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DOE offers $670.6 million loan to Aspen Aerogels to produce thermal barriers for EV battery safety – Charged EVs

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million to Aspen Aerogels Georgia to help finance the construction of an aerogel blanket manufacturing facility in Register, Georgia. Aspen’s PyroThin aerogel thermal barriers are used as a protective layer within electric vehicle batteries. Source: US Department of Energy The post DOE offers $670.6

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen partner on renewable isooctane for specialty fuel applications

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Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. billion (US$3.8

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Marjorie Greene Says The Dumbest Thing I Think I’ve Ever Heard About EVs

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Then, in desperation, he trades the car for a moped that the pair must then use to get to Aspen, Colorado. There’s a scene in the movie Dumb and Dumber, where Lloyd drives the dog van the wrong way for hundreds of miles. You know, Lloyd, just when I think.

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Argonne study shows range of GHG reductions for electrofuel Fischer-Tropsch; up to 108% reduction

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The authors modeled the FT fuel synthesis process using Aspen Plus, which showed that 45% of the carbon in CO 2 can be fixed in the FT fuel, with a fuel production energy efficiency of 58%. This study highlights the sensitivity of the carbon intensity of FT fuels to the system boundary selection (i.e.,

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First drive review: 2021 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid is for “Zoom town” weekend warriors

Green Car Reports

Sun Valley, Aspen, Butte, or Bozeman: The places in the West that might sound familiar as ski destinations or summer mountain getaways are increasingly the “Zoom towns” that weekend-warrior tech types—younger professionals who live for quick dashes up to the slopes, cliffs, or trails—are calling home.

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New FIAT 500e Inspired By models align with symbols of Italian culture – music and beauty

Electric Cars Report

Fiat CEO Olivier Francois debuted the two new models today at Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami, Florida. Two new models join the (500e)RED edition: Inspired By Beauty and Inspired By Music. Each celebrates a pillar of both the FIAT brand and Italian culture.

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Honeywell and ZoneFlow Reactor Technology to collaborate on more efficient SMR for hydrogen production

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Simulations of steam methane reformers with ZF Reactors and pellets, using Aspen process software, reactor and reaction models developed by Prof. Juray De Wilde (Materials and Process Engineering Dept., Université Catholique de Louvain, co-author with Prof.

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