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PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By using a water-lean post-combustion capture solvent, (N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine) (2-EEMPA), they achieved a greater than 90% conversion of captured CO 2 to hydrocarbons—mostly methane—in the presence of a heterogenous Ru catalyst under relatively mild reaction conditions (170 °C and 2 pressure). Heldebrant, D.,

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Earlier post.).

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

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MAY 9, 2018

. … Cost effective solar fuel generation is hindered by the semiconductor material not meeting certain essential criteria to achieve highly efficient solar to hydrogen conversion.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Such a plant would feed a 50,000 metric ton per year conversion plant to produce battery grade lithium hydroxide to support domestic manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery cells to power 750,000 electric vehicles per year. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575.

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Bio-inspired molybdenum sulfide catalyst offers low-cost and efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen

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MAY 2, 2011

Progress has so far been limited in part by a lack of cheap catalysts that can speed up the generation of hydrogen and oxygen. The DTU researchers created a device to harvest the energy from part of the solar spectrum and used it to power the conversion of single hydrogen ions into hydrogen gas.

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LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.) Thom Mason, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director.

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KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

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JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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MIT Researchers Identify New Low-Cost Water-Splitting Catalyst

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MAY 12, 2010

The Ni-B i films can be prepared with precise thickness control and operate at modest overpotential providing an alternative to the Co catalyst for applications in solar energy conversion. That’s no longer a concern for us ,” he says, although that part of the research has not yet been formally reported.

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Low Cost MIT Water Hydrogen

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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AUGUST 5, 2022

The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely. Haiyan Mao, a UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow who is first author of the paper, said that melamine-based materials use much cheaper ingredients, are easier to make and are more energy efficient than most MOFs. Haiyan Mao et al.

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New $30M ARPA-E program to develop new solar conversion and storage technologies; targeting higher solar penetration in mix

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JULY 17, 2013

The primary goal of this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000949 ) is to provide disruptive new solar conversion and storage technology options to enable a much higher penetration of solar energy generation into the US energy mix. IR or UV for PV topping) to a higher T part of the thermal collection system. Source: ARPA-E.

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DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Under the three-year program, Eaton will develop and demonstrate a novel, compact and turnkey solution for DC fast-charging infrastructure that is anticipated to reduce costs by 65% through improvements in power conversion and grid interconnection technology, charger integration and modularity, and installation time.

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Eaton Low Cost North Carolina Charging

USDA awarding $136M to five major research projects focused in part on developing cellulosic drop-in aviation fuels

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

University partners from the states of Washington, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Iowa will lead the projects, which focus in part on developing aviation biofuels from tall grasses, crop residues and forest resources. million to enable the regular production of biomass for economically viable conversion using existing refinery infrastructure.

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Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

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MARCH 7, 2021

Solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) technology is attractive because of unrivaled conversion efficiencies—a result of favorable thermodynamics and kinetics at higher operating temperatures. It basically consists of three parts: an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte. The facility is expected to be operational by 2023. Hauch et al.

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PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The new PNNL carbon capture and conversion system brings the cost to capture CO 2 down to about $39 per metric ton. This is the first known demonstration of integrated low-temperature thermocatalytic capture and conversion of CO 2 to methanol in an economically viable CO 2 capture solvent. —Kothandaraman et al.

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TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

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JUNE 3, 2023

To this end, TEPCO HD and Toyota have jointly developed a stationary storage battery system that can be used in combination with existing power conversion systems (PCS) by connecting multiple storage batteries for electric vehicles.

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UGA-led team engineers bacterium for the direct conversion of unpretreated biomass to ethanol

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JUNE 3, 2014

Here we report the direct conversion of switchgrass, a nonfood, renewable feedstock, to ethanol without conventional pretreatment of the biomass. Direct conversion of biomass to ethanol represents a new paradigm for consolidated bioprocessing, offering the potential for carbon neutral, cost-effective, sustainable fuel production.

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Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This discovery paves the way for sustainable, low-cost hydrogen that could be produced locally rather than in massive centralized plants. It also demonstrates that photocatalysis can be efficiently performed with inexpensive LED photon sources. —co-author Naomi Halas. —Peter Nordlander, co-author.

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Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

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APRIL 28, 2021

As part of the agreement, Hyzon is acquiring a minority interest in Raven SR. As more hydrogen hubs are built across the country and internationally, Hyzon will provide their customers with a complete zero-emission mobility solution—from hydrogen-powered vehicles to on-site or locally produced low cost clean-hydrogen.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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MARCH 2, 2023

V for neutral NaAlCl 4 ) contributed by the acidic chloroaluminate cathode reaction, unlocking an additional specific energy of ∼119 Wh kg −1 by utilizing the conversion of NaAlCl 4 to NaAl 2 Cl 7 , which adds to the neutral melt reaction between NaAlCl 4 /Al and Na (∼493 Wh kg −1 theoretical). mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2

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AmeriPride Selects XL Hybrids powertrain for Canadian Linen vans

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 4 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), announced that it is providing hybrid vans to Canadian Linen, a linen and uniform service subsidiary of AmeriPride Services. XL Hybrids, Inc.,

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Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Unlike the electrode materials found in most lithium-ion batteries, Prussian blue enjoys a widespread availability and low cost that make batteries based on Prussian blue electrodes an economically attractive, environmentally friendly technology. —Firouzi et al. Motallebi, C.W. Valencia, H.S. Fujimoto, L.A. Yang, and C.D.

