Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make n -butanol. Microorganisms have evolved a bewildering array of techniques to obtain nutrients from their surrounding environments. —Arpita Bose, associate professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, and leader of the study.

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Solar Light St. Louis Power 319

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island. Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART).

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

The investments are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels. A rapidly growing, widely adaptable crop, sweet sorghum accumulates in the stem high concentrations of sucrose that can be efficiently converted to ethanol, making this a valuable candidate bioenergy feedstock.

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South Carolina Production St. Louis Missouri 239

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Dramatically increase our fundamental knowledge of the physical structure of biopolymers in plant cell walls to provide a basis for improved methods for converting biomass into fuels. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Washington University, St. Extreme Environment- Tolerant Materials via Atomic Scale Design of Interfaces. $19.

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Energy Energy Storage Conversion Solar 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2014

Ten of these projects are new while the rest received renewed funding based both on their achievements to date and the quality of their proposals for future research. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Develop artificial materials, inspired by biological systems, that can change the way we convert and use energy.

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Energy Solar Energy Storage Universal 337