Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced nearly $5 million in funding across seven research projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates. The University of Texas at Austin. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire on the project. University of Washington. MIT will work with the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. The selected university members all have nationally recognized collegiate environmental and aviation-related education programs.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. University of Utah, “Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification with Syngas Fermentation for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels” $2,000,000.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation. The long-term goal of the LM3I Institute will be to expand the market for and create new consumers of products and systems that utilize new, lightweight, high?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

The 2016 SAE World Congress is again featuring a technical track (PFL 720) on advances in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology, followed by a technical expert panel discussion (PFL 799) on the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure. Earlier post.). Donald Anton, Bruce Hardy, Savannah River National Laboratory.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

an Oregon-based small modular reactor (SMR) technology company. NuScale Power is commercializing, a modular, scalable 45 Megawatt electric Light Water Reactor nuclear power plant. Each NuScale module has its own combined containment vessel and reactor system, and its own designated turbine-generator set. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Seattle, Washington-based EnerG2 , a seven-year-old company focused on introducing advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage, broke ground on its first facility dedicated to the commercial-scale production of synthetic high-performance carbon electrode material for use in ultracapacitor energy storage devices.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. will design and develop a new more-efficient engine and advanced drivetrain and vehicle technologies. Drive Oregon.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 new research projects that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply. University of California at San Diego. University of Mississippi. University of New Hampshire.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2023

So, after DRC ended in 2015 with several of the robots successfully completing the entire final scenario, the obvious question was: When would humanoid robots make the transition from research project to a commercial product? Obviously, in a world designed primarily for humans, a robot with a humanoid form factor would be ideal.

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MAY 5, 2023

KIMLAB ] The Star Wars universe does have a thing for gold legged robots. Clearpath ] A2Z Drone Delivery, Inc, developer of commercial drone delivery solutions, has just announced the release of its latest flagship commercial delivery drone, the A2Z Drone Delivery RDSX Pelican. Happy May the 4th from KIMLAB!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

ZeaChem says its role in the USDA project is the logical progression of its phased development strategy, in which it researches and develops saleable products at each step toward commercialization. Design of the AFRI project is underway and the equipment modules are expected to be installed in 2013. Earlier post. ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The agreements are part of the White House’s Startup America initiative, which was launched in January and is designed to help young companies grow, move innovative technologies into the marketplace and create good-paying jobs in the United States. Each year, pests cause many millions of dollars in damage to homes and commercial buildings.

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JUNE 21, 2016

We expect collaborations across multiple disciplines; from 3D bio-printing, cell science, and process design, automated pharmaceutical screening methods to the supply chain expertise needed to rapidly produce and transport these live-saving materials. Modular Chemical Process Intensification (MCPI) Institute.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Designing and producing ultra-pure hard carbon products for rapid deployment into specific battery applications. EnerG2’s proprietary freeze-drying process to make its specialized carbon material was developed at the University of Washington. Increasing storage capacity and simultaneously improving the charge/discharge rate.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. The DOT is now soliciting nominations from State and local officials to assist in making designations for alternative fuel corridors.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Earth by Design. This project will develop and test a new low-head modular hydropower technology in a canal in Oregon's North Unit Irrigation District to produce cost-competitive electricity. New Mexico State University. The project will support commercialization of the generator. Regents of the University of Minnesota.

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MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Together, the optimized tractor and trailer design achieved a 54% reduction in aerodynamic drag. Other components, due to regulatory or economic barriers, may not be commercially viable in the near future.

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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: $240,000.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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JULY 25, 2016

An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V)

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APRIL 21, 2011

The state of Oregon conducted a similar study completed in November 2007 and Iowa, Nevada and Texas are among several states currently researching mileage-based user fees. million project that will use commercial off-the-shelf technology to determine the feasibility of a mileage-based user fee.

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MARCH 6, 2009

In conjunction with these efforts, Nissan has committed to make available a supply of electric vehicles to the region’s public and private fleets in 2010, the year Nissan’s electric vehicle will be ready for the commercial market. Earlier post.). In 2007, ECOtality acquired Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec).

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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APRIL 16, 2009

The new partnership supports the goals of the MAG Regional Council, which voted to support efforts to develop a universal electric vehicle charging infrastructure to support plug-in vehicles. (Phoenix is about 116 miles (187 km) from Tucson via the 10.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 20, 2021

The recent record-breaking heat in Oregon and Washington state, for example, claimed more than 200 lives. The pandemic created a work-at-home paradigm that shifted electricity usage away from commercial buildings to residential neighborhoods, in ways that few expected and fewer planned for. COVID-19 changed all that. YURY DVORKIN/NYU.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Nor is it surprising, as a University of California, Berkeley study found, that homeowners purchase EVs at nearly six times the rate of renters. In most charger designs, the “smarts” are in the expensive and exposed charging station, and the most protected element is the cheap, dumb mechanical circuit breaker in an electrical panel somewhere.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

states are already actively participating in the design and implementation of three regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Participating U.S.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. It features ABS brakes, dual airbags, and is designed to meet all European and U.S. before 2010.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. It’s called aerodynamics.

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