Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 3, 2022

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida. Recent reports suggest several EVs caught fire due to water damage caused by severe flooding in the most heavily impacted areas. The Effects of Water Damage in EVs. EV batteries don’t like salt water. EV Fires in Florida After Hurricane Ian.

Florida 86

Florida Lithium Ion Water Batteries 86

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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process. —Lei et al.

Low Cost 170

Low Cost Water Hydrogen Energy 170

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AUGUST 4, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has designated Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, a national center for ocean energy research and development. As a public institution of higher education, Florida Atlantic University will also promote public awareness of ocean energy research and development.

Mariner 199

Mariner Renewable Energy Design 199

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AUGUST 13, 2022

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Professor Jie Lian has been awarded $500,000 from the US Department of Energy as part of the Nuclear Energy University Research Program (NEUP) to conduct research and develop new materials that will make advanced nuclear reactors more resilient and economically efficient.

Molten Salt 170

Molten Salt Florida Idaho Universal 170

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MARCH 8, 2010

The first forum, Launch: Water, will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida from 16-18 March. NASA announced its founding partnership of “ Launch ”, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums.

Water 225

Water IDEA Florida Conversion 225

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APRIL 5, 2010

A spinout from work at the University of South Florida is developing a new Fischer-Tropsch-based (FT) process to produce hydrocarbon transportation fuels—initially jet fuel—from biomass. model the reaction on MATLAB and COMSOL to assess material and energy balance across the system. The next step is to.

Florida 210

Florida Universal Fuel 2010 210

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MARCH 25, 2013

reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors. Energy density (Wh/L). USABC target.

Building 304

Building Energy Lead Acid DC 304

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, ROGUE will also improve the efficiency that these crops can turn the sun’s energy into plant energy to fuel their biological oil production. Energycane will be evaluated at Florida and Mississippi, and Miscanthus will be tested at Illinois.

Oil 239

Oil Illinois Fuel Engine 239

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MARCH 25, 2013

reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors. Energy density (Wh/L). USABC target.

Building 275

Building Energy Lead Acid DC 275

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JUNE 4, 2018

Nafion has a complex multiscale phase-separated morphology with well-connected hydrophilic domains in which sulfonate-lined water channels percolate through a hydrophobic, semicrystalline polytetrafluoroethylene-like matrix. While the exact structure remains controversial, the water channels are thought to be nominally cylindrical.

Polymer 250

Polymer Florida 2001 Pennsylvania 250

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Boeing and the US Army have demonstrated the capabilities of the truck-mounted High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator ( HEL MD ) under maritime conditions (i.e., wind and fog), successfully targeting a variety of aerial targets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. —Dave DeYoung, Boeing Directed Energy Systems director.

Wind 316

Wind Diesel Florida Li-ion 316

Blink Charging

APRIL 21, 2022

Types of Green Energy. To be classified as green energy , an energy source must be renewable and must not release pollution into the atmosphere. Some kinds of green energy include: Wind Energy: Thought to be the most renewable form of energy, wind energy is suited to high altitudes or undeveloped plains.

Green 52

Green Energy Pollution Ozone 52

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

GE Energy has signed a technology licensing agreement with Hydrogen Energy (HEI) for a proposed 250-megawatt power plant that would use integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology. HEI is a joint venture of BP Alternative Energy and multinational mining company Rio Tinto Hydrogen. Earlier post.).

Hydrogen 199

Hydrogen California Energy Tampa 199

DIY Electric Car

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Solar energy , the renewable energy source which has been in news for the last several years has made quiet inroads into many homes, factories, businesses, into our cars and appliances and much more. But, yet it is a rather misunderstood energy. It was expensive to commercially exploit solar energy few decades ago.

Solar 113

Solar Energy Kits Installation 113

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AUGUST 1, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $97 million in funding for 33 projects that will support high-impact technology research and development to accelerate the bioeconomy. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy. University of Florida. Global Algae Innovations.

Waste 186

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego 186

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APRIL 20, 2015

The LNG-powered ships will also include a ballast water treatment system, making them the greenest ships of their size. Upon delivery in late-2015, the Jones Act-qualified ships will operate between Jacksonville, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico 150

Puerto Rico San Diego Power Powered 150

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MAY 21, 2013

Trade-off analysis map showing the available and least expensive water option for each site. Sites where water supply costs are. Achieving larger production volumes would require the utilization of less water-efficient sites and relatively expensive saline waters, they suggested. —Erik Venteris, first author.

Fuel 220

Fuel Water Florida Available 220

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JUNE 12, 2012

A technology and energy production consortium has successfully completed initial proof-of-concept testing of a novel oil sands extraction method that has the potential to improve environmental performance and reduce development costs. The consortium of Laricina Energy, Nexen Inc., The consortium of Laricina Energy, Nexen Inc.,

Oil-Sands 231

Oil-Sands Oil Water Climate Change 231

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. RESTORE: Replenishing EcoSystems by Transforming Residues to Energy”, $1,640,286. Research Triangle Institute, “A Corn Stover Pyrolysis Pathway for Sustainable Aviation Fuel”, $2,000,000.

