Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Northern India, probably the most heavily irrigated region in the world, is rapidly depleting its groundwater, according to a new study by researchers from the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad (CSIR), India; the University of Colorado, Boulder; and the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. Tiwari et al. Tiwari et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals. Yuchen Ding, John R. Yuchen Ding, John R. 9b02549.

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JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas 333

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions. University of Wyoming; Generation of Rare Earth Metals from Rare Earth Oxides by Using Microwave Plasma Partners: Colorado School of Mines, Ames Laboratory, Eutectix, Rare Element Resources DOE share: $500,000; Cost share: $125,500; Total costs: $625,500.

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Li-ion Wyoming Lithium Ion Corporation 321

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

Researchers at Colorado State University have shown that under relatively mild conditions (?140 Converting cellulosic biomass in ionic liquids is an alternative to enzymatic and chemical hydrolysis under typically heterogeneous conditions, or the hydrolysis in hot-compressed water under hydrothermal (high temperature and pressure) conditions.

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Conversion Water Colorado Convert 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2011

Sixty-five teams from 24 Colorado schools participated in the Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the YS Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The student teams raced solar or hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles they designed and built themselves.

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Solar Hydrogen Denver Fuel 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2011

Placed in a single gallon of water in a bright sunlight, the device could produce enough electricity to supply a house in a developing country with electricity for a day, Nocera said. The first artificial leaf was developed more than a decade ago by John Turner of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.

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MIT Africa Colorado Water 261

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HESs) can enable low-carbon, on-demand electricity while providing reduced-emission thermal energy for industrial processes. Together, these three reports indicate nuclear renewable hybrid energy systems can reduce industrial emissions and support the power system.

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Renewable Industry Industrial Energy 150

Green Car Congress

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. Ghirardi, Paul W.

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Hydrogen Production Fusion Israel 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2020

The project is expected to generate renewable electricity that would annually offset greenhouse emissions of about 83,000 cars (384,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 kilovolt overhead and underground collector lines; a 2-acre (0.8-hectare) Map of the approved project alternative.

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Las Vegas Solar Batteries Battery 248

Green Car Congress

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. With little more than water and carbon dioxide, algae can harvest sunlight and turn it into energy that could eventually be used to create jet fuel. —

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Canada Oil-Sands Mariner Oil 286

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected six projects in four states—California, Colorado, Florida, and New York—to receive nearly $7.5 Boulder Wind Power (Boulder, Colorado) will test an innovative permanent magnet-based direct-drive generator to validate performance and reliability of a large utility-scale turbine.

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Wind Colorado Florida New York 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has patented a catalyst that reforms tar into syngas, a development that can accelerate the process of getting biomass ready for fuel synthesis and use as a drop-in fuel. The particles in the solution are approximately one micron in diameter.

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Colorado Carbon Fuel Water 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a proof-of-principle photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) capable of capturing excess photon energy normally lost to generating heat. The research is outlined in a paper in Nature Energy.

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Solar Water Energy Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Selections were made under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) annual funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2017. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Scalable Elastomeric Membranes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis. 250,000.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

algae, micro-angiosperms, cynaobacter, diatoms—to produce a cost-effective feedstock for the subsequent production of drop-in renewable diesel (hydrocarbon, not biodiesel). The licensee pays all capex, and provides CO 2 , land and water. PetroAlgae is focused on increasing the productivity of micro-crops—e.g.,

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Companies Fuel Oil Commercial 210

Green Car Congress

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. While combustible, it is not 100% miscible with hydrocarbons.

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Oil Fuel Hydrogen Conversion 246

Green Car Congress

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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Coal Oil Water Oil Prices 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2014

The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Some of the environmental, technical and socioeconomic factors variables included: Endangered species; Federally protected lands; Water use and water quality concerns; Fishing and boating access.

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Missouri Montana Wyoming Idaho 207

Green Car Congress

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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Conversion Fuel Gasoline Sustainable Transportation 220

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Colorado State. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. The University of Colorado Boulder will use nanotechnology to. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste.

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2012 Energy Lithium Sulfur Gas-Electric 240

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

At team of researchers from Solix Biofuels, Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory earlier published a paper calculating both an absolute upper limit to solar-based algal oil production as well as a feasible target range for production based on realistic efficiencies (calculated for six global sites).

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Oil Production Colorado 2009 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

Structural Materials-aided Advanced Renewal Technology for REPAIR (SMART REPAIR) - $5,000,000. University of Colorado, Boulder. REPAIR teams are developing technologies to address deficiencies while also working toward a 10-to-20-times reduction in cost per mile. Selected projects are: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado 297

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2014

million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. John McKay, Colorado State University. Description.

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Universal Illinois Water Minneapolis 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Colorado School of Mines. The technology is based on robust acid-base chemistries and renewable electricity as the power source. Feedstocks will include Li/Ni/Ca/Mg-rich igneous and sedimentary minerals. from gangue minerals.

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Supplies Ni-Li Carbon Universal 345

Green Car Congress

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: $240,000.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

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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Power Powered Ohio West Virginia 150

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

The Creative Greenius says you can now expect a bold United States policy on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a rapid shift away from carbon-based fuels to renewables and a science-based approach to water policy and other critical resources. The drought is causing the city to push water conservation and discuss possible penalties.

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Water Climate Change California Climate 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Chen of Colorado State University; Soltex; and Hybrid Coating Technologies. The algae uses CO 2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks. Sustainable Production of Ethanol and Green Crude.

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EPA Green Polymer Water 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2018

Now, researchers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and their colleagues have discovered a new approach for developing a rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery. Xerxes Steirer of Colorado School of Mines; and Arthur Cresce and Kang Xu of the US Army Research Laboratory. NREL is the U.S.

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Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Recharge 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Water (1 project). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Towards Scale Solar Conversion of CO 2 and Water Vapor to Hydrocarbon Fuels. RENEWABLE POWER. Carbon Capture (5 projects). ENERGY STORAGE.

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Cars That Think

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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Hydrogen Water Diesel Fuel 145

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

Dow Chemical Company; DowAksa; DuPont; ESI North America; Evonik Corporation; Faurecia US Holdings; Fives; Ford Motor Company; GE Water & Power; Graco Inc.; GrafTech International; Heil Trailer International; Herty Advanced Materials Development Center; Hills, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Owens Corning; Phoenix Integration; PolyNEW, Inc.;

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Tennessee Universal Manufacturer Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Reddy, Colorado State University. Understanding how plants respond and adapt to drought stress at the molecular level will help in developing plants that can grow under water-limiting conditions. DOE-BER funded project. Global Analysis of Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression in Response to Drought Stress in Sorghum.

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Universal 2006 North Carolina Oregon 244

EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

At a high level, 15 states with 25% or more of electricity form renewable sources accounted for 53.5% But except for the state of Colorado, the other 11 states accounted for from 0% to 1.7% And of those states, only two states — the aforementioned Colorado — and Illinois have more than 30% of their electricity from coal.

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Coal West Virginia Power Powered 145

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. aims to demonstrate the performance of a novel water-lean solvent for post-combustion removal of CO 2 from coal- and natural gas-derived flue gas. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

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. Water will be the primary byproduct. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) per gallon. Harvard, Univ. of Delaware). 4,973,724.

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