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MARCH 25, 2013

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week announced the Department of the Interior’s final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and oil sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Engineering Center (TARDEC) are modifying a Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup truck to run on a commercial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and will expose the truck to the extremes of daily military use for 12 months. What’s more, fuel cells generate water as a by-product, something extremely valuable in austere environments.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The allotted acreage for commercial development represents an 87.5% Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MAY 10, 2024

Blue Origin is one of a number of private sector actors aiming to harbor commercial activities in low Earth orbit (LEO) as the creaking and leaking International Space Station (ISS) approaches its drawdown. Such endeavors may also end up slowed and controlled by regulation so far absent from many new, commercial areas of space.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Four projects were selected under this topic to validate improved upstream extraction and midstream separation and processing technologies of critical materials at scales that facilitate the next step to commercialization. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions. Topic 1, Area of Interest 3: Large Scale Projects.

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JUNE 5, 2010

For dewatering the company has agreements in place with two technology providers and, through inVentures, has access to an organic sieve technology for removing water from the algae oil. Stephen O’Leary, an NRC researcher working on the project, forecasts that commercial production of algal biofuels is likely in another five to 10 years.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing new computational tools and models to better understand and manage the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Other partners include the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Research Computing at the University of Colorado Boulder. Credit: Heinz et al.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Bridgestone and several partners a $35-million grant to continue its investment in desert shrub guayule ( earlier post ) to advance a climate-smart domestic rubber industry and offer a solution for growers amid the ongoing water crisis in the Southwestern US.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

(PA) ( earlier post ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enter into an agreement to license its proprietary micro-crop technology to IndianOil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the future commercial-scale production of biodiesel from algae. The licensee pays all capex, and provides CO 2 , land and water. Kristina M.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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MAY 3, 2012

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), at its Colorado pilot-scale biochemical conversion facility, converted the biomass from Ceres’ hybrids into cellulosic sugars, which Amyris subsequently fermented into renewable farnesene. We look forward to utilizing Ceres’ sweet sorghum in our commercial-scale production facilities.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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MAY 24, 2011

Shuguang Zhang, associate director of MIT’s Center for Biomedical Engineering, and postdocs Iftach Yacoby and Sergii Pochekailov, together with colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel and the in Colorado, have found a way to use bioengineered proteins to flip this preference, allowing more hydrogen to be produced.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Colorado State. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. gas, the first step in the commercial process of converting natural. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. can be transported to market. University.

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

Versa), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) developer with research facilities in Littleton, Colorado, USA and Calgary, Canada. We will continue to develop the Versa technology under the existing US Department of Energy SECA program and are in advanced discussions with multiple partners for collaboration in commercializing the technology.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. University of Colorado, Boulder. Natural gas is a crucial energy source for 75 million American households and businesses.

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OCTOBER 7, 2017

Benefits include quiet and odor-free operation, off-road mobility, field configuration, instantaneous high torque, exportable power generation, water generation and quick refueling times. Commercial freight. The SURUS commercial platform draws on GM’s more than 50 years of research and development of fuel cell technology.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The Department of the Interior (DOI) will offer a second round of research, development, and demonstration leases for oil shale in Colorado and Utah and withdraw the Bush administration’s proposal for expanded RD&D leases. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Secretary Salazar.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. The Regents of the University of Colorado. Transitional Technology Development Awards. Lead organization. Description. Energy Industries of Ohio. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). General Electric Company.

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MARCH 7, 2014

In a 2012 presentation, the inventors said that the direct conversion process delivers a liquid hydrocarbon fuel yield of ~54-55% at 310°C, with ~6-7% ethylene and ~39% water byproducts, making the technology more cost-effective than previous approaches. —Chaitanya Narula. —William Shopoff, Vertimass chairman.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Colorado School of Mines.

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JULY 24, 2009

Solix uses a photobioreactor technology that houses closed-growth chambers that support the monoculture growth of microalgae in commercial application. The Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility is expected to be producing the equivalent of 3,000 gal·ac -1 ·yr -1 (11,000 L·ac -1 ·yr -1 ) of algal oil by late 2009.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

To date, BIRD Energy awardees have attracted more than $200 million in venture capital and other follow-on funding to commercialize clean energy technologies. Qualified projects must contribute at least 50% to project costs and commit to repay up to 150% of the grant if the project leads to commercial success. SoftWheel Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. Colorado School of Mines. University of California, San Diego. Savannah River National Laboratory.

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. Fast pyrolysis can convert about 70% of the mass and energy into the liquid product.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Water (1 project). will develop a commercially viable process for the production of bio-butanol, an advanced biofuel, from seaweed (macroalgae). Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies. Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Vehicle Technologies (5 projects).

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APRIL 16, 2024

And in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a tornado or wildfire, the vehicle, called H2Rescue , can supply electric power and potable water to survivors while acting as a temperature-controlled command center for rescue personnel. Any time the fuel cell is producing energy to move the vehicle or to export power, it’s generating water.”

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MAY 22, 2012

Colorado School of Mines — Hydrate Modeling & Flow Loop Experiments for Water Continuous & Dispersed Systems. Deepflex — Qualification of Flexible Fiber Reinforced Pipe for 10,000-Foot Water Depths. GE Global Research — Qualification of Flexible Fiber Reinforced Pipe for 10,000-Foot Water Depths.

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MARCH 5, 2015

The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive. A description of the technology—microbial capacitive desalination—was recently published in an open access paper in the RSC journal Environmental Science Water Research & Technology as the cover story.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By creating high performance parts built with solid ion conductors—solids in which ions can be mobile and store energy—the IONICS program will focus on new ways to process and integrate these parts into devices with the goal of accelerating their commercial deployment. University of Colorado Boulder. Lead organization.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project. will prepare an initial engineering design study to use commercial-scale membrane CO 2 capture technology at the CEMEX Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, TX. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

The M2 system will be validated and optimized on a commercial-scale engine in a laboratory followed by a field trial at a natural gas well or compression station. The process also includes a novel reversible fuel cell design concept capable of delivering either potable water or electricity as co-products.

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JULY 22, 2011

We now have sales commitments in place for all three of TCEP’s main commercial products—electric power, urea for fertilizer, and CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery—and that is obviously key to getting this project underway. Argon and H 2 SO 4 are by-products of the gasification process and would be made available for commercial sale.

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JULY 11, 2009

Colorado-based Proterra LLC, a manufacturer of electric drive commercial transportation solutions (battery-electric and range-extended EVs) from city transit buses to class 4-8 trucks ( earlier post ), will provide a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid bus ( earlier post ) for use a US Department of Defense (DoD) pilot project designed to test an end-to-end (..)

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego will design, build, and test an electromagnetic (EM) system designed for very shallow water use and will apply the system to determine the extent of offshore permafrost on the US Beaufort inner shelf. Colorado School of Mines. University of California at San Diego. Description.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

One of the benefits of using print electronics is being able to mass-produce at a low cost, says Gregory Whiting at the University of Colorado, Boulder, one of the principal investigators of the team working on the sensors. Each wireless sensor node is used for non-contact water stress detection in plants. So, it's quite reliable."

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