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Universal Hydrogen announces $20.5M in Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft

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APRIL 22, 2021

Universal Hydrogen announced $20.5-million Founded in 2020 by aviation industry veterans Paul Eremenko, John-Paul Clarke, Jason Chua, and Jon Gordon, Universal Hydrogen is stitching together the end-to-end hydrogen value chain for aviation, both for hydrogen fuel and hydrogen-powered airplanes. Universal Hydrogen announced $20.5-million

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UCR researchers find commercial fast-charging damages EV batteries, propose new internal-resistance-based technique

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MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage. Ozkan Lab/UCR).

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DOE selects Arizona State University to lead new institute to drive industrial decarbonization through electrification of process heat

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MAY 17, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Arizona State University to lead the seventh Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The industrial sector is responsible for more than 30% of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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University of Michigan researchers lay out hurdles for Li-metal, solid-state batteries

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MAY 29, 2021

In a perspective piece in the journal Joule , researchers at the University of Michigan lay out the main questions facing lithium-metal, solid-state batteries. To develop the questions, they worked in close collaboration with leaders in the auto industry. —Jeff Sakamoto, co-corresponding author. —Wang et al.

Michigan

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Universal Hydrogen secures additional $62M in financing to accelerate first test flight of hydrogen-powered regional aircraft to 2022

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Universal Hydrogen closed a $62-million new funding round; the oversubscribed round was completed less than six months after the company’s Series A ( earlier post ), bringing total raised to $85 million. Full-scale prototype of Universal Hydrogen's gaseous hydrogen module, with one capsule removed.

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Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

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JULY 30, 2021

The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. Tesla and will address a wide range of applications from audio speakers, magnetic sensors and consumer appliances to industrial motors and automotive accessory motors. million in new financing. Background.

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Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Universal Hydrogen was granted a special airworthiness certificate in the experimental category by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to proceed with the first flight of its hydrogen-powered regional aircraft. As the second-largest turboprop operator in the world, Air New Zealand is a trendsetter for the industry.

New Zealand

New Zealand Universal Grant Taxi

UK APC investing £77M in 7 green heavy-duty and commercial vehicle projects

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MAY 9, 2023

The seven projects, each involving a group of companies working in partnership on green transport technology, will each benefit from industry support, together with a government grant. million from the automotive industry. million awarded by government, matched by industry to a total £12.6 The £77 million is made up of £38.4

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MAN Energy launches industry consortium to develop medium-speed, ammonia-fueled engine

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APRIL 9, 2021

Initiated by MAN with partners from industry and research institutes, it aims to define the steps necessary to produce a dual-fuel, medium-speed engine capable of running on diesel-fuel and ammonia. —Christian Kunkel, Head of Combustion Development, Four-Stroke R&D, MAN Energy Solutions.

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Westinghouse advances eVinci microreactor commercialization in Canada

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a service agreement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to bring its eVinci microreactor closer to commercialization. The agreement initiates a Vendor Design Review (VDR) which is a pre-licensing technical assessment of the eVinci small modular reactor design.

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Commercial Canada Mariner Conversion

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power and AeroTEC have established a Hydrogen Aviation Test and Service Center at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Universal Hydrogen’s Dash-8 conversion will be the first commercially-relevant hydrogen-powered aircraft, serving 41 to 60 passengers on routes up to 1,000 kilometers.

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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

NASA has selected four university-led teams for potential awards in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will have them spend up to five years exploring novel ideas for improving aviation, including eliminating emissions and autonomy research in support of Advanced Air Mobility. Florida State University.

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DOE awards $5M to Achates Power to develop next-generation medium-duty opposed-piston engine for commercial vehicles

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MARCH 19, 2021

Achates Power was awarded a $5-million cooperative agreement from the US Department of Energy in 2020 for a new two-cylinder prototype demonstration and concept design of a next-generation medium-duty commercial vehicle opposed-piston engine. Demonstration vehicles will be on the road in 2021 in a commercial fleet application.

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Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

Airbus and LM Industries, the the parent company of Local Motors and Launch Forth, have formed Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. —Jay Rogers, CEO and founder of LM Industries. leadership.

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BASF and Catholic University of the North in Chile collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

BASF and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in Antofagasta, Chile, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen the cooperation between academia, students and industry experts.

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The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

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MARCH 3, 2025

Why build an industry around a scale that cuts across established verticals? Like Bill Joys infamous gray goo , a silo-busting nanotechnology industry never materialized. The quantum regime, however, is already its own thriving industry, perhaps because the science of it is so unique. According to IEEE Life Member Hausi A.

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Endera launches new electric powertrain for Class 3 and 4 commercial vehicles

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Endera , a technology company specializing in all-electric commercial vehicles, charging infrastructure, and software solutions, launched its new all-electric powertrain for Class 3 and 4 zero-emission commercial vehicles. This patent-pending design locates the batteries and all high-voltage infrastructure within the frame rails.

