only effectively suppresses the polysulfides diffusion by multiple layers of chemical and physical barriers, but also facilitates their conversion reactions. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Low Cost

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

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MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Such a plant would feed a 50,000 metric ton per year conversion plant to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide to support domestic manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery cells to power 750,000 electric vehicles per year. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575.

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UGA-led team engineers bacterium for the direct conversion of unpretreated biomass to ethanol

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JUNE 3, 2014

besciia can digest cellulose almost twice as fast as Cel7A, the current leading component cellulase enzyme on the market. Here we report the direct conversion of switchgrass, a nonfood, renewable feedstock, to ethanol without conventional pretreatment of the biomass. Earlier post.). bescii bacterium to make the current work possible.

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Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The method, which surpasses previous efforts in terms of stability, performance, lifespan and cost efficiency, is published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. Propelled by their attractive performance, they have continuously dominated the market since their inception, with a current worldwide market share greater than 85%.

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Solar Water Low Cost Hydrogen

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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MARCH 2, 2023

V for neutral NaAlCl 4 ) contributed by the acidic chloroaluminate cathode reaction, unlocking an additional specific energy of ∼119 Wh kg −1 by utilizing the conversion of NaAlCl 4 to NaAl 2 Cl 7 , which adds to the neutral melt reaction between NaAlCl 4 /Al and Na (∼493 Wh kg −1 theoretical). mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2

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Siemens and MAHLE intend to collaborate on inductive charging for EVs

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AUGUST 11, 2022

The technology group is already on the market with its cable-based infrastructure solution: chargeBIG. This intelligent charging management system can be integrated into existing infrastructure at low cost and without lengthy conversions.

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DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

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JULY 26, 2022

Efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reduction in energy conversion and storage technologies. HPC Modeling of Rapid Infrared Sintering for Low Cost, Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell Manufacturing. Carbon Nanospike Based Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion. Improvements in the lifecycle energy consumption?and

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Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

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MARCH 7, 2014

In a 2012 presentation, the inventors said that the direct conversion process delivers a liquid hydrocarbon fuel yield of ~54-55% at 310°C, with ~6-7% ethylene and ~39% water byproducts, making the technology more cost-effective than previous approaches. Catalytic conversion of to hydrocarbons (2012). —Chaitanya Narula.

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Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

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MARCH 7, 2021

Solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) technology is attractive because of unrivaled conversion efficiencies—a result of favorable thermodynamics and kinetics at higher operating temperatures. The SOEC is mainly built of abundant and low-cost ceramic materials in a metal housing. The facility is expected to be operational by 2023.

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SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

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AUGUST 21, 2022

Green hydrogen and green ammonia co-firing are gaining attention as an eco-friendly and relatively low cost solutions for existing thermal power plants that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, PEM electrolyzers are known for high energy density and moderate cost of maintenance.

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Nano One and Euro Manganese progress in cathode materials joint development project

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This strategy eliminates capital and environmentally intensive chemical conversion steps, eliminates large volumes of wasteful by-product and aligns us with legislation in North America and Europe to fast-track battery supply chains from secure and readily available sources of critical minerals. Earlier post.).

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Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Herein, we demonstrate a sulfur looping scheme in a one-reactor system using a low-cost and environmentally safe iron-based sulfur carrier. Compared with the undoped sulfur carrier, Mo dopant facilitates the surface hydrogen diffusion, thus promoting the overall H 2 S conversion. —Jangam et al.

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Hydrogen Gas Ohio Gas-Electric

Symbio targets European taxi market with fuel cell range extender in Nissan e-NV200; 500 km range

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MARCH 2, 2017

Symbio has integrated a 15 kW (net) fuel cell range extender in a Nissan e-NV200 electric van, with plans to introduce the vehicle to the European taxi market. The customized e-NV200 offers taxi drivers a similar total cost of ownership to a hybrid taxi, but with the range of an internal combustion engine. kg hydrogen at 700 bar).

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Taxi Range Nissan Market

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. Mangrove also says that its technology can reduce lithium hydroxide production costs from lithium brines by as much as 45%. —Mangrove’s CEO Saad Dara.

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Sodium Batteries Battery Water

DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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JULY 7, 2010

This integrated capture and conversion process will be used to produce a number of different chemicals that could replace petroleum-derived products. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions. DOE share: $1,000,000; recipient share: $250,067; duration: 24 months).

