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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. Those include long-duration energy storage and hydrogen fuel cells.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded more than $4 million in funding to test novel applications of dimethyl ether (DME) as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner.

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MARCH 23, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5 Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. million to 16 water infrastructure projects.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy generation company, and Xtreme Power, a provider of real-time power management and energy storage solutions, launched a joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system in Illinois. Xtreme Power’s 1.5

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MAY 9, 2012

Emerald is an Illinois-based transportation fuel company that focuses on building renewable diesel refineries that produce environmentally friendly transportation fuels at prices competitive to petroleum-based fuels. RTP technology is currently in use in seven commercial biomass processing plants in the US and Canada.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Early this year, CRI acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH 2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) where the technology was developed. GTI says that renewable gasoline (RG) produced by the IH 2 process results in more than 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum-based fuels.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Partially funded by the ARPA-E CIRCUITS program ( earlier post ), Transphorm is developing the technology for electric vehicle mobility and infrastructure power systems as well as industrial and renewable energy systems. We see this as an important milestone for the GaN power electronics industry.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder System, a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, has started to take delivery of 125 Chanje medium-duty electric panel vans ( earlier post ), the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region. —US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.

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MAY 19, 2010

announced that average two-year yields of its numerous varieties of Miscanthus indicate that Mendel’s lead product candidates are on track to meet or exceed current commercial targets for biomass production from dedicated energy crops. Mendel BioEnergy Seeds, a division of Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.,

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AUGUST 30, 2020

John Field, research scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Labat CSU, said that it has been a challenge for the biofuel industry to demonstrate commercial viability for cellulosic biofuels, created using nonedible parts of plants. Ikenberry Chair Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois.

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APRIL 18, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. gallon in commercial production. The timeline to market is short, with commercial introduction expected in early 2014.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

All the energy runs through, and is temporarily stored in, a high-frequency AC link consisting of an inductor and capacitor. PPSA can scale across several large and growing markets, including commercial Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), electrified vehicle charging, and solar photovoltaic generation. Ideal Power Inc.,

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Pecan Street Project (TX).

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association has been named the 2017 Clean Fuels Champion by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting clean-energy and clean-air solutions for transportation in the Chicago area impacting nearly 9 million people. Upstream GHG emissions.

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JUNE 4, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million in funding for 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration ( MEITNER ). GW by 2050.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

In this follow-up to our article covering commercial incentives from last month, we’ll explore some of the rebates that can help you bring EV charging home on the cheap. According to the United States Department of Energy, 80% of EV charging occurs overnight at drivers’ homes, which isn’t all that surprising.

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JULY 18, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $2.4 The five projects—located in California, Illinois, and Connecticut—will track the performance and technical progress of innovative refueling systems at planned or existing hydrogen fueling stations to find ways to lower costs and improve operation. Proton Energy Systems.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (APRA-E) will award $16.5 million in funding for six projects as part of the Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) program. Project descriptions: University of Illinois – Urbana.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Advanced Energy Economy, Energy Foundation, Illinois Citizen Utility Board, Natural Resources Defense Council, Plug-in America and Sierra Club worked with diverse stakeholder and business interests to draft the Accord. —Britta Gross, director, General Motors Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Oxford Resource Partners, LP, a low-cost producer of high-value steam coal in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin, and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. The goal of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility and economic viability of biomass production from dedicated energy crops in eastern Ohio. Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass.

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JULY 17, 2020

US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Fully Fluorinated Local High Concentration Electrolytes Enabling High Energy Density Silicon Anodes. Cummins Inc.

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MARCH 21, 2012

The California Energy Commission recently approved funding of $8,554,000 to help bring natural gas- and propane-powered shuttle buses, cars and trucks to California’s roadways. The awards are funded by the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The Energy Commission already has awarded nearly $20.5

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 This is very energy. applied potential of 1.5V—i.e.,

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Johnson-Matthey will produce the catalysts that turn the lipids in the methane into fuel, while Illinois-based Lanza Tech, a pioneer in waste-to-fuels technology, has signed on to take the bench-scale plan to the commercial level, if it is successful.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

A policy analysis by two University of Illinois researchers argues that Congress should minimally modify, not repeal, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is a federal mandate for the commercialization of biofuels first established in 2005 (RFS1) and then fully implemented, in amended form, in 2010 (RFS2). Earlier post.).

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MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The carbon footprint of the plant is designed to be near zero as the fuels and power would be produced only from renewable feedstocks. Rentech, Inc. ,

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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. In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%.

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JULY 2, 2024

Along with colleagues from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Ames Laboratory , and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we have been studying advanced motor concepts as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S. Many commercial EV manufacturers, including GM, Tesla, and Toyota, now use this type of rotor design.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Compared to ethanol, it has higher energy content, is substantially less corrosive, and can be transported utilizing existing fuel pipelines and containers. Oregon annually generates more than 20 million tons of renewable biomass, and produces 2.6 For now, we’ll focus on the production of biobutanol. —Jeff Raines.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky.,

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JUNE 27, 2022

This initiative is taking place in an environment where everyday citizens want to travel without causing emissions and are increasingly aware of the value of renewables and energy security. “We In the United States in 2011, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey–based utility NRG Energy signed a. That could change soon.

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JULY 21, 2009

The US Department of Energy delivered more than $47 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for eight projects to further smart grid demonstration projects in seven states. Energy Secretary Chu also announced $10.5 Smart Grid System Report Annex A. Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected national laboratory-led projects for up to $11 million this year, as well as future years, subject to annual appropriations, under DOE’s competitive laboratory solicitation for the development of Advanced Water Power Technologies. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 24, 2013

The Vehicle Technologies Office within the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, in collaboration with NIST, will soon be announcing $3 million in new awards for its recent solicitation on advanced lightweight metals. million new materials for clean energy.

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