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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. An open-access paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —Song et al.

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APRIL 21, 2021

Sionic’s silicon-anode battery cell designs incorporate the company’s complete technology innovations that deliver up to 50% greater energy density, 30% lower cost, and increased safety, and can be integrated into cylindrical, pouch, or prismatic cell formats in existing cell production supply chains and infrastructure.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. —Zhigang Feng, USTA.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

and the University of Houston will work together to further understanding of the geology and composition of crude oil. This collaboration with a premier energy university reaffirms our commitment, as the market leader in instruments for this industry, to continue to develop new technologies and applications for our customers.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

EV Market Stimulation in Divested Economies. Tennessee Technological University. A Solid State Technology Enabled Compact, Modular Design to Reduce DC Fast Charging Cost and Footprint. North Carolina State University. Marquette University. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Metropolitan Energy Center.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

While advanced composites are used in selective industries such as aircraft, satellites and cars, these materials remain expensive, require large amounts of energy to manufacture and are difficult to recycle. PolyOne Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.; PolyOne Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.; Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM), Echion Technologies , (Echion), Britishvolt (BV) and University College London (UCL) are grant recipients in the latest round (Round 4) of the Faraday Battery Challenge in the UK. Echion is a high-growth company spun-out of Cambridge University in 2017 to commercialize niobium oxide-based materials for anodes.

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

The BV audit was conducted on Carbon Nexus’s 100 metric ton (nameplate) pilot line which is currently producing samples for trials with LeMond’s target customers in several SM industrial markets. million of seed capital from individual and institutional investors, including Deakin University.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen significantly. million (US$9.7

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The project will build a new plant in Chattanooga to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of graphite targeted at the electric vehicle industry. Collaboration with partner federally funded research and development centers and universities to maximize the positive impact of such projects on communities and the environment.

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AUGUST 25, 2020

In recent years, ammonia has been considered by various industries for use in power generation as its consumption is carbon free, offers high energy density and has an established transportation network in contrast to hydrogen which has issues with both storage and distribution. Decarbonizing the aviation industry is a major challenge.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Current Direct , a new €12-million research and innovation project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, is proposing an innovative lithium-ion cell optimized for waterborne transport, using novel manufacturing techniques allowing for a consistent cost reduction compared to the current market prices.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Phinix,LLC; Rare Earth Element Separation Using Gas-Assisted Micro-Flow Extraction with Task-Specific Ionic Liquids Partners: NICHE Industrial Chemicals, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University DOE share:$500,000; Cost share $225,000; Total costs: $725,000. 525 Solutions, Inc.;

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AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. University of Colorado, Boulder. University of Maryland. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Realta, spun out of a $10-million ARPA-e funded project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is targeting industrial heat and power as an early application for its fusion technology in which the ability to operate at a wide range of scales is a significant advantage. (Madison, WI). Type One Energy Group (Madison, WI).

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APRIL 11, 2023

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

The average cost to trial participants for recharging at home is between 25p and £1 (US$0.40 The data analyzed by Aston University combines and compares the behavior patterns of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drivers over two consecutive quarters. The low cost of ‘refuelling’ in relatively short periods of time reinforce this.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Lumotive, a Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, introduced a beam-steering technology which will significantly improve the performance, reliability and cost of LiDAR systems for the emerging self-driving car industry.

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MARCH 19, 2018

Superdielectrics Ltd is a material research company that has discovered, in self-funded research with the Universities of Surrey and Bristol, a new group of polymeric superdielectrics. Researchers from the universities achieved practical capacitance values of up to 4F/cm 2 on smooth low-cost metal foil electrodes.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The significance of this fluorinated cation undoubtedly extends to other advanced battery systems beyond lithium, all of which universally require kinetic protection of highly fluorinated interphases. It is low cost because it can be made with extremely high purity and yield in one simple step rather than multiple steps.

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JULY 12, 2021

Enedym, a switched reluctance motor (SRM) spinout from McMaster University, closed a $15-million financing round from an international group of strategic investors within the US, Canada, Europe, and India, including P&A Paletta Giving Inc., —Karen Mossman, McMaster University’s vice-president, research. TRIO Capital Group Inc.,

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JANUARY 28, 2023

This topic seeks applications for R&D of novel hydrogen carriers and hydrogen carrier hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalysts and catalyst supports with the goal of providing quantitative cost and performance advantages over conventional compressed gas or liquid hydrogen systems. Topic 2: Onboard Storage Systems for Liquid Hydrogen.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The research follows government and industry investment to create infrastructure and markets for carbon-free liquid ammonia fuel that will not contribute to greenhouse warming. This discovery paves the way for sustainable, low-cost hydrogen that could be produced locally rather than in massive centralized plants.

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APRIL 30, 2022

NGen has now announced $76 million in funding for 15 new industry-led consortia that will execute projects in strategic areas such as critical minerals & metals, traction battery & efficiency gains, power electronics, fuel cells, and lightweight materials. .; Partners: AIS Technologies Group, Shelley Industrial Automation, Konnexio Inc.

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Project funding: £4,750,429.16.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

A new report released by the UK’s Carbon Trust concludes that with a continued focus on technology innovation to drive ongoing cost reductions, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) could take over 30% of the mid-sized car market by 2050. How the Imperial/UCL fuel cell design reduces cost compared to current technology.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens have formed a strategic alliance to develop and to commercialize a new technology for the low cost production of bio-based benzene, toluene and paraxylene using Anellotech’s process of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) of non-food biomass. Anellotech Inc., Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 19, 2017

The scale and frequency of investments in established LiDAR players and more recent OEM and Tier One startups demonstrates the value that the industry places on LiDAR technology in the development of autonomous vehicles. —James Hodgson, Industry Analyst at ABI Research.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This production capacity will be utilized for preliminary qualification of the company’s solid-state cells for multiple markets including automotive, aerospace and defense. Sanoh Industrial Co., High manufacturability due to compatibility with automated, industry-standard, roll-to-roll production. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 15, 2024

The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor. Ayman El-Refaie, Marquette University Now a sleeper option, synchronous reluctance motors , is getting a surge of interest, thanks to materials-science breakthroughs at GE Aerospace.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Drawing on both fundamental and applied research capabilities within National Labs, universities, and industry, the Plastics Innovation Challenge accelerates innovations that will significantly reduce plastic waste in oceans and landfills and position the US as global leaders in advanced plastics recycling technologies.

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MARCH 1, 2012

The demonstrator further develops AVL’s efficient low carbon ELC concept ( earlier post ). The production-ready technology offers the potential of a mass-market, gasoline-fueled family car with drivability, performance and 5.6 liters/100 km (42 mpg US) fuel consumption achieved at lower cost than an equivalent diesel model.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The long-term goal of the LM3I Institute will be to expand the market for and create new consumers of products and systems that utilize new, lightweight, high?performing performing metals and alloys by removing technological barriers to their manufacture. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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JULY 26, 2022

Partnering with the US industry, we are evaluating feasibility and affordability of Conductor on Round Core (CORC) developed by Advanced Conductor Technologies (ACT) for the next compact fusion tokamak facility. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is working on developing high current density HTS conductors for next fusion experiments.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. University of Michigan will use additive manufacturing and machine learning to scale up their advanced burner. Selection amount: $3,257,089).

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