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Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. Solazyme has been operating at semi-commercial scale through contract manufacturers since 2007. Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme uses heterotrophic microalgae—i.e.,

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MARCH 6, 2012

While Envia Systems is the first integrated cell producer to announce success with that type of combination, other providers of Si-C materials or IP—such as, but not limited to, Nanosys and the DOE’s own Argonne National Laboratory, respectively—are also currently deep in the process of development and/or commercialization.

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a developer and manufacturer of advanced batteries, has raised $10 million in Series C financing from existing investors, including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and Walden International. The company closed a $20-million Series B round in August 2011. Leyden Energy, Inc.,

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JULY 6, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has offered a conditional commitment to Abound Solar , a manufacturer of low-cost, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, for a $400 million, seven-year loan guarantee to expand its solar module manufacturing capabilities. and begun commercial operations.

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the developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. Aquion has been shipping commercially since mid-2014. Aquion Energy Inc.,

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million to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for application in commercial power generation plants. The first ( DE-FOA-0001229 ), is to support research projects that will improve the reliability, robustness and endurance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), stack, and system technology that is nearing commercial viability.

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JUNE 25, 2009

The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable fuels and chemicals. Amyris intends to bring its renewable fuels and chemicals to market in 2011, initially through production in mills that Amyris expects to own or control.

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JULY 29, 2012

Cellulosic sugar manufacturer Sweetwater Energy, Inc. Sweetwater Energy uses a novel technology to produce low-cost sugars from non-food plant materials. That technology and other recent advances in the Sweetwater laboratories are now being engineered into Sweetwater’s first commercial facilities.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Ashwoods Automotive is launching a complete range of high-performance, low-cost electric and hybrid vehicle technologies and system development. Based on the Ford Transit, this van is now the UK’s best-selling hybrid light commercial vehicle, according to the company. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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APRIL 10, 2012

USABC awarded the contract to continue Johnson Controls’ development of lithium-ion battery technology for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications to meet USABC goals for low-cost, long-life, high-power and high energy vehicle systems. The improved energy density is aimed at reducing cost, volume and mass.

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The businesses will provide low-cost loan terms and battery switching services to last-mile delivery partners so they may switch to environmentally friendly modes of transportation. KMPL provides loans for the purchase of new and used cars, commercial vehicles, and construction equipment.

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The purpose of the FOA is to advance the reliability, robustness and endurance of low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology suitable for ultimate deployment in equal to or greater than (?) 100 megawatt electric (MWe) Integrated Gasification Fuel Cell (IGFC) or Natural Gas Fuel Cell (NGFC) systems capable of ?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Li-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems reported. During the third quarter of 2011, transportation sector revenue was $34.5 million and commercial revenue was $4.6 million in commercial revenue in the third quarter of 2010, and to transportation revenue of $24.4 million, no grid revenue and commercial revenue of $5.2

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

AFC Energy PLC, the UK-based developer of low-cost alkaline fuel cells, successfully completed a field test of its first-generation, non-platinum electrodes at AkzoNobel’s chlor–alkali plant in Bitterfeld, Germany. The company now expects the 50 kW System to be ready for field trials as early as the first calendar quarter of 2011.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Gevo’s low cost, high purity isobutanol technology enables the production of renewable hydrocarbons fuels for the gasoline, diesel and jet markets and Gevo’s technology also provides a direct, low cost route to renewable isobutylene and other chemicals. Joseph, Missouri at ICM’s St. Joseph, Mo., Earlier post.)

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Yet-Ming Chiang, 24M’s Chief Scientist, the company is leveraging existing, preferred energy storage chemistry but using a new cell design with semi-solid (a mixture of solid and liquid phases) thick electrodes and manufacturing innovations to deliver what it says will be up to a 50% reduction in current Li-ion costs. (Dr.

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MAY 26, 2011

In August 2010, A123 spun out 24M to commercialize this type of new technology. Aqueous-chemistry flow batteries are of much current interest for stationary applications due to their scalability, relative safety, and potentially low cost. V cell voltage and have low ion concentrations (typically 1.2 Earlier post.).

