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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. An international panel of judges from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors selected two winners in each of this year’s five prize categories: Carbon Capture & Utilization. into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. Energy Access.

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Oorja Protonics Introduces New Direct Methanol Fuel Cell On-Board Battery Charger

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Methanol (CH 3 OH) is mixed with water and fed directly to the fuel cell anode, where it is oxidized on a catalyst layer to form carbon dioxide, hydrogen ions (H + ) and the electrons that travel through the external circuit as the electric output of the fuel cell. assembly plant. Earlier post.). FEDMFC and Hybrids. Earlier post.).

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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Off-road vehicles, motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles, low-speed vehicles, medium-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles and other non-conventional passenger vehicles are not desired and will be deemed nonresponsive to this announcement. Other novel technologies or battery components.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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Especially when the internal combustion engine vehicles rule the market. The electric car from Strom Motors, the Strom R3 is a three-wheel electric car. Do you know it is illegal to convert and use internal combustion engines to hybrid/electric on your own? Electric Vehicle Manufacturing. Battery Scrapping.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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The Piaggio MP3 is a three wheeled maxi-scooter already being sold in the USA! Privacy policy Terms of use Visit other CBS Interactive sites: Select Site BNET CBS College Sports CBS Radio CBS.com CBSNews.com CBSSports.com CHOW CNET CNET Content Solutions GameSpot International Last.fm America is too much into BIG. Check it out.

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