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LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

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MAY 18, 2021

We are pleased to join the HyDeal LA effort, which includes an innovative and expanding vendor and development community, to support and help catalyze the supply chain needed to achieve large-scale, low-cost green hydrogen power supply for our local in basin plants. —Martin Adams, General Manager and Chief Engineer at LADWP.

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ExxonMobil and UW Madison extend research collaboration on conversion of biomass to transportation fuels

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JULY 17, 2017

The research is part of a broad effort to identify scalable and commercially viable solutions to help meet increasing global energy demand with a renewable resource. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion. —Professor Huber. Colorado School of Mines and Michigan State.

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NEC, NEC TOKIN and Tohoku University develop spin-Seebeck thermoelectric device w/ 10x better conversion efficiency

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APRIL 25, 2016

NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY have jointly created a thermoelectric (TE) device using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) with conversion efficiency 10 times higher than a test module that was produced based on a multi-layered SSE technology published by the Tohoku University group in 2015.

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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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MAY 17, 2020

D 3 GaN technology has been shown to reduce the power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. This optimization is important for the inverter design and manufacturing in order to minimize the required paralleling and to optimize the inverter cost.

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Velodyne LiDAR announces new design for miniaturized, low-cost solid-state LiDAR sensors using GaN technology

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

LiDAR sensors that leverage this new design will be less expensive, easier to integrate due to their smaller size, and more reliable as a result of fewer moving parts. The design consolidates components and results in significant advances in sensor miniaturization, reliability, and cost reduction.

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Pall Awarded Contract by NREL for Filtration and Separation Processes for Biomass-Based Hydrocarbon Fuels; Part of the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium Initiative

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MARCH 23, 2010

The company will be an engineering partner on each of six processes for biofuel production being evaluated under the program: fermentation, catalytic conversion, catalytic fast pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, and a low-cost, one-step syngas-to-distillates process.

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Calysta reports 8-fold improvement in gas fermentation in ARPA-E program; BioGTL

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JULY 10, 2014

The bioreactor technology is under development for efficient methane-to-liquids fermentation processes, enabling rapid, cost-effective methane conversion into protein, industrial chemicals and fuels. Calysta develops sustainable industrial products using novel natural gas conversion technology using methane. Earlier post.).

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ZeoGas licenses ExxonMobil Methanol-to-Gasoline technology for Gulf Coast plant

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JULY 21, 2014

The conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons and water is virtually complete and essentially stoichiometric in the MTG process. The reaction is exothermic with the reaction heat managed by splitting the conversion in two parts. Most of the hydrocarbon product boils in the gasoline boiling range.

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. Bio-Inspired Renewable Energy (BIRE) for Highly-Efficient Low-cost Riverine Hydrokinetics - $3,500,000.

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Mariner Universal Grid Water

Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The research is part of the nano-tera SHINE — project to develop an efficient and cost-effective hydrogen production system using sunlight and water. The prototype system is made up of three interconnected, new-generation, crystalline silicon solar cells attached to an electrolysis system that does not rely on rare metals.

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Solar Water Low Cost Hydrogen

BIT, FAW team develops turbocharged, DI hydrogen engine; high power and efficiency, near-zero NOx

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JUNE 6, 2022

The direct-injection (DI) hydrogen engine can offer large power with low cost and rely less on hydrogen purity. High conversion efficiency of NO x emissions of more than 99.5% is reached at low speeds (below 2000 rpm) and drops to 90% at 4400 rpm with the use of an NH 3 -SCR aftertreatment system. —Bao et al.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles

Scientists recommend fundamental research into separations technology to support large-scale thermochemical production of biofuels

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

The report, “ Developing New Paradigms for Biofuel Separations to Enable an Alternative Fuels Future ”, was released recently and is intended to serve as a research roadmap that will help address the current issues associated with the thermochemical conversion of biomass. The conversion unit. Biomass conversion unit.

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DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

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JULY 26, 2022

As part of the High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, the selected projects will leverage the expertise and computing capabilities of the U.S. Efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reduction in energy conversion and storage technologies. Carbon Nanospike Based Photoelectrochemical CO2 Conversion.

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Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

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NOVEMBER 25, 2012

The demonstration project will be conducted with the support of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development organization (NEDO) of Japan, under the program of “Development of Technology for Safe, Low-cost, Large-size Battery System.” In the project, Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe, Ltd.

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Bright Automotive Launches Bright eSolutions; US Army Hybrid Vehicle Contract

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright Automotive launched eSolutions with a just-announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles. As part of the $1.4 Conversions. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Vehicle Engineering. Energy Storage.

