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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled.

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Davis Hydrogen Transportation North America

Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

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MARCH 25, 2014

Honda marked the opening of Honda Smart Home US, showcasing technologies that enable zero net energy living and transportation, including Honda’s home energy management system (HEMS), a proprietary hardware and software system that monitors, controls and optimizes electrical generation and consumption throughout the home’s microgrid.

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DC Honda Energy California

California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The California Energy Commission approved its first $10 million to fund Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) research and development (R&D) projects during its monthly business meeting today. 1 million to use high-fidelity solar forecasting to predict load impacts on California’s electricity grid and reduce solar integration costs.

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

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APRIL 30, 2013

million to demonstrate renewable energy management using a compressed air energy storage system. The system will integrate solar photovoltaic technology to capture solar energy to compress air into above-ground tanks packaged in standard shipping containers.

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Standards Plug-in California Energy

Ames Lab team to head new $120M Critical Materials Institute; addressing shortages in rare earth metals and other materials

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The new research center, which will be named the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), will bring together leading researchers from academia, four Department of Energy national laboratories, and the private sector. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). SpinTek Filtration, Inc.; Advanced Recovery; Cytec, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.; and Simbol Materials.

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NREL and partners to investigate secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries

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APRIL 6, 2011

The CCSE project team includes the UC Davis’s Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center; the UC Berkeley, Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC); UC San Diego Strategic Energy Initiatives; San Diego Gas & Electric; and AeroVironment. The total budget for the NREL-CCSE second use battery project is approximately $1.3

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San Diego Li-ion Batteries Battery

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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JANUARY 8, 2010

With ultimate research targets ranging from off-shore wind power and coral reef ecology to electrochemical energy storage, quantum physics and nanotechnology, the 12 projects will launch more than $250 million in new laboratory construction projects beginning early this year. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Grant Kentucky Manufacturer Universal

EVgo launches grid-tied public fast charging system with second-life batteries

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JULY 11, 2018

EVgo has integrated second-life BMW i3 batteries to store energy from the grid generated during peak solar hours and later use that stored energy to fast-charge EVgo customers during periods of high demand. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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Grid Charging Batteries Battery

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Easel Biotechnologies, UC Davis). Earlier post.).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California).

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ORNL advancing LDH sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brine wastes

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JANUARY 22, 2020

However, lithium is sourced almost exclusively from other countries, either concentrated using a solar evaporation process from natural brine sources or recovered from ore. The sorbent’s thermochemical properties were also characterized using differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry at the University of California-Davis.

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Waste Water United States Davis

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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JULY 17, 2015

and UC-Davis Emeritus and Catherine JJ DeMauro. It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Table of Contents.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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JUNE 24, 2015

NREL research confirms that after being used to power a car, a Li-ion battery retains approximately 70% of its initial capacity—making its reuse a valuable energy storage option for electric utilities, before battery materials are recycled. —Ahmad Pesaran, NREL Energy Storage Group Manager.

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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

Ames Lab team to head new $120M Critical Materials Institute; addressing shortages in rare earth metals and other materials

NREL and partners to investigate secondary uses for electric drive vehicle batteries

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

EVgo launches grid-tied public fast charging system with second-life batteries

ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

ORNL advancing LDH sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brine wastes

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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