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AUGUST 22, 2013

For example, the University of California, San Diego will receive approximately $3.5 University of Houston. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. Princeton University.

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MAY 11, 2016

The Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization (CAB-Comm), led by the University of California, San Diego, has released its final report , detailing the accomplishments and contributions achieved in its six years of operation. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 23, 2014

Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. million grant to the University of California, Davis, to establish a National Center for Sustainable Transportation. 300,000-grant to the San Diego Association of Governments to develop an Alternative Fuel Readiness Plan.

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MAY 18, 2018

(SoCalGas) introduced an innovative new solar-powered hydrogen generation system during the California Air Resources Board Technology Expo and Symposium at the University of California, Riverside. This technology is undergoing field testing at San Diego State University’s Brawley campus where it runs on solar and renewable electricity.

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MARCH 25, 2011

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean. Helly, Ronald S. Kaufmann, Gordon R. Stephenson Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of California, San Diego. The University of California, San Diego, seeks to address this issue by developing a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices that contains a slurry composed of carbon, ceramics, and a volatile binder. University of Houston.

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JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. San Jose, Calif. San Diego, Calif.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The technology has the potential to save energy and help the state achieve its bioenergy goals.

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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. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

University of California at San Diego. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego will design, build, and test an electromagnetic (EM) system designed for very shallow water use and will apply the system to determine the extent of offshore permafrost on the US Beaufort inner shelf.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The major challenges in the photo/electrochemical synthesis of alcohols from sunlight, water and CO 2 are low product selectivity, high membrane fuel-crossover losses, and the high cost of product separation from the electrolyte. (Other work at JCAP has investigated the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to methanol.). Singh and Alexis T.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Edward J. Buskey, Ph.D.

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JUNE 14, 2013

The 3-year-study, titled “Black Carbon and Regional Climate of California,” was conducted by UC San Diego and the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). —“Black Carbon and Regional Climate of California”.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

> Assumptions about water use. The study assumes fresh water and non-potable salt water are equal. A sustainable industrial algae production model uses non-potable, non-agricultural water in the process of making liquid fuels. Stephen Mayfield, director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

University of California at San Diego will receive $95,000 to reduce the cost of biomass power generation by removing tar from the producer gas in the gasifier. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs. Membrane Technology and Research Inc.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Leichter at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, and a team led by Douglas C. Part of the gas can also be used to produce the hydrogen (by steam reforming and water-gas shift) needed to upgrade the biocrude via hydrotreating. This creates a high-value crude oil equivalent.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Scientists at Rice University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have predicted and created new two-dimensional electrocatalysts—low-cost, layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX 2 ) based on molybdenum and tungsten—to extract hydrogen from water with high performance and low cost. —co-author Jun Lou.

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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University (ASU) have teamed up to improve computational models of algae growth in raceway ponds that can predict performance, improve pond design and operation and discover ways to improve algae yield outdoors.

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APRIL 29, 2015

JCAP researchers are focused on achieving the major scientific breakthroughs needed to produce liquid transportation fuels from a combination of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, using artificial photosynthesis. Molecular Catalysis. JCAP is one of several Energy Innovation Hubs established by the Department of Energy beginning in 2010.

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JULY 22, 2010

Finding a cost-effective way to produce fuels as plants do—combining sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide—would be a game changer, reducing our dependence on oil and enhancing energy security. The Energy Innovation Hubs have enormous potential to advance transformative breakthroughs.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

The prototype has consistently delivered a driving range of about 300 miles (~500 km), zero-to-sixty acceleration of about 10 seconds, with no emissions other than water vapor. Refueling of its hydrogen tanks takes three to five minutes. Cost is one thing, but convenience is another. —Bob Carter. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 24, 2013

The site is on the campus of the University of California, Davis; the building process will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US website. model home in San Marcos, Calif., Additionally, a WaterSense-labeled home is designed to use 20% less water than a typical new home. American Honda Motor Co., ZeroHouse 2.0

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

Powering them with clean energy sources won’t be difficult given China’s plentiful renewable capacity, says Michael Davidson , an engineering-systems and global-policy expert at the University of California, San Diego. CO 2 cooling systems are also 30 percent more energy efficient than Freon, says Dilk.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The process converts sugar and water into this valuable chemical, most prominently used as a solvent in paints and coatings for furniture. In September 2008, Genomatica announced a novel bio-manufacturing process for the production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable feedstocks—sugar and water.

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APRIL 3, 2017

Weld fumes have environmental impacts, too: venting weld fumes directly to the environment allows these toxic elements to make their way into air, water and soil. A study by the University of San Diego Burnham-Morse Center for Real Estate estimates that worker productivity gains with improved indoor air quality average $5,204 per worker.

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JUNE 20, 2011

The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Membrane efficiency is limited by the rate at which water (or another molecule) crosses the membrane (the flux). billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The award recipients are: Buster Biofuels, LLC, based in the San Diego area, will receive $2,641,723 to convert a 7,300 square foot industrial warehouse building into a biodiesel manufacturing and fueling facility. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Recipients included: University of California, San Diego: $150,000 to demonstrate a catalyst that can remove tar from producer gas in a biomass gasifier. This innovation could eliminate expensive downstream gas cleaning processes currently required prior to producing bio-synthetic natural gas.

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MAY 8, 2010

These selections include: General Atomics – San Diego, CA – up to $2.1 University of South Florida – Tampa, FL – up to $2.5 The power block design also incorporates an advanced cooling method that reduces water usage. This novel design will operate at high temperatures and allow for super-efficient operation.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York). Tesla Motors, Inc.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly heating up and catching fire in case of an internal short circuit. The researchers, led by UC San Diego nanoengineering professor Ping Liu and his Ph.D. 201906836.

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MAY 15, 2015

ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). Colorado State University. ARID AWARDS. Lead organization.

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APRIL 12, 2009

Last month, I completed my GRID Alternatives volunteer training in San Diego and this Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in El Cajon, California as one of the volunteers installing a solar PV system on a new Habitat for Humanity home. It’s the environment – the sun, the air, the water, the land.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. The fleets include two utility fleets, five cities and towns, three counties, ten private companies, two state fleets, ten school districts, and two universities. Total DOE award: $14,970,144.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979. Alkaline Water Electrolysis, $100,000. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc. Clermont, Kentucky). Sentient Science (West Lafayette, Indiana).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Iowa State University. Iowa State University will develop a new process to create glassy solid electrolytes (GSEs) that allow for long lifecycle batteries, an important goal for the energy storage community. Pennsylvania State University. University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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