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BioAmber closes $45M Series B to fund biobased succinic and adipic platforms

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a developer of bio-based succinic acid ( earlier post ), has raised $45 million dollars in a Series B financing that will accelerate the commercialization of succinic acid and modified PBS (polybutylene succinate, a renewable, biodegradable polymer). BioAmber Inc., and Mitsubishi Chemical.

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Cummins Demonstrates Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power System

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The SOFC sub-system efficiently converts chemical energy in the ULSD fuel directly into useful electrical power. The demonstration, held at Cummins Power Generation facilities in Minneapolis, leveraged development supported by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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Further, the system was designed for one-way power, not for distributed renewable-energy devices sending power back into the system. Converting a gas appliance to a heat pump, for example, would draw 4 to 6 kW, while an L2 charger for EVs would be 12 to 14 kW. For instance, Marshall stated, it is not unusual for a 37.5

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Could electricity come from the air?

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Using short, flexible piezoelectric cantilever beams which convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity, the researchers believe the power generated could scavenge otherwise wasted energy from the environment. When they combine, the beam generates maximum energy output that varies dependent on the location of the wake.

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Warburg Pincus to invest up to $355M in First Green; focus on early-stage technologies in the carbon value chain; renewable fuels and chemicals, and green-black tech

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First Green will invest in early-stage companies that focus on developing methods to convert renewable carbon—such as non-food biomass and carbon dioxide—to fuels and chemicals, and applications of clean or green technologies in the conventional energy process, sometimes known as green-black technologies. Mascoma.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Minneapolis-St. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts: $2,500,000.

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Summer Update

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The bill, sponsored by Representative Frank Hornstein of Minneapolis, would require that the State of Minnesota begin buying PHEVs once they are commercially available and when the price is no more than 10% higher than similarly equipped vehicles.