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APRIL 16, 2015

In an effort to help grow DENSO’s global heavy duty business, the company is expanding its North American research and development capabilities to include heavy duty and commercial vehicles. Staff will be located in Southfield and San Diego, California to support with this effort.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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APRIL 16, 2015

In an effort to help grow DENSO’s global heavy duty business, the company is expanding its North American research and development capabilities to include heavy duty and commercial vehicles. Staff will be located in Southfield and San Diego, California to support with this effort.

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MAY 11, 2016

The Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization (CAB-Comm), led by the University of California, San Diego, has released its final report , detailing the accomplishments and contributions achieved in its six years of operation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

U-Haul plans for the sustainable product offering to be ongoing due to California’s clean-fuel rebates. In September 2020, Suburban Propane took a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Our ultimate goal is to enable a commercially viable lithium metal battery. Shirley Meng, a nanoengineering professor at UC San Diego. This is an important finding because it shows that the primary failure product of lithium metal batteries is unreacted metallic lithium instead of the SEI. student at UCSD.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Oberon will upgrade its existing DME pilot facility to demonstration scale and facilitate the first production of rDME in the US. Beyond this project, these technology enhancements will be leveraged into Oberon’s first commercial-scale facility converting dairy biogas to rDME. —Elliot Hicks, COO and co-founder of Oberon Fuels.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Researchers from UC San Diego and Sapphire Energy, Inc. have demonstrated for the first time that genetically engineered marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing industrially relevant products such as enzymes or biofuels. —Stephen Mayfield, project leader. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 11, 2023

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Environmental Microbes as a BioEngineering Resource ( EMBER ) program ( earlier post ), San Diego State University researchers are developing advanced extraction methods with the aim of boosting the domestic supply of REEs.

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JULY 24, 2020

Researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Texas at Austin, with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have developed a thick cobalt-free high voltage spinel (LiNi 0.5 O 4 (LNMO)) cathode material with high areal capacity.

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JULY 31, 2012

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (Scripps) and Southern California Gas Co. The new collaboration between Scripps and SoCalGas includes an investigative research and systems engineering study to explore how algae production systems currently in development could most effectively capture industrial CO 2 emissions.

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JUNE 25, 2020

We’re building a culture of disciplined innovation at Ricardo that combines the structure of established product companies in the Midwest with the innovation and agility of companies on the West Coast. —Marques McCammon. It’s a nice synergy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Andromeda Interfaces is proud to have teamed up with Ewert Energy Systems to certify EVIC’s interface with their products. San Diego-based Andromeda Interfaces designs, develops, and manufactures Human Machine Interface (HMI) electronics and solutions which are scalable to support a variety of commercial and industrial applications.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Recycled materials from lithium-ion batteries can be reused in new batteries, reducing production costs by 10 to 30 percent, which could help lower the overall cost of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to DOE’s goal of $80 per kilowatt hour. The ReCell Center will help expedite the pursuit to profitable lithium-ion battery recycling.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

XL Hybrids is introducing a new product line, the XLP plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) upfit solution. XL Hybrids surveyed fleet managers to understand their most critical requirements and developed the new technology based on customer demand for hybrid electric plug-in technology on commercial work trucks from the leading OEMs.

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MAY 2, 2018

Meritor has a strategic investment in TransPower and is the exclusive commercial distributor of these systems. (At The ElecTruck system uses high-power electric motors, inverters and batteries to power commercial trucks weighing as much as 80,000 lb.). Functional testing has begun in 2018 with anticipated production beginning in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A team at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis ( JCAP ) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley is proposing an artificial photosynthesis scheme for direct synthesis and separation to almost pure ethanol with minimum product crossover using saturated salt electrolytes. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 18, 2018

A separate SoCalGas research and development project is studying the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from carbon captured during hydrogen production. STARS Corporation hopes to have a commercial demonstration operating in one to two years. SoCalGas is working with the DOE to make these systems commercially viable.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

The Loop-powered, long-haul trucks will work in demanding road operations, towing up to 80,000 pounds of freight throughout the San Diego and Los Angeles regions. By changing the geometry of the fuel cell flow field, Loop has unlocked capabilities not previously achieved by other fuel cell designs.

