Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

With ultimate research targets ranging from off-shore wind power and coral reef ecology to electrochemical energy storage, quantum physics and nanotechnology, the 12 projects will launch more than $250 million in new laboratory construction projects beginning early this year. million to the University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Fluctuations for Advanced Thermal Energy Storage NAVITASMAX will develop a novel heat storage method for. energy density over existing systems by an order of. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. Retention of the intrinsic anodic storage capacity of these batteries has been an ongoing challenge.In

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

Researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) report a process for the high-yield, low-energy synthesis of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) by electrolysis of CO 2 in molten carbonate. A paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Sustainable Systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. M3 Wave Energy Systems LLC (Salem, Oregon) will explore the commercial viability of the submerged Delos-Reyes Morrow Pressure Device (DMP), an innovative air pressure device utilizing bi-directional turbines for converting ocean wave energy into electricity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). of Washington). Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Red Line Westlake Rail Wayside Energy Storage System: Install wayside energy storage substation (WESS) at Westlake passenger station is at-grade level on the high-speed heavy rail subway Red Line. Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area – Community Transit, Washington: $3,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2014

This includes improving “beyond lithium-ion technologies” that use higher energy storage materials, and developing and commercializing wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors that offer significant advances in performance while reducing the price of vehicle power electronics. The George Washington University. Chrysler Group LLC.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Washington. Dimensional Energy. Stanford University.

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Alternative Fuel Corridor designations are now found in all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico. For example, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is running an alternative fuel corridor pilot project in Washington State. High conversion efficiency and stable output current.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Researchers from Western Washington University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have developed a method to produce jet-fuel range hydrocarbons as a co-product of the production of algal biodiesel from the biomass of the industrially grown marine microalgae Isochrysis. Credit: ACS, O’Neil et al. Click to enlarge. —O’Neil et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By creating high performance parts built with solid ion conductors—solids in which ions can be mobile and store energy—the IONICS program will focus on new ways to process and integrate these parts into devices with the goal of accelerating their commercial deployment. Washington University in St.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Enhanced Air-Cooling System with Optimized Asynchronously Cooled Thermal Energy Storage.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2024

And its not just renewable-energy projects. In Clallam County, the part of Washington state where the Twilight movies are set, officials in May 2022 began to deny new home-construction requests because they couldnt get enough pad-mounted transformers to step down voltage to homes. Their very durability shoulders the grid. Divan says.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 16, 2023

During his junior year, he left Harvard after he was drafted by the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals. “I iTherm, meanwhile, became a profitable company and was sold to Dynapower , an energy-storage and power-conversion firm in South Burlington. I was always enamored with airplanes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $49.4 The new program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000991 ) ( earlier post ), was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Washington Auto Show. million to projects to to accelerate research and development of new vehicle technologies.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. But coal use varies, even within China.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Lutz believes there will be rapid battery development over the next three to four years that will provide more energy storage. Detroit News ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Finally there may be new energy storage that requires less lithium. This may be the lowest cost energy storage solution just because we are going to make the batteries anyway. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. Cheers — Al Louard 11.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. National Energy Technology Laboratory. Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Amesbury, Mass.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

Washington has a strong interest in Chile as the world’s largest producer of copper and the second largest producer of lithium, both components needed in batteries for electric vehicles and other technologies as part of the green transition. There would be shifts in the medium- to long-term as the U.S.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Wind sees the greatest fall in activity in this scenario with a 35% drop, followed by energy storage at 15% and solar at 13% relative to BNEF’s base case. State policies play a huge role too, and many states are committed to their own clean energy goals regardless of who sits in the White House.

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