Production 225

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today recently signed a cooperative agreement with the University of Texas at Austin and a team of Arctic researchers for a comprehensive study of the Hanna Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast. Dr. Kenneth H.

Alaska 186

Alaska Rhode Island Energy Austin 186

Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

The 180-turbine Kitty Hawk Wind is an offshore wind project proposed in federal waters over 36 miles from Virginia Beach. Energy supply in the region is critical to maintaining and growing the economy,” said Hampton Roads Chamber CEO and president Bryan Stephens. Photo: Avangrid Avangrid’s 3.5 Get started here. –

Virginia 52

Virginia Wind North Carolina Solar 52

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. Cool Planet’s sources of biomass include corn stover, wood chips, and fast growing, non-food energy crops such as miscanthus. Earlier post.).

Conversion 308

Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

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MARCH 28, 2016

The plant will return approximately 172,000 gallons of treated water to the Port of Morrow daily. USDA has financed projects in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Oregon. million gallons of advanced biofuels.

Oregon 150

Oregon North Carolina Iowa Louisiana 150

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MARCH 21, 2014

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the latest oil and gas lease sales for federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico garnered $872,143,771 million in high bids on 329 tracts covering 1,707,358 acres. A total of 50 offshore energy companies participated in submitting 380 bids. billion in bid revenues.

Mexico 268

Mexico Oil Sale Gas 268

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MAY 3, 2012

has successfully processed sweet sorghum hybrids from energy crop company Ceres, Inc. into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. The joint evaluation project was funded in part by a US Department of Energy Integrated Biorefinery grant awarded to Amyris. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

Renewable 236

Renewable Diesel Hawaii Louisiana 236

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. million acres, located from three to 230 nautical miles offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, in water depths ranging from 9 to more than 11,115 feet (3 to 3,400 meters). billion in high bids.

Mexico 223

Mexico Oil Gas Obama 223

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MAY 31, 2012

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). Pennsylvania has always been an energy-rich state with natural gas being its latest form. Aqua America, Inc.,

America 225

America Pennsylvania Fleet North Carolina 225

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MAY 28, 2009

Ted Schuur, University of Florida and lead author of the study. A study in Nature Geoscience in March warned that warmer water temperatures could shift ocean currents in a way that would raise sea levels off the Northeast by about 8 inches (20 cm) more than the average global sea level rise. Permafrost.

Climate Change 150

Climate Change Water Climate North America 150

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

The work is part of a newly signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between ASU and Sandia to collaborate on algae-based biofuels, solar fuels, concentrating solar technologies, photovoltaics, electric grid modernization and the energy-water nexus.

San Diego 150

San Diego Florida North Carolina Atlanta 150

Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2022

BIG plans to manufacture its products at its facility in Pinellas Park, Florida, and will demonstrate its technology at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will take place from January 5th through the 8th of next year. The earth is 70% water, so it makes sense to solve this problem.

Tesla 98

Tesla Las Vegas Re-Charge Solar 98

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $20 million to seven projects research, develop and demonstrate cutting-edge geothermal technologies. In binary cycle technologies, the water from the geothermal reservoir is used to heat another working fluid, which is vaporized and used to turn the turbine or generator units.

Louisiana 199

Louisiana Water Gas-Electric Oil 199

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AUGUST 18, 2009

While the technologies for lipids extraction from micro-algae for biodiesel are currently infeasible from cost and energy standpoints, they note, anaerobic digestion of biomass to methane is a commercial reality. It would not involve the food-for-fuels tradeoff, and it would not require arable land or clean water.

Transportation 225

Transportation Fuel Florida Universal 225

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

The enterprise, called ChAP—the Chesapeake Algae Project—is an integrated research approach to algae-based energy production and environmental remediation. A test site has been operating at VIMS, using brackish York River water, and a second test station is planned for Lake Matoaka on the William & Mary campus.

Mariner 186

Mariner Arkansas Maryland Virginia 186

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

Emissions 256

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

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MAY 5, 2010

a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, have entered a joint development agreement to explore combining Algenol’s Direct to Ethanol technology with Valero’s expertise in technology and infrastructure for production and distribution of transportation fuels and chemicals. Algenol Biofuels Inc., Algenol Biofuels Inc. Earlier post.).

2006 IT 199

2006 IT Grant 2006 Florida 199

Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

With 1,200W of theoretical power (and probably more like 900W of solid real-world Florida solar energy), that would be a decent flow rate. It’s been sitting there through plenty of rainy days over the last month, and not a drop of water has entered the container through the hole for the wires.

Grid 52

Grid Solar Charging Florida 52

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Researchers at Applied Research Associates’ (ARA) Florida Research Laboratory are developing a catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH) process to convert triglycerides (e.g., To overcome these shortcomings, a novel technical approach based on high-temperature water chemistry, known as catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH), has been proposed.

Oil 199

Oil Convert Water Conversion 199