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UK-based tech company Saietta has won a major grant , through the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center (APC) that will fast-track the first stage of the production process ramp-up for its innovative Axial Flux Traction (AFT) electric motor.
Global Bioenergies will construct its second industrial pilot on the site of the Leuna refinery, close to Leipzig in Germany. million) grant, should include a three-year study at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes (CBP). million grant from the BMBF within the “BioEconomy Cluster” framework.
Global Bioenergies announced that the USPTO has granted a key patent relative to its butadiene process. The patent, Nº 8,703,455 , protects an essential step of Global Bioenergies’ process to produce bio-sourced butadiene. —Philippe Marlière, co-founder and President of the Scientific Advisory Board of Global Bioenergies.
million) grant to help develop new super-light materials solutions for building more fuel-efficient cars and aircraft. The LATEST2 (Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport 2 nd Generation) Project is being funded by a program grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Global Bioenergies has strengthened its leadership in the field of biologically produced isobutene and other light olefins by reinforcing its IP position. Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the field of direct fermentation to light olefins such as isobutene, butadiene and propylene.
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has reported the light-driven photoreforming of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to H 2 using semiconducting cadmium sulfide quantum dots in alkaline aqueous solution. CdS is an inexpensive, visible-light-absorbing photocatalyst with a bulk electronic bandgap of around 2.4
The Alcoa Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to the Ohio State University (OSU) Institute for Materials Research in support of innovative design and manufacturing technologies that will enable the creation of lighter, more environmentally friendly vehicle structures.
Light bio-olefins company Global Bioenergies has reached the main milestone in a license option signed in 2010 with a Fortune 500 US-based industrialist. In December 2010, Global Bioenergies had signed a license option agreement with a large US-based industrial group. Earlier post.).
Ricardo has been formally granted approval for the company’s advanced new low carbon and low emissions vehicle research center. With planning approval now granted, RGF funding is confirmed and the project is entering the construction phase on a 2,000 square meter footprint within the Ricardo site.
Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. Liquid Light has developed proprietary process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide. It has filed more than 100 national patent applications of which more than twenty have been granted.
Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.
The Government of British Columbia and Eagle Graphite confirmed release of the first tranche of grant funding in support of a 2-year program to develop and commercialize silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from Eagle’s Black Crystal graphite quarry and plant in Valhalla, British Columbia.
million grant to demonstrate a new high-efficiency vehicle concept. A key strategy for achieving the project goals will be a pioneering low-temperature gasoline combustion system that could help significantly improve light-duty vehicle fuel economy. Delphi Corp., Earlier post.)
by painting roofs) to reverse global warming to date. What wavelength of sunlight each particle scatters depends on its size, so a wider range of particle sizes allows the paint to scatter more of the light spectrum from the sun. Scaling that up, the scientists estimated that it would only require 0.5–1% 427 FA9550-17-1-0368).
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France-based Global Bioenergies, the developer of a one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, has obtained new €1.4-million —Marc Delcourt, CEO of Global Bioenergies. million (US$1.6-million) million interest-free loan over seven years.
will invest $492 million over the next three years to allow the company to modernize its Ontario manufacturing facilities and to improve its manufacturing carbon footprint significantly—part of Honda’s global initiatives. Both the federal and Ontario governments will provide conditional grants up to $41.8 Honda Canada Inc.
Both the RSB Group and EKA Mobility agreements see EVR developing electric motors for Light Commercial Vehicles using its Trapezoidal Stator RFPM (TS-RFPM) topology. This signifies EVR’s entry into the passenger vehicle, light commercial vehicle, and e-bus sectors, expanding from its initial markets in the 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler segments.
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The Danish Board of Business Development (Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse) is granting up to DKK 88.8 million) to a partnership between Topsoe, Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) and Aarhus University (AU) to support innovation activities related to upscaling and globally deploying Topsoe’s Power-to-X SOEC electrolysis technology.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). DOE grant: $9,000,000). Earlier post.) Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc.,
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.
Syzygy Plasmonics, a technology company developing a high-performance photocatalyst for the industrial gas, chemical and energy industries, announced a $23-million Series B financing led by Horizons Ventures with participation from new global investors including Equinor Ventures. of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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million government grant to develop advanced tire technology aimed at increasing vehicle fuel efficiency. The grant period began in late 2011 and continued through the end of 2014, with Cooper recently presenting its findings to the DOE. Ultra-light weight tire bead bundle. Ultra-light weight tire belt package.
The board of Tanfield has granted SEVUS a four month period of exclusivity for the clarification and negotiation of this offer. in the first half looks a full price, especially in light of representing a price to peak EBIT of 13 times. Paying £37m for a business that lost £1.9m on turnover of £8.1m
The LIFT (Launchpad for Innovative Future Technology) research proposal has now been rewarded a grant from the NWO ENW PPS Fund. But the material used only absorbs UV light, which makes up less than five percent of all of the sunlight that reaches Earth. The motivation for this research project is twofold.
The first result of this agreement is the demonstration vehicle that will be shown at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS): a light-duty truck with an Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) Engine. six-piston) light-duty version of its opposed piston engine (OPE) in both diesel- and gasoline-fueled versions.
Global Automakers and its members remain committed to the goals of one national program and therefore are asking the EPA to withdraw its Proposed Determination, or at the very least grant an extension of the current 30-day comment period. —John Bozzella, President and CEO, Global Automakers.
The 30GWh plant will create 2,000 skilled jobs in the region, producing battery cells and modules to power the next generation EVs produced for multiple global automotive manufacturers. 1 producer of cars, light trucks and SUVs per capita and the center of Auto Alley in the US.
million investment round led by Vodafone Ventures, the global venture capital arm of Vodafone Group, together with top-tier Israeli VC firm Carmel Ventures. CellEra, developer of a hydroxide (OH?) exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) technology, recently announced a $9.2-million —Ziv Gottesfeld, CEO of CellEra.
For its part, EPA is withdrawing the Clean Air Act preemption waiver it granted to the State of California in January 2013 as it relates to California’s GHG and ZEV programs. The California waiver authority does not exist to allow California to address national and global issues such as climate change. Earlier post.)
As part of the work, a novel graphene-based polymer material will be investigated, modeled, and designed to enhance both vehicle and occupant safety while remaining very light. However, due to the trade-off between light vehicles and safety standards, new directions need to be adopted to overcome safety issues.
The investment includes a grant received from the Department of Energy to help create green technology jobs in the US. Ford is adding a combined 170 jobs at the Rawsonville and Van Dyke facilities to build these key components. Ford will invest about $125 million at its Van Dyke facility.
Global technical specification on “envelope”—vehicle inlet—for global solution. The current agreement on recommendations covers Phase 1 as well as Phase 2; applies to passenger and light-commercial vehicles, and addresses only AC and DC charging. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge. This provides the.
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