Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

Transphorm says that its solutions cut energy waste by 20% and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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DC Convert Volt MIT 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

Researchers from CellTech Power and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated a liquid-tin anode solid-oxide fuel cell (LTA-SOFC) operating on pure biodiesel (B100) prepared via base-catalyzed transesterification of virgin and waste cooking oils. Electricity is produced by converting tin to tin oxide at the anode. Bentley, J.

Bentley 150

Bentley Fuel Connecticut Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation. As a result, the carbon impact of the process is reduced.

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Energy EPA Virginia Carbon 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61