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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In a study, reported in the journal Nano Energy , the team reported that the photoelectrode shows high light absorption of about 90% in the visible range 380-700 nm, as well as significant enhancement in photo-catalytic applications. —Park et al. Heon Lee (Korean University). 2016.01.004.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by $1.7 Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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APRIL 10, 2021

The Antenna-Reactor is the combination of a larger light-harvesting plasmonic nanoparticle (the ‘Antenna’), and smaller traditional catalyst nanoparticles (the ‘Reactor’). Previously, Syzygy raised nearly $12 million and secured Department of Energy ARPA-E and National Science Foundation SBIR Program grants.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

million in grant funding from the City of Chicago and the Department of Energy to help defer the costs of station construction and acquiring new CNG taxi vehicles. Natural gas produces up to 30% lower greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline fuel in light-duty and medium-duty vehicles.

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JULY 2, 2017

Department of Energy (DOE) grant to continue their research in developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber. The center’s Carbon Materials Technologies Group received the award for a project titled “Precursor Processing Development for Low Cost, High Strength Carbon Fiber for Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Applications.”

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JULY 10, 2010

Grant applications are sought to develop new magnetic materials to allow low cost, easily manufacturable permanent magnets with energy products comparable to what is commercially available today with sintered magnets at temperatures up to 240°C. The strength of the current NeFeB PMs is weakened significantly as temperature rises.

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MAY 15, 2009

million in tax credits and up to $200,000 in training grants to Electric Motors Corporation (EMC), based on the company’s plans to establish an electric vehicle industrial development park the state. This is the State’s first such grant under its incentive program to a company in the electric drive systems category.

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MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants that leverage more than $9.6 Project partners will provide $1,000,000 to match the state grant. If used in a light duty passenger vehicle, the powertrain will cut emissions by the same percent as it displaces 575 gallons of petroleum yearly. Electric vehicles components.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. the cost of energy storage?by Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Element Energy used a component-based cost model to estimate the current and future costs of conventional and novel powertrains based on peer-reviewed data—e.g., on batteries and fuel cell costs trends and the costs of vehicle mass reduction. Fuel cell system cost projections over time and volume.

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JULY 2, 2009

The fund is not intended to pay the full cost of a low carbon bus. The maximum funding per bus will be the difference between the cost of the low carbon bus and the cost of its standard diesel equivalent. Bus operators and local authorities will be able to bid for funding toward the additional cost of buying a LCEB.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Metal catalysts are commercially available, but they are low valence precious metals the high costs of which make their widespread use prohibitive. For example, platinum, the best of them, costs some $2,000 an ounce. Human activities seem to demand a stable metal catalyst that can operate under non-biological settings. Resources.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The FOA modifies a much smaller and earlier-issued FOA by incorporating a supplemental $300 million appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (the stimulus bill) for the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005 Section 721 to fund a competitive grant pilot program to be administered through the Clean Cities Program.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels. These efforts, in California, Hawaii, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, include grant funding for station development and rebates for the purchase of FCEVs.

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JULY 13, 2010

ADEPT is focused on dramatically improving the efficiency and cost of power conversion and switching, among the main causes of electrical efficiency loss across the electrical grid and in electrical applications from cars to computers. These advanced components will enable miniaturization, increased efficiency and reduced cost.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Public sector fleets have just weeks left to claim grants worth more than £3,400 towards the cost of a new hybrid commercial vehicle.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Incremental costs associated with the technology must be shown to be absorbed by the associated fuel use reduction. EERE is seeking grant applications in the following subtopics: Cellulosic and Algal Biofuels. Grant applications that enable the following are sought: Transportation Fuel Cells. Hydrogen Storage.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The Commission’s funding is the cost-share for the company’s $6.2 The total cost of the project is $12.4 The remaining projects are from PIER’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program. These grants are capped at $95,000. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The Government has set up a Biodiesel Grants Scheme, under which New Zealand biodiesel manufacturers can obtain subsidies on a per liter basis. In light of these conclusions, if biofuels are to play a significant role in our energy future, we should move toward developing drop-in biodiesel made from wood. per liter (US$5.12/gallon

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

The cost of fuel cells that run on hydrogen continue to fall, and sales of fuel-cell vehicles are growing. We have experienced false starts before with hydrogen, so we can’t take success for granted. Hydrogen is light, storable and energy-dense, and its use as a fuel produces no direct emissions of pollutants or greenhouse gases.

