Remove Carbon Remove Low Cost Remove Renewable Remove San Diego
article thumbnail

New IACMI collaboration to develop advanced carbon fiber for hydrogen, natural gas storage tanks; $2.7M DOE award

Green Car Congress

million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and validate technology that will reduce the cost of manufacturing high-performance carbon fiber by 25% to make composite natural gas or hydrogen fuel tanks to power cars and trucks. The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) will receive $2.7

article thumbnail

Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

Clean Fleet Report

A Fuel Switch for Today Continues To Evolve In the past, renewable diesel was considered a niche product that failed to attract mainstream investor interest. Today, it is a cost-neutral way for fleet owners to achieve their goals by allowing them to convert an entire diesel-powered fleet to alternative fuel overnight.

article thumbnail

DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases.

Carbon 236
article thumbnail

DOE awarding $15M to 3 algae-based biofuel and bioproducts projects

Green Car Congress

These projects will develop highly productive algal cultivation systems and couple those systems with effective, energy-efficient, and low-cost harvest and processing technologies. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Algenol Biotech LLC. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

San Diego 150
article thumbnail

Convert Oil Wells to Solve the Solar Storage Problem

Cars That Think

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations. to test the concept for the first time. “We

Oil 125
article thumbnail

ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

Green Car Congress

ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE) ( earlier post ), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost, low-carbon alternatives to today’s vehicles. Advanced Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries.

article thumbnail

DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

Green Car Congress

Earth Energy Renewables, LLC. University of California - San Diego. Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. Electrochemical Production of Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide in Solid Electrolytes. Project title. Federal share.

Waste 186