Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Earlier post.). Source: ARPA-E.

Solar 300

Solar Conversion Hybrid Molten Salt 300

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

The new Stanford approach was inspired by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO)—an enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation, a process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted by plants and other photosynthetic organisms to molecules such as glucose. Aanindeeta Banerjee, Graham R.

Molten Salt 150

Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The projects, led by universities, private companies, and national laboratories, were selected to develop technologies to advance UNF recycling, reduce the volume of high-level waste requiring permanent disposal, and provide safe domestic advanced reactor fuel stocks. Award amount: $4,900,000). Award amount: $2,796,545).

Molten Salt 371

Molten Salt Fuel EPRI Waste 371

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

a) Hybrid solar converter (award Categories 1A and 1B). Higher penetration of solar energy would require either slowdowns of generation from baseload plants, a function that they are not designed to perform efficiently, or dumping of surplus solar electricity. Schematics of technology areas addressed by the FOCUS FOA. Source: ARPA-E.

Solar 290

Solar Conversion Convert F-150 290

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

The award recipients are: Buster Biofuels, LLC, based in the San Diego area, will receive $2,641,723 to convert a 7,300 square foot industrial warehouse building into a biodiesel manufacturing and fueling facility. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants.

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San Diego California Energy Transportation 346

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. converted into a type of diesel fuel.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294