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Blackstone may begin commercializing 3D-printed Na-ion batteries as early as 2025; testing in electric bus

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MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. The Zeiss company is contributing its extensive expertise in metrology and microscopy. The chemical system of sodium-ion batteries is comparable in parts with lithium-ion cells.

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Sodium Commercial Batteries Battery

DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

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JUNE 4, 2023

These awardees will work to acheive important technical and commercialization milestones to advance successful design of a fusion pilot plant (FPP) to move fusion toward technical and commercial viability. Commercial fusion power on a decadal timescale with the compact, high-field ARC power plant.

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Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. Image Credit: Gordon Humphries, University of Strathclyde. Image Credit: Abhishek Upadhyay, University of Strathclyde. —Michael Lengden.

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Kyoto University team proposes selective dismantling to increase recycling potential of precious metals from end-of-life vehicles

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DECEMBER 30, 2018

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are proposing the selective dismantling of certain components from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) to increase the recycling potential of precious metals (PMs). In the automotive industry, PMs are extensively used in certain components (e.g.

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Ilika completes US$19M equity placement to support solid-state battery commercialization

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APRIL 3, 2020

Ilika launched its cm-scale Stereax technology for industrial wireless sensors in 2016 and followed up with mm-scale micro-batteries for miniature medical devices in 2019. Ilika Technologies Ltd was founded in 2004 as a spin-out from the School of Chemistry at the University of Southampton.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. Frontier Energy, Inc., The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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Project Fresson to develop hydrogen fuel cell retrofit for 9-passenger aircraft

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MARCH 30, 2021

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS)—the UK SME leading the Project Fresson consortium—will exploit recent advances in hydrogen fuel cell technology to develop a commercially viable, retrofit powertrain solution for the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander aircraft.

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Hydrogen Fuel Mariner Industry

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A team of scientists from LanzaTech, Northwestern University and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have engineered a microbe to convert molecules of industrial waste gases, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, into acetone and isopropanol (IPA). —Tim Tschaplinski. Abdalla, T.

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XL Fleet partnering with Curbtender to develop all-electric and plug-in hybrid refuse trucks

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

has entered into a strategic partnership with Curbtender , a market leader in Under CDL (vehicles that do not require a Commercial Drivers License) refuse trucks and a pioneer in automated side-loader collection. XL Fleet Corp. Curbtender Quantum. Refuse collection trucks travel 25,000 miles annually on average and contribute around 1.4%

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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. As the inaugural class of AIM incubators, provide industry leadership in sharing project outcomes with the public transportation community. million zero emission miles.

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Advent Technologies to collaborate with Los Alamos, UT Austin, RPI, UNM and Toyota in the development of next-generation HT-PEM fuel cell technology

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Drawing on our leadership team’s decades of experience, we intend to commercialize and scale-up membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production while working closely with Tier-1 manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. The program is funded by an Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) OPEN award.

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New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. In the recycling industry, the cost of recycling is key. —Hongfei Lin.

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Successful completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS project; CO2 from ethanol plant

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MAY 24, 2021

ADM and the University of Illinois announced the successful completion of the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP), a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project designed to evaluate and test the technology at commercial scale. This is one of two CCS projects located adjacent to ADM’s corn processing plant in Decatur, Illinois.

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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

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MARCH 11, 2021

LiNa Energy is commercializing a safe, ~$50kWh (at mass manufacturing), cobalt-free battery platform that is suited to grid storage and the electrification of transportation. LiNa’s senior team has accumulated decades of materials engineering and design for manufacturing experience in the fuel cell industry.

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Sodium Energy Batteries Battery

Novel Li-S cathode design significantly improves performance of next-generation battery

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

A team led by Professor Cheong Ying Chan at Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology (HKUST) Energy Institute, has proposed a novel cathode design concept for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery that substantially improves the performance of this kind of promising next-generation battery.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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JUNE 15, 2023

OXCCU, a company spun-out from the University of Oxford in 2021 that is focused on converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into industrial and consumer products ( earlier post ), completed an £18-million (US$22.8 million) Series A financing round.

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American Battery Technology expands R&D center at the University of Nevada, Reno

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AUGUST 2, 2022

The labs are currently housed at the Nevada Center for Applied Research (NCAR) located at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR). With this expansion into our fifth laboratory within the NCAR at UNR, we can now perform all of these operations within a single facility, further accelerating our path forward.

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Nevada Universal Lithium Ion Batteries

Researchers demonstrate fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

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MAY 6, 2020

A team of researchers at the Institute of Technological Sciences at Wuhan University has demonstrated a prototype design of a propulsion thruster that utilizes air plasma induced by microwave ionization. —Jau Tang, a professor at Wuhan University. An industrial cooler is used to cool the circulator and the magnetron.

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Octillion marks 100,000 EVs on the road with its batteries, 2 billion km driven

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JULY 28, 2020

In the US, Octillion supplies batteries to companies such as Colorado’s Lightning Systems, a fast-growing commercial fleet electric powertrain manufacturer, as well as other commercial OEMs. After graduation from Stanford University with a Ph.D —Paul Beach, president, Octillion Power Systems.

