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DOE announces SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 1 awards; four for fuel cell membrane development

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NEI Corporation, of New Jersey, will develop a novel PEM, using highly proton-conducting heteropolyacids in an organic matrix in a novel way. Award winners are: NanoSonic Inc.,

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Primus Green Energy produces 100-octane gasoline at commercial demonstration gas-to-liquids plant; improvement to STG+ technology

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a gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology and solutions company that transforms methane and other hydrocarbon gases into gasoline and methanol ( earlier post ), has successfully produced 100-octane gasoline at its commercial demonstration plant in Hillsborough, New Jersey. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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Total value of the projects, including cost sharing, is approximately US$5.9 The projects are located in North Carolina, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Quebec, Canada (through collaboration with a company based in Lexington, Ky.). The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding US$4.4

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Advances for the Production of LowCost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Description. Federal funding. Description. Federal funding.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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South Plainfield, New Jersey) will demonstrate an innovative tidal turbine system that incorporates a Hydraulic Energy Transfer system to pressurize and pump water to low-cost onshore hydroelectric generating stations. DOE Funding: $239,900. Total Project Value: $339,900. Sunlight Photonics, Inc. Funding: $1,818,500.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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The Crescent Corridor is a 2,500-mile (4,023-km) rail network supporting the supply chain from Memphis and New Orleans to New Jersey. Axion is working with the railroad on its $8B Crescent Corridor project. NS is making improvements that will enable it to handle more rail freight traffic. start-stop) vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). a third-party vendor has successfully run auctions on behalf of federal or state agencies at low cost.

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