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AUGUST 22, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University, with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions, have developed a nickel-based electrocatalyst for low-cost water-splitting for hydrogen production with performance close to that of much more expensive commercial platinum electrocatalysts. Click to enlarge. and Stephen J.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2022

The low cost of porous melamine means that the material could be deployed widely. Mao and her colleagues conducted solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies to understand how cyanuric acid and DETA interacted to make carbon capture so efficient.

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. An open access paper on their study is published in Biotechnology for Biofuels. —Littlewood et al. Littlewood et al. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

This provides sufficient charge for between 20-40 miles of travel at a cost of between 40p to £1, depending on the tariff. The low cost of ‘refuelling’ in relatively short periods of time reinforce this. The average charge time per i-MiEV vehicle is two hours.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

and Syngenta Ventures will collaborate to develop advanced crop technology that will provide low-cost sugars from cellulosic biomass for a variety of industrial applications including biofuels and biochemicals without requiring external enzymes for biomass hydrolysis. Agrivida’s cell wall degrading (CWD) technology.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A team at Imperial College London has examined the relative costs of carbon mitigation from a lifecycle perspective for 12 different hydrogen production techniques using fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewable sources. Their results show a trade-off between the cost of mitigation and the proportion of decarbonization achieved.

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APRIL 28, 2021

In a new study , a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that tankering saves airlines money, but increases systemwide fuel use and emissions and could reduce sales of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) under a mandate. Partial tankering (e.g.,

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APRIL 11, 2013

At the ACS meeting, they presented results from a preliminary mechanistic study into the new catalysts suggesting that high selectivity is achieved because the catalyst imparts control over acetaldehyde aldol condensation reactions, with evidence for an on-metal condensation step. —Professor Duncan Wass.

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MAY 16, 2012

H 2 V technology success—which includes a sharp reduction in the fuel cell cost/kW and on-board storage, as well as a public hydrogen infrastructure—results in the H 2 V market share of around 70%, compared to around 30% with current baseline technology scenarios. (A gallon of gasoline equivalent to $4.0;

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MAY 28, 2014

Overview of the three vehicle classes identified in the study, and their corresponding battery technologies. Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. Source: Hurlbut et al.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The least expensive way for the Western US to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of energy that may include nuclear power, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, researchers. 2012.01.031.

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JUNE 24, 2020

COBRA incorporates environmental impact studies to help ensure that the carbon footprint of the end product is reduced, by eliminating cobalt and other toxic or scarce elements, while using metal components with recyclability of more than 95%. The project launched earlier this year and will run until January 2024. 50% pack weight reduction.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Stanford University scientists have identified a new solid-state Li-ion electrolyte predicted to exhibit simultaneously fast ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability, low cost, and low mass density. Their findings are published in a study in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. USD/m 2 per 10 ?m

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. In particular, silicon nanowires (SiNW) are widely studied as a promising anode material for high-capacity LIBs due to its low cost of fabrication and volume production potential. The conventional battery pack had a total weight of 360 kg.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In their study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology they found that—compared to gasoline—the GHG savings from miscanthus-based ethanol ranged between 130% and 156% whereas that from switchgrass ranged between 97% and 135%. Production cost of ethanol is annualized over the simulation period.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. The study team has examined how these different dimensions will develop and interact, and the report offers possible pathways toward achieving a more sustainable personal transportation system.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The projects approved were: Transportation: Andromeda Power, LLC , located in Costa Mesa (Orange County), will receive $95,000 to study adaptive electric vehicle fast charging stations with built-in demand response capabilities. The tool will increase the efficiency and lower costs of solar photovoltaic systems. Tour Engine, Inc. ,

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MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Historically, platinum and its alloys have frequently been used as anodic and cathodic catalysts in fuel cells, but the high cost of platinum, due to its low abundance, has motivated researchers to find efficient catalysts based on earth-abundant elements.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

ITM Power announced funding from the UK Government for the Gigastack feasibility study with Ørsted and Element Energy. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen through: Development of a new 5MW stack module design to reduce material costs. 1GW/year to increase throughput and decrease labour costs.

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MARCH 2, 2023

The new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to a study just published in Energy Storage Materials. h is achieved with an estimated raw active materials cost of $7.02 mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2 Weller et al.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

In their study, the Ga-In-Sn-Bi alloy-activated Al-H 2 O reaction was demonstrated to be rate-stable with a hydrogen productivity of 92% and therefore superior to similar reactions activated by Ga-In and Ga-In-Sn alloys, the authors said. In addition, the high cost of hydrogen transport is a key barrier to hydrogen utilization.

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APRIL 1, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

The USPS chose this as one of five solutions in a feasibility study for the possible conversion of its 142,000 Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) to plug-in Battery Electric Vehicles. The converted vehicle will comply with Guidelines for Electric Vehicle Safety SAE J2344, and all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Cost-effectiveness of vehicle electrification using today’s assumptions. The study by Aaron Brooker, Matthew Thorton and John Rugh aimed to identify possible pathways to cost-effective vehicle electrification by evaluating a variety of scenarios and technology improvements. Source: Brooker et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

His paper, Kreutz noted, is only a preliminary scoping study designed to sketch out the rough outlines of each system’s prospective performance and economics as related primarily to GHG. owned by) a power plant; careful integration between the two plants will reduce costs (not studied in detail here). . ~90%) their CO 2 (e.g.

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JUNE 2, 2017

A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A consortium of Progressive Energy, Essar, Johnson Matthey, and SNC-Lavalin will deliver the project comprising the development of a 100,000 Nm 3 per hour clean hydrogen production facility for deployment as part of the HyNet Cluster, using Johnson Matthey’s low-carbon hydrogen technology which enables carbon capture and storage.

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JULY 4, 2013

A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 The UCG process was developed for the production of low-cost synthesis gas from biomass. Source: VTT.

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MARCH 19, 2012

She suggests that the success of some CTPs in achieving pre-determined pollution reduction targets at low cost seems to have reduced incentives for research and development that could help develop more appropriate pollution control targets. Yet policymakers also seldom set targets they don’t have evidence that industry can meet.

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Owing to its high activity and low cost, the catalyst shows significant potential for use in low-cost, high-performance fuel cells, the team suggested. In the Nature Communications study, the team synthesized Ni nanoparticles supported on N-doped carbon nanotubes (Ni/N-CNT) using a wet chemical method.

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Salt caverns such as the one depicted here could provide a low-cost solution for the geologic storage of hydrogen. To help refine the model, Lord studied storing hydrogen in salt caverns to meet peak summer driving demand for four cities: Los Angeles, Houston, Pittsburgh and Detroit.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

While high-energy Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are expected to contribute in part to the solution, the high cost and low stability prohibit wide application in this area, the researchers observe. Recently, attention has been refocused on room-temperature Na-ion batteries (NIBs) as a low-cost alternative technology as compared to LIBs.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Normalized well-to-wake GHG emissions for low-, baseline- and high-emission cases for jet fuel pathways under different land use change scenarios. In the latter case, capture and sequestration of plant-site carbon emissions would be required, but overall costs would be much less, as would biomass consumption. From Hileman et al.

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