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Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia jointly to develop bagasse-based bio n-butanol market in Latin America

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Under the terms of the alliance, Cobalt and Rhodia will work together to deploy Cobalt’s technology for the conversion of sugar cane bagasse into n-butanol for the chemicals and fuels market. Cobalt’s low-cost platform also enables fuels production such as jet fuel. —Rick Wilson, Ph.D., Earlier post.).

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NSF awards Saratoga Energy grant to advance production of carbon nanotubes from CO2 for batteries closer to market

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Saratoga Energy has won a National Science Foundation grant to scale up its breakthrough process for generating low-cost, top quality carbon nanotubes from carbon dioxide for use in making high-performance Li-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and military and aerospace applications.

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Gevo and Sweetwater Energy sign MoU for lignocellulosic feedstocks to produce cellulosic alcohols and sustainable aviation fuel

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Sunburst extracts cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin from several types of biomass more cost effectively than any other biomass pretreatment technology on the market today. The company expects it can be commercialized effectively when cost-effective sources of these sugars meet sustainability goals.

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XL Hybrids introduces 3rd generation hybrid system for Class 1-4 trucks; XL3 features in-line motor to ease upfitting

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 4 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), unveiled its third-generation XL3 product release for model year 2014 vehicles. This helps meet growing customer demand for a drop-in solution to reduce fuel costs without reliance on subsidies.

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LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

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MAY 18, 2021

We are pleased to join the HyDeal LA effort, which includes an innovative and expanding vendor and development community, to support and help catalyze the supply chain needed to achieve large-scale, low-cost green hydrogen power supply for our local in basin plants. —Martin Adams, General Manager and Chief Engineer at LADWP.

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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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APRIL 29, 2022

The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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Charging Batteries Battery Energy Storage

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

Golar and Schlumberger form OneLNG JV; targeting development of low cost gas reserves to LNG

GWU team demonstrates highly scalable, low-cost process for making carbon nanotube wools directly from CO2

DOE to issue a funding opportunity announcement on H2@Scale new markets

IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

Berkeley Lab working with Alphabet Energy to develop a low-cost thermoelectric system

USDA awards $3M biorefinery grant to support conversion of lignin into renewable alternative for ABS Resin

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

Georgia Tech team develops conversion-type iron-fluoride Li battery cathode with solid polymer electrolyte

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

Waste Management and Renmatix to explore conversion of urban waste to low-cost cellulosic sugar via supercritical hydrolysis

Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

DOE to award $33M to advance hydrogen and fuel cell R&D and the H2@Scale vision

SPX and Aker Wade partner to develop new low-cost fast chargers for EVs

Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany

ARPA-E seeks to develop superconducting cables for fusion, grid, electric aviation, motors & generators

Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for curbstone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE

Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partner to develop low-carbon CAM precursors for Li-ion batteries

Calysta Energy engineering organisms to convert methane to low-cost liquid hydrocarbons; BioGTL process

New high-performance lithiated silicon–sulfur battery with pomegranate-structured electrodes

DOE awards $22.1M to 10 nuclear technology projects including clean hydrogen production

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

UGA-led team engineers bacterium for the direct conversion of unpretreated biomass to ethanol

Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Siemens and MAHLE intend to collaborate on inductive charging for EVs

DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

Vertimass licenses ORNL ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology; overcoming the blend wall with drop-in fuels

Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

SK E&S, SK Plug Hyverse partner with Korea South-East Power for green hydrogen & green ammonia production

Nano One and Euro Manganese progress in cathode materials joint development project

Researchers use chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas

Symbio targets European taxi market with fuel cell range extender in Nissan e-NV200; 500 km range

Mangrove raises $3M from BDC Capital to accelerate deployment of battery-grade lithium processing systems

DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia jointly to develop bagasse-based bio n-butanol market in Latin America

NSF awards Saratoga Energy grant to advance production of carbon nanotubes from CO2 for batteries closer to market

Gevo and Sweetwater Energy sign MoU for lignocellulosic feedstocks to produce cellulosic alcohols and sustainable aviation fuel

XL Hybrids introduces 3rd generation hybrid system for Class 1-4 trucks; XL3 features in-line motor to ease upfitting

LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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