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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. art Lithium Sulfur and Lithium Air Battery Cells. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. AOI 2: Development of State?of?the?art

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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One negative side effect of a lean burn engine, whether powered by gasoline or diesel fuel, is an increase in the amount of emissions released to the environment. Umpqua Energy’s EVOPAC system combines an advanced hydrogen-injection system using a plasma reformer with a DeNOx Catalyst.

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