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Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Heliogen and Bloom Energy have successfully demonstrated the production of green hydrogen by integrating the companies’ technologies: Heliogen’s concentrated solar energy system and the Bloom Electrolyzer. Electricity accounts for nearly 80% of the cost of hydrogen from electrolysis. Source: Heliogen. Source: Heliogen.

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Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The results from this study suggested a cost of hydrogen as low as ¥17 to ¥27/Nm 3 (US$0.16 - $0.25) using a combination of technologies and the achievement of ambitious individual cost targets for batteries, PV, and electrolyzers. The findings are published in a paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Solar Japan

IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The report— Green Hydrogen Cost Reduction: scaling up electrolyzers to meet the 1.5

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Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

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MAY 31, 2023

A multi-institutional team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed a low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for the production of hydrogen in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). volts (Nafion 212 membrane) and low degradation in an accelerated stress test.

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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Methane derived from CO 2 and renewable H 2 sources is an attractive fuel, and it has great potential as a renewable hydrogen carrier as an environmentally responsible carbon capture and utilization approach. Using EEMPA instead reduces the energy needed to fuel such a reaction. A paper on the work is published in ChemSusChem.

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Low Cost Convert CO2 Conversion

SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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JULY 20, 2020

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. The Bloom Energy Servers are a proven market leader in clean, reliable, and resilient on-site power.

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Hydrogen South Korea Market Energy

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

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MARCH 2, 2023

Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. Sodium and aluminum are a natural combination of inexpensive, abundant elements as a redox pair for battery energy storage. of peak charge capacity. —Weller et al.

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Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

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JUNE 7, 2017

EPFL scientists have developed an Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO 2 into CO and oxygen—an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels. A paper on the work appears in the journal Nature Energy. using solar energy. 2017.87.

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Low Cost CO2 Solar Conversion

ICL team assesses relative costs of carbon mitigation for 12 H2 production paths; trade-off between cost and level of decarbonization

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A team at Imperial College London has examined the relative costs of carbon mitigation from a lifecycle perspective for 12 different hydrogen production techniques using fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewable sources. An open-access paper on their work is published the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Cost Of Carbon Production Hydrogen

UK supports Gigastack feasibility study with ITM Power, Ørsted, Element Energy; gigawatt-scale PEM electrolysis

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AUGUST 30, 2019

ITM Power announced funding from the UK Government for the Gigastack feasibility study with Ørsted and Element Energy. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen through: Development of a new 5MW stack module design to reduce material costs. 1GW/year to increase throughput and decrease labour costs.

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New $30M ARPA-E program to produce renewable liquid fuels from renewable energy, air and water

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APRIL 26, 2016

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $30 million in funding for a new program for technologies that use renewable energy to convert air and water into cost-competitive liquid fuels. ( Specific energy density, kWh/kg. Energy density, kWh/L.

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Renewable Water Energy Fuel

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

Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery—a quinone–bromide flow battery (QBFB)—as an example of a class of energy storage materials that exploits the favorable chemical and electrochemical properties of a family of molecules known as quinones. —Huskinson et al. Background.

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How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As dealerships embrace electrification to maintain competitiveness , it’s crucial to also explore the benefits of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS). Discover key insights into incorporating battery storage for your dealership’s sustainable energy storage. What are battery energy storage systems?

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Energy Storage Energy Batteries Battery

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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Mariner Universal Grid Water

Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Utility holding company Xcel Energy wants 1.5 Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers. —Ben Fowke, chairman and CEO, Xcel Energy. million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. Powering 1.5

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). —Christian Bruch, CEO Siemens Energy.

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Chile Porsche Climate Energy

Researchers in Australia develop low-cost water-splitting catalyst that offers comparable performance to platinum

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Remarkably, the catalyst also exhibits extraordinary oxygen evolution reaction activity, enabling an active and stable bi-functional catalyst for whole cell water-splitting with, to the best of our knowledge, the highest energy efficiency (83.7%) reported to date. —Suryanto et al. —Prof Zhao. and $19.65 a kilogram. and $69.58

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GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

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JULY 6, 2020

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘ Thematic Research: Hydrogen ’, highlights that countries worldwide are striving to accelerate the development and use of hydrogen technology to tackle environmental concerns and enhance energy security. The availability of these sources is not always commensurate with demand for power.

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Hydrogen Cleaner Power Powered

Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low.

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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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JULY 31, 2019

Energy storage installations around the world will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Global cumulative energy storage installations. —Logan Goldie-Scot, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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

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MAY 10, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. This funding opportunity is administered by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Other projects.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Clean Cleaning

DOE seeking input on H2@scale: hydrogen as centerpiece of future energy system; 50% reduction in energy GHGs by 2050

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Earlier this year, The US Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories identified the potential of hydrogen to decarbonize deeply a multitude of sectors in a proposal termed “H2@Scale”. Increased energy system resiliency and flexibility. Source: DOE workshop April 2016. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.)

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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

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad.

