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JANUARY 21, 2014

A Virginia Tech research team led by Dr. Y.H. Then, low-cost biocatalyst enzymes are used as catalyst instead of platinum. Support for the current research comes from the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and Cell-Free Bioinnovations, a biotech start-up, located in Blacksburg, Va.

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APRIL 3, 2013

A team of Virginia Tech researchers, led by Dr. Y.H. The findings of their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition , suggest that cell-free biosystems could produce hydrogen from biomass xylose at low cost. Flow of the new process; enzymes are in red. Credit: Martín del Campo et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Brown School of Engineering and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia is published in Nature Materials. Iridium costs roughly eight times more than ruthenium, Wang said, and it could account for 20% to 40% of the expense in commercial device manufacturing, especially in future large-scale deployments.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) are in the early stages of investigating the development of adaptive stop and yield traffic signs. Dingus, the institute’s director and an endowed professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. VTTI test display for adaptive road signs.

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APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. However, there remains a need to lower the costs of fusion development and accelerate its development timeline to have appreciable impact.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

SPARKZ, a battery startup with exclusive licenses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to produce domestic cobalt-free lithium batteries, will begin manufacturing its zero-cobalt battery in Taylor County, West Virginia, eventually employing 350 workers. Earlier post.). of industrial space available.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

The goal of the partnership, led by startup C4-MCP (C4), is to offset the hydrogen production expense with the sales of the carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes, reducing the hydrogen’s net cost to less than $2 per kilogram, thus helping make hydrogen fueled cars and trucks cost-competitive with conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $1 million to a project to analyze and evaluate potential cost-competitive pathways for producing and transporting hydrogen fuel. in Arlington, Virginia—will identify cost-effective and efficient materials and processes to produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

Virginia''s annual tax on hybrid vehicles did not make sense. Proposed and enacted early last year, the tax added a fixed yearly sum to the cost of running a hybrid vehicle, in an effort to make up a gas tax shortfall. This week.'

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MAY 13, 2012

million to establish a multidisciplinary program of transportation research, education, and technology transfer for a Tier 1 University Transportation Center to be headquartered at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Such research will employ a variety of unique tools and test beds developed or enhanced as part of this grant.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Unraveling Electric Car Insurance Costs in 2023 Checking Out All the Options To Get the Best Deal This article may contain affiliate links. However, owning an EV is about more than just zero emissions and torque—it’s about understanding the total cost of ownership.

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MAY 10, 2022

In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs. The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Initial public road testing on highways began in September in southwest Virginia, where Torc is headquartered. Public road testing with safety and health protocols in place resumed in Virginia in June 2020 and will be continued with the next generation of automated driving software.

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APRIL 7, 2015

A team of Virginia Tech researchers and colleagues has demonstrated the complete conversion of glucose and xylose from pretreated plant biomass to H 2 and CO 2 based on an in vitro synthetic enzymatic pathway crafted from more than 10 purified enzymes. Pathway depicting the enzymatic conversion of biomass to hydrogen and CO 2.

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JULY 13, 2011

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has signed two pieces of legislation that promote the use of natural gas, electric or other alternative-fueled vehicles in the Commonwealth. The Virginia Office of Fleet Management Services oversees approximately 4,000 passenger-type vehicles, used by more than 175 state agencies and institutions.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Projects selected under this funding opportunity announcement will reduce both the costs of critical materials and the environmental impacts of production. DOE funding: $5,577,738; cost share: $5,925,475; Total costs: $11,503,213. DOE funding: $2,272,112; costs share: $2,272,112; Total costs: $4,544,224.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

A team of Virginia Tech engineers has received a three-year, $1.5 By carefully tailoring the composition and structure of these new materials, the aim is to develop efficient thermoelectric materials that can be manufactured at large scales and low cost.

