Remove Building Remove Conversion Remove Workshop
article thumbnail

Berkeley Lab hosts UC-industry battery workshop; bridging the gap in applied research

Green Car Congress

Berkeley Lab hosted a battery research workshop last week to explore what role researchers in the University of California (UC) system can play in bridging the gap between science research and technology deployment of new batteries. The workshop addressed the need for energy storage for both transportation and the grid.

Industry 244
article thumbnail

NNL and DNV partner to explore large-scale nuclear production of hydrogen for UK gas network

Green Car Congress

The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and DNV are partnering to explore the potential of nuclear-derived hydrogen to support the conversion of UK gas networks to hydrogen. As part of the ANSIC pilot’s ongoing commitment to help reach net zero, NNL is running three hydrogen workshops, with the first commencing on 30 November 2021.

Hydrogen 321
article thumbnail

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. recommendations for uniform fire and building codes for alternative. Colorado Energy.

Clean 308
article thumbnail

DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). turbines, fuel cells, hybrids, novel power generation cycles); coal conversion (e.g.,

Energy 236
article thumbnail

MIT and Saudi Aramco augment existing collaboration; more energy research

Green Car Congress

This will entail a substantial increase in the scope of research collaboration, encompassing renewable energy; energy efficiency; energy economics; CO 2 management and conversion; desalination; advanced materials; and a range of hydrocarbon production areas such as computational reservoir modeling and simulation, geophysics and unconventional gas.

MIT 236
article thumbnail

Battery-switchable electric Commodore breaks 24-hour world EV distance record

Green Car Congress

A team of 16 engineers and technicians from EV Engineering and its member companies began the attempt at 1 pm on Saturday 21 July, supported by a team in the workshop operating the semi-automated switch station that switches a depleted battery for a fully-charged one. Each team member drove one loop of 122 kilometers (75.8

Battery 356
article thumbnail

DOE Launches $122M Energy Innovation Hub to Focus on Solar Fuels: Fuels from Sunlight

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

Solar 299