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Oregon State partnering with Daimler on fuel-cell electric Class 8 truck for SuperTruck 3

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OSU’s Yue Cao and Alan Fern will use advanced electrical propulsion and artificial intelligence research to create the power electronics, motor drive technology and energy management tools for the hydrogen fuel cell truck tractor. The work by Oregon State is part of $25.8 Earlier post.).

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Researchers devise seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer for turning seawater into hydrogen

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer.

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DOE awarding nearly $8M for national laboratory H2@Scale projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. Award amount: $1,722,089). Award amount: $500,000). Award amount: $1,157,219).

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DOE to award more than $7M to four projects to advance hydrogen storage

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The US Department of Energy is awarding more than $7 million to fund four 3-year projects in California, Washington and Oregon to advance hydrogen storage technologies to be used in fuel-cell-electric vehicles. will use a coordinated approach to reduce the costs associated with compressed hydrogen storage systems. and AOC Inc.,

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Researchers provide insight into OER electrocatalyst

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Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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Understanding how the gut microbiome populations interact to deconstruct lignocellulosic materials to sugars or potential biofuels such as hydrogen and methane could potentially aid in the optimization of industrial cellulosic degradation. —Jennifer Pett-Ridge, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab biogeochemist and a co-author.

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Photobiological Hydrogen Production from Cyanobacteria Encapsulated in a Solid-State System

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Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) and the University of Oregon have shown photobiological hydrogen production from one type of cyanobacteria ( Synechocystis sp. A paper on their work was published earlier this year in the International Journal of Hydrogen energy. Dickson, Catherine J.

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