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MAY 25, 2022

Sparkz announced in March it will begin construction in 2022 of a Gigafactory in West Virginia to commercialize their zero-cobalt battery which will initially employ 350 workers and could grow to as many as 3,000. We have lost thousands of mining jobs over the last decade in West Virginia. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium at West Virginia University (WVU) has received a $1.15-million By building and operating a new hydrogen fueling station in Morgantown, West Virginia University will demonstrate running automobiles on hydrogen fuel made from coal-powered electricity.

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APRIL 16, 2015

The question of electricity costs vs. health and environmental cost is important to ask everywhere, Michalek said. Reduction in annual generation cost and external emissions costs due to controlled charging compared to uncontrolled charging ($2010). other parts of the US and the world could be different. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 13, 2021

This collaboration expands Mitsubishi Power’s capability to store hydrogen safely and cost effectively in salt caverns in strategic locations across North America.

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JULY 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the finalists in the $4-million American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a competition supporting innovations that help lower the costs and reduce the environmental impacts of extracting lithium from geothermal brines.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Possibly debottleneck processes to increase throughput with little additional costs other than for feedstock. CADO completely converts wet ethanol (and other alcohols) into targeted hydrocarbons in a simple reactor system at moderate temperatures and near atmospheric pressure without adding hydrogen.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Through a five-year cost-share agreement, DOE will invest up to half of the total project cost, with the project’s industry partners matching this investment by at least one-to-one. The smaller size could reduce both capital costs and construction times—helping to provide U.S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Virginia Tech as partners to bring the SUPER inverter to fruition. BorgWarner is leading this 39-month project and working with Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., PolyCharge America, Inc., Wolfspeed, Inc. will be a key supplier.

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APRIL 20, 2016

In a cost-shared program supported by the US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Ohio Coal Development Office (OCDO) of the Ohio Development Services Agency (ODSA), a team at Battelle is demonstrating a new, hybrid, direct coal-to-liquids process for producing jet fuel using biomass-derived coal solvents.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

In an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Engineering Science , the team reports that the process successfully cleaned clean coal mine drainage while producing rare-earth elements in samples from various rivers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Coal mine drainage (CMD) impairs tens of thousands of kilometers of U.S.

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JUNE 4, 2022

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided $700 million to help lower costs and support biofuel producers who faced unexpected market losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The investments include more than $486 million for 62 producers located in socially vulnerable communities.

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JUNE 15, 2023

The insights gained from this SoW will guide the final design, and unit costs, for a range of low-carbon titanium components for Ford Performance production vehicles. The titanium components are set to undergo a comprehensive finishing study to assess a range of potential surface finish of parts.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

A foundational principle of EcoCAR is the use of Model-Based Design, a mathematical and visual design approach using MATLAB and Simulink that enables users to quickly and cost-effectively manage projects, collaborate on designs, and develop complex embedded systems. Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. University of Alabama.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As domestic demand increases rapidly, there is an urgent need to develop safe, secure, domestic, and cost-competitive sources of lithium. The Phase 1 semifinalists identified an impactful idea or solution to drive down costs of lithium extraction and, ultimately, help develop environmentally friendly, domestic sources of lithium.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Columbia University will develop new processes with lower environmental impact to obtain energy relevant metals from mines that are olivine rich at lower cost than state of the art processes. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Energy-Relevant Elements Recovery from CO 2 -Reactive Minerals During Carbon Mineralization.

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JULY 21, 2020

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. University of Virginia.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Virginia is indeed for launch lovers @TheFavoritist @TrevorMahlmann pic.twitter.com/OasKIY9xmW — Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) January 24, 2023 Electron is by far the cheapest widely-available option for a dedicated rocket launch. It sells for about $7.5 SpaceX currently offers rideshare launch services for just $5,500 per kilogram.

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JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) has ruled in West Virginia v. In devising emissions limits for power plants, EPA first “determines” the “best system of emission reduction” that—taking into account cost, health, and other factors—it finds “has been adequately demonstrated.” —Opinion in West Virginia v.

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