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bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

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MARCH 19, 2021

With large-scale, low-cost production of clean hydrogen, H2Teesside could support the conversion of surrounding industries to use hydrogen in place of natural gas, playing an important role in decarbonizing a cluster of industries in Teesside. hydrogen and CCUS is an integral part of bp’s strategy of ?transforming

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Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partner to develop low-carbon CAM precursors for Li-ion batteries

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MAY 4, 2023

The companies have initiated the partnership with a non-recurring engineering (NRE) agreement to develop low-carbon technology for the conversion of critical metals—first virgin and later recycled material—into battery-grade cathode active material (CAM) precursors, which are essential to 6K Energy’s advanced cathode manufacturing.

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Li-ion Carbon Energy Batteries

Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for curbstone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE

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MAY 17, 2023

The objective of the project is to integrate and pilot test Rheinmetall curbstone chargers in two different parts of the city to validate their acceptance and their urbanistic and design advantages. Rheinmetall, the City of Cologne and TankE GmbH have embarked on a pilot project to install curbstone charger infrastructure in public streets.

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Installation Low Cost Fleet Charging

Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Currently, almost half of China’s oil consumption is imported, and with the projection that demand for fossil fuel oil will reach 250 million tons by 2030, it is crucial for the country to consider biomass alternatives as part of their renewable energy plan. —Littlewood et al. —Littlewood et al.

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Gasoline China Tax London

Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The plant will convert abundant low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into high-value specialty products (solvents, lubricants and waxes), as well as transportation fuels. Velocys is part of the Oxford Catalysts Group plc; Oxford Catalysts is changing its name to Velocys plc on 25 September 2013.)

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Building Energy 2013 Gas

CO2-to-chemicals company Liquid Light raises $15M Series B financing; process scale-up and application validation

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Start-up Liquid Light, a developer of process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide ( earlier post ), has closed a $15-million Series B financing. New investors include Sustainable Conversion Ventures, which focuses on renewable fuels and chemicals investments.

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OriginOil and Algasol Renewables to develop an integrated algae growth and harvesting system

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MAY 3, 2012

and Algasol Renewables, a technology company with a technology for low-cost cultivation of microalgae for biofuels and high value products, intend to collaborate on the development of an integrated algae growth and harvesting system. OriginOil, Inc.

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Renewable Arizona Idaho Water

PNNL team develops new low-cost method to convert captured CO2 to methane

ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Bio-inspired molybdenum sulfide catalyst offers low-cost and efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen

LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

KIT team designs low-cost photoreactor for efficient solar-driven synthesis

MIT Researchers Identify New Low-Cost Water-Splitting Catalyst

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

New $30M ARPA-E program to develop new solar conversion and storage technologies; targeting higher solar penetration in mix

DOE awards Eaton $4.9M to develop low-cost fast-charging solution; solid-state transformer, modular chargers

USDA awarding $136M to five major research projects focused in part on developing cellulosic drop-in aviation fuels

Haldor Topsoe to build large-scale SOEC electrolyzer manufacturing facility to meet customer needs for green hydrogen

PNNL team develops least costly to date carbon capture system with conversion to methanol

TEPCO and Toyota develop stationary storage battery system using EV batteries

UGA-led team engineers bacterium for the direct conversion of unpretreated biomass to ethanol

Researchers develop earth-abundant photocatalyst for conversion of ammonia into hydrogen

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

AmeriPride Selects XL Hybrids powertrain for Canadian Linen vans

Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

LADWP joins HyDeal LA, targets green hydrogen at $1.50/kg by 2030

ExxonMobil and UW Madison extend research collaboration on conversion of biomass to transportation fuels

NEC, NEC TOKIN and Tohoku University develop spin-Seebeck thermoelectric device w/ 10x better conversion efficiency

VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

Velodyne LiDAR announces new design for miniaturized, low-cost solid-state LiDAR sensors using GaN technology

Pall Awarded Contract by NREL for Filtration and Separation Processes for Biomass-Based Hydrocarbon Fuels; Part of the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium Initiative

Calysta reports 8-fold improvement in gas fermentation in ARPA-E program; BioGTL

ZeoGas licenses ExxonMobil Methanol-to-Gasoline technology for Gulf Coast plant

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

Swiss team develops effective and low-cost solar water-splitting device; 14.2% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

BIT, FAW team develops turbocharged, DI hydrogen engine; high power and efficiency, near-zero NOx

US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

Scientists recommend fundamental research into separations technology to support large-scale thermochemical production of biofuels

DOE awards $3M for 10 high-performance computing projects to improve energy efficiency and material performance

Mitsubishi Heavy to supply 500 kWh (normal) containerized Li-ion energy storage system to power grid of Orkney Islands

Bright Automotive Launches Bright eSolutions; US Army Hybrid Vehicle Contract

bp plans UK’s largest hydrogen project; 1GW of blue hydrogen

Aqua Metals and 6K Energy partner to develop low-carbon CAM precursors for Li-ion batteries

Rheinmetall launches first pilot project for curbstone chargers with the City of Cologne and TankE

Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

Pinto Energy to build 2,800 bpd small-scale GTL plant in Ashtabula; Velocys microchannel technology

CO2-to-chemicals company Liquid Light raises $15M Series B financing; process scale-up and application validation

OriginOil and Algasol Renewables to develop an integrated algae growth and harvesting system

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