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Faraday Institution commits a further $31M to battery research to deliver commercial impact

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million (US$31-million) commitment to build on its momentum in four key research challenges: extending battery life; battery modelling; recycling and reuse; and solid-state batteries. Solid-state batteries (SOLBAT) , led by Prof Peter Bruce, University of Oxford, with researchers from the Universities of Liverpool, Sheffield, Warwick and UCL.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. These Liquid Desiccant HVAC systems deliver a 50 - 75% reduction in energy usage over conventional HVAC units.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will evaluate and validate models for predicting the crash behavior of carbon fiber composites by building and testing subcomponent structures. Light weight multi-material prototype : Two projects awarded to design, build, and test a light-weight vehicle that is 50 percent lighter than a baseline light-duty vehicle.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. Columbia University. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. University. University.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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The EV Transition Explained: Battery Challenges

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EVs require automakers to design new manufacturing processes and build plants to make both EVs and their batteries. For instance, automakers are demanding these suppliers absorb more cost cuts because automakers are finding EVs so expensive to build. Even for the large auto suppliers, the transition to EVs will not be an easy road.

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