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APRIL 4, 2018

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emissions solutions for commercial fleets, is taking its new Ford Transit LightningElectric model ( earlier post ) on the road, showcasing the recently released vehicle efficiency ratings of 61 MPGe on in-town routes and 66 MPGe on highway.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

ABB has broadened its support of the new Combined Charging System (CCS) standard with the expansion of its 4 th generation fast charging product portfolio with the introduction of the Terra multi-standard DC fast charging station 23. Its 20 kW design allows for quick and easy installation on widely available 3 x 32A low-cost grid connections.

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JULY 11, 2017

These projects are to deliver high-impact tools and techniques for increasing the productivity of algae organisms and cultures. Lumen Bioscience is focusing on agricultural production of algae on otherwise non-productive land in rural eastern Washington State, with the ultimate goal of creating new agricultural jobs in that region.

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JULY 14, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., Global Algae Innovations Inc., MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Ecolectro’s AEIs would be resilient to the harsh operating conditions present in existing alkaline exchange membranes that prevent their widespread adoption in commercial applications. Developments from the project may be useful for other energy conversion technologies, such as ammonia production and high-temperature direct liquid fuel cells.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

BP last week announced it was canceling plans to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County, Florida and refocusing its US biofuels strategy on research and development as well as licensing its biofuels technology. Globally, BP is a leading investor in commercial biofuels production.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

SoCalGas) and Oberon Fuels , a San Diego-based low-emission alternative fuels company, announced a joint research and development agreement to design and construct the first commercial facility in the United States to produce Dimethyl Ether (DME) from natural gas for use as a transportation fuel. Southern California Gas Co.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The share of EVs is expected to grow tremendously as many automakers have committed to billions of dollars of investments in EV technology and production over the next several years. To aid in the rollout of all of this infrastructure, funding is made available to commercial EV charging station projects. Station Locations.

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Baua Electric

JULY 11, 2024

Following millions in initial funding and, most recently, a California Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) grant, Joby has secured a US location for eVTOL production. Imagine being able to fly from San Francisco to San Diego, Boston to Baltimore, or Nashville to New Orleans without the need to go to an airport and with no emissions except water.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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AUGUST 13, 2015

In HPR’s first three months of sales, Propel has seen a 300% increase in gallons sold compared to its former biodiesel product (B20). In addition to new retail locations, Propel has launched Diesel HPR commercial and bulk availability for business and government fleets statewide. San Diego: Chula Vista and Kearny Mesa.

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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. University of California, San Diego. Savannah River National Laboratory.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The Home Battery system and a summary of results to date will be on display at DistribuTECH in San Diego later this week. Eguana Technologies along with its partners are committed to serving the residential and commercial energy storage market.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The return on this investment extends far beyond the San Diego campus. The Commission approved a $1.6-million

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

million to accelerate the company’s growth, commercialization and continued technology development. According to a recent SAE paper—“Developing a 55% BTE Commercial Heavy-Duty Opposed-Piston Engine without a Waste Heat Recovery System,”—these gains can have a direct and multiplied impact on the heavy-duty vehicle market.

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JUNE 28, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million to three research consortia to tackle key hurdles in the achieving the commercial scale production of algae-based biofuels. Projects are expected to continue for a period of three years. DOE share: up to $6 million). DOE funding: up to $9 million).

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JUNE 10, 2011

The projects aim to improve the economics and efficiency of biological and chemical processes that convert non-food biomass feedstocks into replacements for petroleum-based feedstocks, products, and fuels. This will increase production of algal oils, which can be further refined into advanced biofuels. Genomatica, Inc. (up

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AUGUST 1, 2013

million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. Nearly $16.5 The projects include: Hawaii Bioenergy ($5 million DOE investment).

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