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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Gigawatt-Scale Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts and Electrodes. TOPIC 2: ADVANCED CARBON FIBER FOR COMPRESSED HYDROGEN AND NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANKS. Melt Spun PAN Precursor for Cost-Effective Carbon Fiber in High Pressure Compressed Gas Tankage.

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Ford was one of the first full-line US automakers to pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its vehicles, operations and supply chain in alignment with goals of the accord. A significant portion of related financing will go toward accelerating Ford’s leadership in electric vehicles. Vigeo Eiris, an arm of Moody’s Corp.,

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. This work will focus on designing a carbon capture system capable of capturing 50 to 70 percent of CO 2 emissions from blast furnace gas. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project.

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DOE awarding ~$44M to seven carbon capture projects

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Engineering-Scale Testing of Transformational Non-Aqueous Solvent-Based CO 2 Capture Process at Technology Centre Mongstad RTI International will advance its non-aqueous (water lean) solvent-based CO 2 capture technology and tests will be performed using the existing large-scale pilot infrastructure at the Technology Centre Mongstad in Norway.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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Feasibility Study for 10 Megawatt-Electric (MWe) Coal Direct Chemical Looping Large Pilot Plant Demonstration at the Dover Light & Power Plant in Dover, OH Babcock & Wilcox will complete a feasibility study of a coal-direct chemical looping large pilot plant for a specific utility site. General Electric. Phase I projects. Organization.

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DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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The oxy-combustion process replaces the air used for combustion with a mixture of oxygen and recycled plant emissions (flue gas) and/or water for temperature control. Gas Technology Institute. The boiler concept should allow for a more compact combustor with reduced gas-phase heat exchanger surface area.

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Argonne National Labs Ramping Up Lithium-Air Research and Development; Li-ion as EV Bridge Technology

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Li-air batteries will have a capacity for energy storage that is five to 10 times greater than that of Li-ion batteries, which Argonne is characterizing as a bridge technology for electric vehicle applications. Li-air technical barriers and needs (from the DOE report Basic Research Needs for Electrical Energy Storage ). Component(s).

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