Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2010

Chemists from Emory University and the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry have developed a stable and fast homogeneous water oxidation catalyst (WOC), considered a crucial component for generating hydrogen using only water and sunlight, that is easily prepared from readily available salts and oxides of earth abundant elements.

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Water Solar Hydrogen Production 247

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OCTOBER 2, 2010

The 9-partner project, coordinated from the University of Turku, Finland, is targeting the production of only non-toxic end-products that have been demonstrated to function in existing or minimally modified combustion engines. PCC 6803, a freshwater cyanobacterium. DirectFuel is an EU FP7 collaborative project.

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Conversion Czech Republic Solar Engine 225

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MAY 26, 2015

Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., The addition of Global Bioenergies’ synthetic isobutene pathways into the LanzaTech organisms would presumably offer another end product for the LanzaTech process.

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Audi Renewable Solar Fuel 150

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JULY 10, 2022

Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – captures and stores carbon from organic materials, converting it into useful energy such as heat, electricity, liquid or gas fuels. Biochar - This is a form of charcoal produced when organic matter is burned without oxygen. University of Exeter, “SeaCURE”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste 305

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The Energy Innovations Small Grant Program provides funding to small businesses, non-profit organizations, individuals, and academic institutions to conduct research that establishes the feasibility of new, innovative energy concepts. The technology has the potential to increase the generation and efficiency of solar power in California.

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Gas-Electric California Gas Energy 230

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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Climate America Global Energy 218

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Organization. AK Steel Corporation’s Research & Innovation Center will conduct alloy design, lab validation, manufacture, and testing of novel low density steels that possess mechanical properties exhibited by currently available advanced high strength steels. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. DOE Funding.

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Manufacturer Waste Universal Dallas 150

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MAY 5, 2022

With this very broad footprint, we can help to bring together organizations working on various aspects of climate change and possible solutions. For example, organizations such as the Sierra Club and the World Wildlife Fund aspire to make the world carbon-neutral in 30 to 40 years. Renewables such as solar, wind, and hydroelectricity.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Solar 87

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JANUARY 27, 2023

and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (the MagLab) at Florida State University (FSU) will leverage existing capabilities to develop and demonstrate an integrated process to convert preprocessed corn stover into SAF through a catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP), biocrude intermediate upgrading pathway.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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APRIL 20, 2023

universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Service learning provides real-world experience The student teams partnered with nonprofit organizations to learn how to make tangible impacts by developing technological solutions.

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Environment North Carolina Climate Change Columbus 67

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The rise of renewable solar and wind power is demanding sustainable storage technologies using components that are inexpensive, Earth-abundant and environmental friendly. Crucial to the idea of lowering the cost of battery materials, myo-inositol is an abundant organic compound familiar to industry. Chueh, Michael F.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery 186

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Researchers at the University of Rochester (New York) have developed a robust and highly active system for solar hydrogen generation in water using semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and a nickel catalyst. Organic molecules are typically used to capture light in photocatalytic systems. This difficulty has. —Han et al.

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Water Hydrogen Light Solar 225

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Organization. Assess the technical and economic feasibility of thermal compression for cost-effective pressurization of hydrogen to 700 bar for hydrogen fueling stations, as well as demonstrate the concept in a small-scale test system. Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine. University of Delaware.

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Fuel Hydrogen Virginia 2011 150

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328. ION Clean Energy Inc.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Lead organization. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). DOE: $749,999 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,499 (20% cost share). The project has future applications for supercritical CO2 cycles in power plants, nuclear power, solar power and natural gas combined cycle units. Arizona State University.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

She is a vice president for knowledge enterprise at Ohio State University , in Columbus. During the virtual visioning event in December, experts explored solar and renewable energy, carbon sequestration, water management, and geoengineering. IEEE is developing a strategy to guide the organization’s response to the global threat.

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Climate Change Climate Engine Sustainable Transportation 75

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The Precourt Institute for Energy , an umbrella organization for energy research and education at Stanford, will fund the following three studies and jointly fund one study to be administered by the TomKat Center: Functionalized Graphene-Platinum Composites for Fuel Cells. Junctionless Solar Cell for Enabling Third-Generation Photovoltaics.

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Energy Hybrid Fuel CO2 210

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JUNE 11, 2019

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals. Yuchen Ding, John R. 9b02549.

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Light CO2 Power Powered 334

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 284

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492).

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Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind 270

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric 150

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APRIL 1, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. ” Goodenough invented lithium cobalt oxide cathode materials while at Oxford University. Click to enlarge.

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Sodium Water Li-ion Texas 218

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JULY 29, 2010

Jacobson at Stanford University. Soot—black and brown particles that absorb solar radiation—comes from two types of sources: fossil fuels such as diesel, coal, gasoline, jet fuel; and solid biofuels such as wood, manure, dung, and other solid biomass used for home heating and cooking around the world. Guenther et al., 1995] and NO.

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Global Ozone CO2 Pollution 230

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JUNE 24, 2014

Twenty-three of the projects receiving funding are headed by universities, eight are led by the Energy Department’s National Laboratories and one project is run by a non-profit organization. Lead organization. University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Riverside. Northwestern University.

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Energy Solar Energy Storage Universal 337

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Lead organization.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

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APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs, inspiring the formation of new industries, jobs and the revitalization of markets that are currently stalled. Clean Energy : solar/PV, wind, geothermal, hydro, tidal, biofuels. Areas of interest include: Ocean Exploration : sensing (e.g.

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Water 2004 Climate Change Clean 231

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MARCH 21, 2013

Funds for these projects—which span areas as diverse as a new crossover valve for the split-cycle Tour Engine ( earlier post ) to a new solar thermal storage device capable of integration with utility scale solar thermal power plants—come from Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program. C/e Solutions, Inc.

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San Diego California Energy Transportation 346

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MAY 15, 2015

The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs, Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) and Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), which both seek to develop low-cost technology solutions. Lead organization. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco).

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Fusion Power Powered Low Cost 150

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JULY 3, 2010

The University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are awarding a joint research team $200,000 to support a project investigating high-capacity Li-air batteries for electric vehicle applications. Large-panel integrated-light transmitting and solar energy-harvesting façade systems for net-zero energy-efficient buildings.

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Michigan Universal Renewable Energy 186

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

On a large scale, high-power electronics are used to connect solar panels and wind turbines to the grid, to operate industrial equipment such as elevators and HV/AC systems, and to run electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Lead organization. High Quality, Low-Cost GaN Single Crystal Substrates for High Power Devices.

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Power Powered Low Cost Universal 296

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. Lead organization. Northwestern University. Description. Arzeda Corp.

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Gas Conversion Low Cost Universal 259

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. Orchestration engines help organize the flow of work across multiple bots. next grand challenge project.

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Building UAE Universal Design 115

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors.

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

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AUGUST 2, 2012

These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Lead organization. cost associated with thermal management. Utah State University. Pennsylvania State University.

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Energy Storage Grid Electric Vehicles Energy 299

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MARCH 10, 2018

For 20 years, researchers have shown that CNT membranes offer tremendous promise for a wide variety of uses including the low-cost production of ethanol fuel, precision drug delivery, low-energy desalination of seawater, purification of pharmaceutical compounds, and high-performance catalysis for the production of fuels.

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Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin 199

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Organization. If successful, the team will greatly increase transformer functionality and reduce size over current technologies, affecting application areas like grid energy storage, solar photovoltaics and electric vehicle fast chargers, while also enabling better grid monitoring and easy retrofits. Marquette University.

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