Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2023
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable. —Esmaeilirad et al. Harzandi, A.M.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have utilized a series of simulations to model the performance of twin-engine hybrid-electric general-aviation propulsion systems. They are compact and lightweight when compared to the amount of energy they provide. Their paper appears in the Journal of Aircraft.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2013
to convert 24 police patrol cars and pickup trucks to clean burning propane autogas. The project was funded in part by a grant from the US Energy Department’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. CleanFUEL USA has partnered with the City of Springfield, Ill.,
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2021
Now, a study by researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) has found that energy sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) behaves more like miscanthus in the way it efficiently captures light and uses water to produce abundant biomass. Energy sorghum falls somewhere in between.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. A lot of communities that may have not traditionally been looking at advanced nuclear, or nuclear energy in general, are now being incentivized to look at it,” says Victor Ibarra Jr. ,
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Diamond Green Diesel is owned by Valero Energy Corp. The Diamond Green Diesel facility converts inedible oils and other waste fats into a high-quality renewable diesel fuel. Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., and Darling Ingredients Inc., and is the largest commercial advanced biofuel facility in the United States.
Green Car Congress
MAY 19, 2019
NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. It’s similar to how MRIs work, magnetic resonance imaging.
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