Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. University of California, Merced, Calif. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. DOE award: $298,191).

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Coal Universal West Virginia Kansas City 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

Nuclear power generates nearly 20% of US electricity, delivering reliable, low-emission baseload power to the grid. The low volume of new plant construction combined with expected retirements of existing plants is projected to reduce US nuclear electricity capacity by 20.8 GW by 2050.

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Molten Salt Power Powered Illinois 284

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

ARPA-E released $10 million in funding for 6 projects as part of the Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electrical Systems ( CABLES ) topic. CABLES teams will develop medium-voltage (> 10 kV) power distribution cables, connectors, and circuit breakers for fully-electrical aviation applications. Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Fully Electric Electric Electrical DC 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

(MTR), uses a specially designed CO 2 -selective membrane—a micro-porous film that acts as a semi-permeable barrier—to separate CO 2 from other gases, such as nitrogen, in a coal-burning plant’s flue gas. The Polaris system is 10 times more permeable to CO 2 than conventional gas-separation membranes. and will continue for 2–3 months.

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Carbon Illinois Coal Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. 1 at a current density of 20?

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Sodium Li-ion Maryland Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Bio2Electric’s project will demonstrate a novel conversion process to produce ethylene (a widely used commodity chemical) from natural gas, with the goal of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lower reactor capital and lower operating expense compared to current industry practice. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Manufacturer Waste Universal Dallas 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

Startup Zunum Aero, founded in 2013, is developing regional hybrid-electric aircraft for the early 2020s. POETS’ approach is to integrate traditionally separate research efforts in mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering. Zunum is targeting 700 miles of range at launch to more than 1,000 miles by 2030.

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Hybrid Boston Electric Electrical 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

will design and develop a new more-efficient engine and advanced drivetrain and vehicle technologies. will design and develop a vehicle and powertrain with electrified engine components that can enable higher engine efficiency and a significantly more aerodynamically reengineered cab. Navistar, Inc. Drive Oregon. 993,450.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Clemson University.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

RAPTOR , a turbulent combustion code developed by Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Dr. Joseph Oefelein, was selected as one of 13 partnership projects for the Center for Accelerated Application Readiness (CAAR). LES reveals how fuel from a state-of-the-art injector mixes with air inside an engine cylinder.

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Universal 2013 Engine Illinois 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

A multi-institution team of researchers has developed a novel class of materials that enable a safer, cheaper, and more energy-efficient process for removing greenhouse gas from power plant emissions. Current carbon capture technology uses caustic amine-based solvents to separate CO 2 from the flue gas escaping a power plant’s smokestacks.

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Polymer Carbon Universal Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The selected projects focus on advancing the development of a suite of post-combustion CO 2 capture and supersonic compression systems for new and existing coal-based electric generating plants, specifically: (1) supersonic compression systems; (2) small pilot-scale (from 0.5 FuelCell Energy Inc.

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Fuel Coal CO2 Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V in O 2 (gas) → O x− (condensed phase), and η charging > 1.1

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Cheap Li-ion Batteries Battery 150

Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Fossil fuels currently meet this majority demand, raising concerns due to potential CO 2 (a major greenhouse gas) doubling compared to preindustrial levels (approximately 285 ppm for about 400 000 years before the industrial revolution and reached 376 ppm as of 2005 and is still increasing). The precious noble metals (Pd, Pt, and Ru, etc.)

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Fuel Auto Oil Conversion 52

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. billion to more than 2 billion.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 134

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Columbia University , New York, N.Y.

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CO2 Coal Austin Store 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX).

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2020

DOE’s early stage research for the Coal FIRST Initiative supports the development of electricity and hydrogen energy plants that have net-zero carbon emissions. These plants will be fueled by coal, natural gas, biomass, and waste plastics and incorporate carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies.

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Coal Carbon Hydrogen Nebraska 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA) and GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS). Clemson University.

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Transportation Energy West Virginia Engine 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Earlier post.) DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2021

Engineers that design electronics face significant thermal management challenges, and the number of applications that require thermal management continues to grow. Cellphones, data centers, home electronics, telecommunication, and the electrical grid use electronic components that require thermal management. Senior Engineer.

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Illinois Georgia Ohio Engine 52

Cars That Think

JUNE 10, 2024

Doubling the source power is “very challenging,” agrees Ahmed Hassanein who leads the Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment, at Purdue University, in Indiana. These systems consume some 600 liters of hydrogen gas per minute, most of which goes into keeping tin and other contaminants from getting onto the optics and wafers.

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Future Light Energy Power 119

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. We are trying to make this more science-based while still fully appreciating that these are political decisions that will be made.

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Carbon Oil-Sands Standards Design 247

Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Electric vehicles require new or re-tooled factories , each requiring thousands of employees. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has stated that moving to battery electric vehicles only would mean “risk losing the majority of 5.5

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Market Auto Industry Auto Michigan 92

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

In the background, are various EVs from the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association, along with the "Spirit" hanging out in the shade and away from the sunny background. The last time a production model of an electric car had traveled from coast to coast was in 1998, when an EV-1 made the journey without consuming an ounce of gasoline.

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Las Vegas 2009 San Francisco Iowa 36

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry. states are already actively participating in the design and implementation of three regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244