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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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In NREL’s bioenergy program, for example, we have chemists studying the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass and waste materials into fuel. The collective knowledge and expertise at NREL is astounding. Down the line, analysts look at that process in terms of economics and strategies for accelerating deployment.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Earlier post.).

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How Shipping Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Capture

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The Japanese shipbuilding giant joins a list of ambitious projects that plan to ship CO 2 from the power plants and factories where it’s emitted to sites where the gas can be used or permanently stored. By 2024, Northern Lights aims to transport and store about 0.8 By 2024, Northern Lights aims to transport and store about 0.8

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24M and partners awarded $3.5M from ARPA-E to develop ultra-high-energy density batteries with new lithium-metal anodes

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The funds will be used to develop novel membranes and lithium-metal anodes for the next generation of high-energy-density, low-cost batteries. Those inactive materials are expensive and wasteful. Using thick electrodes, the cell also stores more energy, bettering the performance of the battery as well as its cost.

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Berkeley Lab team creates “cyborgian” hybrid artificial photosynthesis system; CO2 to acetic acid at high yield

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Their hybrid approach combines the highly efficient light harvesting of inorganic semiconductors with the high specificity, low cost, and self-replication and -repair of biocatalysts. Biologically precipitated cadmium sulfide nanoparticles served as the light harvester to sustain cellular metabolism. In contrast, the M.

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Renault Trucks’ Optifuel Lab 2 lab vehicle integrates technologies for more efficient big rigs; road test results coming in 2015

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The more energy there is available at low cost, the more it will be used. The solar panels developed for Optifuel Lab 2 are therefore light in weight, deformable, equipped with 48 modules covering an area of 40 m² and generate 30% more power than standard panels. Waste heat recovery. —Claude Covo, project director.

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DOE issues FOA for up to $4M for development of advanced H2 storage systems and materials

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Most of the hydrogen that is used today is stored as a compressed gas (with pressures typically ranging from 150 to 700 bar) or a liquid (liquid storage requires cryogenic temperatures near 20 K). In addition, the costs associated with high-pressure fast refueling adds to the overall costs associated with using hydrogen fuel cells.