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Green Hydrogen Plug Power

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant. Led by Progressive Energy Ltd. This technology could lower the cost of low carbon hydrogen by over 20% and has become the basis for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) analysis. Contract value: £3.12

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind

DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize is led by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s?Advanced

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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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JUNE 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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Solar Energy Storage Low Cost Concept

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. Many Lines, Stable Power High-voltage transmission lines move large amounts of energy over long distances, linking power generation to consumption. Department of Energy reveals the severity of the problem.

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Abatement cost with hydrogen at $1/kg (7.4/MMBtu).

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Hydrogen Carbon Emissions Price

DOE EERE awarding $43.6M for Phase II SBIR projects

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JULY 29, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is awarding $43.6 is developing smart hydrogen storage tanks that will reduce the operating costs of the fuel cell electric vehicles, increasing their adoption and reducing the consumption of fuels for transportation needs.

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Real weighted average cost of capital is 7.5%

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New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award

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JULY 31, 2020

million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and validate technology that will reduce the cost of manufacturing high-performance carbon fiber by 25% to make composite natural gas or hydrogen fuel tanks to power cars and trucks. The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) will receive $2.7

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Hydrogen Gas

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. Source: EIA.

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Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

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JUNE 20, 2023

The amount is just a fraction of the estimated $35 trillion needed to be spent on the energy transition by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. This includes spending on renewables such as wind and solar as well as grid and other infrastructure. The cost of geopolitics.

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bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

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MARCH 19, 2021

It can also play an essential role in decarbonising hard-to-electrify industries and driving down the cost of the energy transition. —Dev Sanyal, bp’s executive vice president of gas and low carbon energy. Green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water, powered by renewable energy.

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Hydrogen Carbon Clean Cleaning

Berkeley study finds renewable portfolio standards insufficient to meet 2030 GHG emission targets; new policy required

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Pie charts show the proportion of different types of energy sources generating power and flowing between load areas if there were a carbon tax of $70 per ton. Their paper is in press in the journal Energy Policy. —Daniel Kammen, Distinguished Professor of Energy in UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group.

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U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

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JULY 2, 2017

The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber.

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Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

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JANUARY 29, 2020

An open-access paper on their work appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy , from AIP Publishing. Al is a favored hydrogen generation material because of its relatively low cost, low density, and abundant geological reserves. The hydrogen is then used in a PEM fuel cell. Credit: Jing Liu.

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Hydrogen Chinese Production Fuel

New high energy, highly stable cathode for sodium-ion batteries

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers in South Korea have developed a novel high-energy cathode material, Na 1.5 This new material provides an energy density of 600 Wh kg –1 , the highest value among Na-ion cathodes. Large-scale energy storage systems are needed to deal with intermittent electricity production of solar and wind. Credit: ACS, Park et al.

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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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APRIL 11, 2023

This bioprinting technology is low-cost and scalable and is projected to result in significant savings when applied broadly to mineral recovery. We do anticipate that it would have a lot of benefits environmentally and lower energy costs compared to what is currently used.

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Design San Diego Phoenix Environment

DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced up to $64 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002229 ) to advance innovations that will build new markets for the H2@Scale initiative ( earlier post ). Hydrogen and fuel cells represent an industry with the potential to enable resiliency, energy security, emission reductions, and economic growth across sectors.

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DOE to award $35M for bioenergy feedstock and algae R&D

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million in funding for bioenergy feedstock technologies and algae research and development. ( Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) represents a potential low-cost, abundant feedstock for producing fuels and products.

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Waste Conversion Carbon Concept

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $11.5 million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658. 8 Rivers Capital.

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Heliogen and Bloom Energy demonstrate production of low-cost green hydrogen; concentrated solar and high-temp electrolysis

Japan team evaluates battery-assisted low-cost hydrogen production from solar energy

IRENA sees renewable hydrogen at least cost-possible within decade

Argonne-led team develops new low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for PEM electrolysis

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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

EPFL team develops low-cost catalyst for splitting CO2

ICL team assesses relative costs of carbon mitigation for 12 H2 production paths; trade-off between cost and level of decarbonization

UK supports Gigastack feasibility study with ITM Power, Ørsted, Element Energy; gigawatt-scale PEM electrolysis

New $30M ARPA-E program to produce renewable liquid fuels from renewable energy, air and water

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

How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

Researchers in Australia develop low-cost water-splitting catalyst that offers comparable performance to platinum

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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

DOE seeking input on H2@scale: hydrogen as centerpiece of future energy system; 50% reduction in energy GHGs by 2050

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

DOE EERE awarding $43.6M for Phase II SBIR projects

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Benchmark: global battery industry needs to invest $514B to meet demand in 2030; $920B by 2035

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

Berkeley study finds renewable portfolio standards insufficient to meet 2030 GHG emission targets; new policy required

U Kentucky CAER receives $1M for carbon fiber research

Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

New high energy, highly stable cathode for sodium-ion batteries

SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

DOE announces up to $64M to advance H2@Scale in new markets

DOE to award $35M for bioenergy feedstock and algae R&D

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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