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JULY 31, 2013

Lead-acid batteries, the most common battery choice, are low-cost, easily available and relatively safe. In June 2012, PowerGenix, China City Construction Corporation (CCCC) and Huainan City signed a three-party agreement to create the first commercial-scale Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) battery manufacturing center. Earlier post.).

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improved performance, safety, long life, and low cost. Project goals for the selected teams include: Developing battery engineering tools to design cells and battery packs; Shortening the battery prototyping and manufacturing processes; Improving overall battery performance, safety, and battery life; and. aging data as input.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Lower cost is one of the key aspects of the renewed interest by some in zinc air fuel cell technology—which had been explored in the 80s and 90s—propelled by the anticipated demand for efficient, low-cost alternatives to lithium for electric vehicle battery production. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

aligned with the low-cost systems engineering and. manufacturing that is required for inexpensive direct. These catalysts have been interfaced directly with a commercial triple junction amorphous silicon (3jn-a-Si) solar cell (Xunlight Corp.) constructing a simple, stand-alone device composed of. solar-to-fuels systems.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy announced up to $70 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0001263 ) for the next Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which will be focused on smart manufacturing.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Composite anodes based on this polymer and commercial Si particles exhibit 2,100 mAh g ?1 Using commercial silicon particles and without any conductive additive, our composite anode exhibits the best performance so far. The whole manufacturing process is low cost and compatible with established manufacturing technologies.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The AFC Energy fuel cell (known as the Alpha Fuel Cell System) is a compact alkaline fuel cell system developed for the commercial power generation market. The Alpha System Fuel Cell is being developed as a low-cost, easy to maintain, mass manufactured unit that can be installed in modular blocks. Once the 3.5

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. Other policies, such as a tax on the carbon content of fossil fuels, could focus on low-cost reductions in emissions outside the transportation sector. Source: CBO.

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APRIL 5, 2011

RPS policies as of March 2011. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Power plant capital costs.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that the commercial viability of those disruptive technologies will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies. Waste-to-fuel. Marine scrubbers.

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JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. It is clean and flexible.

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

In a 2011 analysis of a Stirling-cycle power converter for domestic CHP, Buckmaster and Newman at Case Western Reserve noted that: …Stirling engines promise attractive efficiency, simplicity and reliability. While the analysis and design of such systems can be complex, the result can be potentially cheap to manufacture. Resources.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Torotrak says that the transaction strengthens its ability to provide turnkey development and manufacture of complete flywheel hybrid systems for buses, trucks, passenger cars, commercial and off-highway vehicles. Flybird introduced the CFT in 2011 for the 100 kW Flybrid KERS for Le Mans 2011.

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While we’re fixing vehicles, we can also equip them with low-cost real-time MPG indicators that show us how to save money and still get to places quickly. After our one-year test, in summer 2011, we’ll be ready to create a powerful new US conversion industry.

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JUNE 29, 2011

The car will make its public road debut at the RAC Future Car Challenge on 5 November 2011. The partners say the electric car sets new standards in weight, footprint, small car dynamics, safety, packaging and efficiency whilst addressing full lifecycle CO 2 emissions, congestion, parking and low-cost motoring. Specs for the T.27.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to.

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ARPA-E will host a public workshop on Small-Scale Distributed Generation on 1-2 June 2011 in Alexandria, Va. This workshop will address the challenges and opportunities associated with developing low-cost electrical generator sets (gensets) with very high energy-conversion efficiency. Hybrid prime-move systems.

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The researchers noted in the report that making the transition from a silicon single-junction cell to a silicon-based dual-junction solar cell will enable manufacturers to push efficiencies past 30% while still benefiting from their expertise in making silicon solar cells. per watt and the GaAs-based cell would cost $7.15

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JUNE 25, 2012

In May, the US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant to Axion Power to fund a commercialization plan for the use of its PbC batteries in a low-cost, high-efficiency dual battery architecture for micro-hybrid (i.e., In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5

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JUNE 16, 2009

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) plans to deploy a North American-manufactured, scalable nuclear reactor. The Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) would be manufactured in existing B&W facilities in North America and then rail-shipped to construction sites.

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