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New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Brown School of Engineering and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia is published in Nature Materials. That’s why the only practical material used in commercial proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers is iridium. Boyang Li of the University of Pittsburgh is co-lead author of the paper.

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Water Ni-Li Virginia Hydrogen

AVL to use TECO2030 fuel cell stacks in DemoTruck

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AUGUST 3, 2022

HyTruck (in support of AVL’s DemoTruck) is a project funded by the Austrian government and has the objective to develop, build, calibrate and validate a heavy-duty fuel cell system including its key technologies to meet the requirements of commercial vehicles regarding power, efficiency, reliability and lifetime.

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Fuel Mariner Norway Hydrogen

Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

ETH Zurich spin-off Synhelion has started the construction of DAWN—its own industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. Earlier post.)

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Si-anode company NEO Battery Materials to partner with Korea Metal Silicon

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JUNE 13, 2021

—which intends to become a silicon anode materials supplier to the EV industry— entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korean silicon powder manufacturer, Korea Metal Silicon Co., The agreement would help accelerate NEO’s commercialization plans of its silicon anode technology. Korea Metal Silicon Co.

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Lotus reveals new lightweight chassis technology for new family of EVs

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Lotus now has the blueprint for the next generation of electric sports cars, for future Lotus products and for the Lotus Engineering consultancy to commercialize. Awarded by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the program is delivered on behalf of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) by Cenex.

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All-Electric London Batteries Battery

Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL selects two green hydrogen startups for fourth cohort

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APRIL 11, 2021

GCxN provides promising cleantech startups with technical resources to accelerate product commercialization while de-risking investment. This hydrogen-generating solution will substantially reduce industrial carbon emissions and lay the foundation for a sustainable energy future.

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Hydrogen Green Polymer Powered

Sparc Hydrogen to test photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor at CSIRO

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JULY 3, 2023

Prototype testing of Sparc Hydrogen’s reactor in real world conditions is the culmination of more than 5 years of research and development work conducted by the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. one level closer to a commercially deployable product.

Water

Water Hydrogen Solar Universal

Universal Hydrogen announces $20.5M in Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft

UCR researchers find commercial fast-charging damages EV batteries, propose new internal-resistance-based technique

DOE selects Arizona State University to lead new institute to drive industrial decarbonization through electrification of process heat

University of Michigan researchers lay out hurdles for Li-metal, solid-state batteries

Universal Hydrogen secures additional $62M in financing to accelerate first test flight of hydrogen-powered regional aircraft to 2022

Niron Magnetics raises $21.3M to commercialize rare-earth-free iron-nitride magnets

Universal Hydrogen completes first taxi tests; granted experimental airworthiness certificate by FAA; Air New Zealand agreement

UK APC investing £77M in 7 green heavy-duty and commercial vehicle projects

MAN Energy launches industry consortium to develop medium-speed, ammonia-fueled engine

Westinghouse advances eVinci microreactor commercialization in Canada

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

Universal Hydrogen, magniX, Plug Power, and AeroTEC set up hydrogen aviation center at Moses Lake, Washington

NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

DOE awards $5M to Achates Power to develop next-generation medium-duty opposed-piston engine for commercial vehicles

Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

BASF and Catholic University of the North in Chile collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

Endera launches new electric powertrain for Class 3 and 4 commercial vehicles

Blackstone may begin commercializing 3D-printed Na-ion batteries as early as 2025; testing in electric bus

DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

Kyoto University team proposes selective dismantling to increase recycling potential of precious metals from end-of-life vehicles

Ilika completes US$19M equity placement to support solid-state battery commercialization

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

Project Fresson to develop hydrogen fuel cell retrofit for 9-passenger aircraft

LanzaTech, Northwestern, ORNL engineer microbe to convert industrial waste gases to acetone or isopropanol

XL Fleet partnering with Curbtender to develop all-electric and plug-in hybrid refuse trucks

Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

Advent Technologies to collaborate with Los Alamos, UT Austin, RPI, UNM and Toyota in the development of next-generation HT-PEM fuel cell technology

New technology converts waste polyethylene to jet fuel in an hour

Successful completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS project; CO2 from ethanol plant

ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

Novel Li-S cathode design significantly improves performance of next-generation battery

Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

American Battery Technology expands R&D center at the University of Nevada, Reno

Researchers demonstrate fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas

Octillion marks 100,000 EVs on the road with its batteries, 2 billion km driven

New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

AVL to use TECO2030 fuel cell stacks in DemoTruck

Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

Si-anode company NEO Battery Materials to partner with Korea Metal Silicon

Lotus reveals new lightweight chassis technology for new family of EVs

Shell Gamechanger Accelerator Powered by NREL selects two green hydrogen startups for fourth cohort

Sparc Hydrogen to test photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor at CSIRO

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