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MARCH 31, 2021

While the environmentally-conscious vehicles will save taxpayer dollars in the long run thanks to EV credits, gas savings, and low maintenance costs, some have voiced concerns over the cost of buying a Tesla.

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JULY 1, 2019

The increased energy density would come from a combination of factors including the lithium-metal anode’s high specific capacity, low electrochemical potential, and light weight. This work was supported by South 8 Technologies under National Science Foundation NSF SBIR program (grant no.

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JUNE 29, 2016

Kiessling Transit, a Massachusetts-based transportation company, is ordering 32 more hydraulic hybrid buses equipped with Lighting Hybrids’ Energy Recovery System (ERS) for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. Earlier post.) The ERS has demonstrated improvements of 25% in fuel efficiency, and significantly reduced tailpipe emissions.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

In contrast to the “green light” for coal-to-NG substitution for power generation, the authors suggest that climate benefits from vehicle fuel substitution are uncertain (gasoline, light-duty) or improbable (diesel, heavy-duty). Improved science would aid in generating cost-effective policy responses. —Brandt et al.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The project’s Principal Investigator is Professor Patrick Grant of the University of Oxford. Other academic partners include University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool, University of Oxford, University College London and Diamond Light Source. Next generation sodium ion batteries–NEXGENNA.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

of sales through 2015 (assuming sales of 12 million light-duty vehicles per year, according to the report. While several high profile vehicle market introductions such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf have been initiated, questions remain regarding the potential to reach the 2015 goal. Production capacity.

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APRIL 5, 2016

This project is funded by a ~$1-million grant from the California Energy Commission under the auspices of its Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Testing Program. This reactor converts a portion of the volatile gases into a mixture of light olefins, predominantly ethylene and propylene. —US 9199889.

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MAY 9, 2013

Liquid air offers significant potential benefits as a future energy vector, both for use in light duty propulsion and as an enabler for other promising low carbon powertrain innovations, particularly waste heat harvesting. The costs of pre-clearance should be grant funded.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In addition to precluding future regulation of stationary sources of greenhouse gases by the EPA under the current framework, passage of a disapproval resolution would also nullify EPA’s soon to be introduced final ruling on greenhouse gases from light duty vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The discovery of materials with improved thermoelectric efficiency could increase the efficiency of electrical power generation, improve automobile mileage and reduce the cost of air conditioning. The interlaced crystal arrangement has properties that could make it ideal for thermoelectric applications.

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MARCH 19, 2009

The latter will provide grants to US-based manufacturers of up to $1.5 This FOA specifically is seeking applications for grants supporting the construction (including production capacity increase of current plants), of US-based manufacturing plants to produce batteries and electric drive components. Transportation Electrification.

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JUNE 23, 2015

Hydrogen production, converting light gases generated in the first stage to hydrogen in sufficient quantity to supply all process needs. Production economics have been estimated to provide hydrocarbon fuels at fully profited manufacturing costs of $2.50/gallon Cyclones for collection of ash and char. Both are part of CRI/Criterion Inc.,

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APRIL 3, 2014

In light of these trade-offs, the report recommends that NHTSA and EPA develop a separate standard for natural gas vehicles as is presently the case for diesel- and gasoline-fueled vehicles. NHTSA and EPA should also evaluate the need for and benefits and costs of an in-use natural gas fuel specification for motor vehicle use.

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APRIL 17, 2014

Compared to new diesel engines, the Delphi team found that BSFC for GDCI at light loads was comparable or better, and at high loads was about 5% higher. million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new ultra fuel efficient vehicle (UFEV) vehicle concept. Earlier post.) DOE UFEV program targets. Vehicle fuel efficiency on FTP. +35%

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