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JULY 17, 2012

Two professors from MIT and UC Davis have released a paper challenging the recent claims by the Renewable Fuel Association (RFA) and US Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices by $0.89 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. t margin for oil refiners. The paper by Prof.

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MARCH 24, 2023

But the net-zero target would never have been reachable without innovations in renewable- energy generation that let structures generate power on- site. Diana Gamzina, founder and CEO of Davis, Calif., Much effort was devoted to making lighting, heating, and cooling more efficient so buildings consumed less energy.

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stanford University.

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JUNE 13, 2011

The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Due both to the unprecedented nature of the program as well as to the uncertainty regarding the ability of the renewable fuel industry to produce volumes of low CI fuels necessary to meet the required reductions, it is difficult to predict market outcomes and compliance scenarios in the market in coming years. -Y. LCFS Policy'

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MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. Honda Smart Home is expected to generate a surplus of 2.6

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MARCH 25, 2015

The solicitation (PON-14-605) was under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP). The Sectran Security PHEV- Renewal Natural Gas Truck Demonstration Project. PGE PHEV-Renewable Diesel Work Truck Demonstration Project. The match amount for the nine projects is $17,212,984. CALSTART, Inc.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

NO x emissions results of biodiesel, renewable, and GTL diesel fuel blends, and CARB diesel fuel for 2006 Cummins ISM. They also found that increasing renewable diesel (Neste Oil’s NExBTL) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) diesel blends showed NO x reductions with rising blend level. Credit: ACS, Hajbabaei et al. Click to enlarge. for R20, 5.4%-10.2%

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The seven awards approved will fund applied R&D projects that will develop utility-scale renewable energy generation technologies. Two of the awardees, Halotechnics and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), also received funds from the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). .: $1 Alternative Fuel and Vehicles.

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APRIL 24, 2013

The site is on the campus of the University of California, Davis; the building process will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US website. It is expected to produce more energy than it consumes, using less than half of the energy of a similarly sized new home in the Davis area for heating, cooling, and lighting.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Other projects receiving funding include: Foresight Renewable Solutions of San Francisco will receive $1.7 million to demonstrate renewable energy management using a compressed air energy storage system. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas.

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APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions. —Dan Sperling, director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

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APRIL 23, 2014

The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions. . EPIC is funded by electricity ratepayers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,

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APRIL 22, 2016

and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R. These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. Dr. Bruce R.

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JUNE 14, 2012

The awards are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. The program provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of alternative and renewable fuels and new vehicle technologies. Kent BioEnergy Corp.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Davis, Brian H. BESC is a Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by DOE’s Office of Science. BESC is a Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by DOE’s Office of Science. Paye, Anna Guseva, Sarah K. Hammer, Erica Gjersing, Mark F. Davison, Jessica Olstad, Bryon S. Donohoe, Thanh Yen Nguyen, Charles E.

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JUNE 6, 2016

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a variety of sorghum growing wild in Australia—Arun—theoretically has the potential to yield some 10,344 liters of bioethanol per hectare (1,106 gallons US per acre) from stem tissues alone. 0156638.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

The sorbent’s thermochemical properties were also characterized using differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry at the University of California-Davis. CMI is led by DOE’s Ames Laboratory and supported by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program awards. The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants. C/e Solutions, Inc.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. In recent years, DOE and others have scaled up work to address these challenges. SpinTek Filtration, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.;

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MAY 1, 2012

Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing p -xylene—the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles—from biomass-derived dimethylfuran and ethylene. Renewable process for production of p-Xylene from glucose. A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A new way of anchoring individual iridium atoms to the surface of a catalyst significantly increased its efficiency in splitting water molecules, scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University reported in an open-access paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …we

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APRIL 22, 2016

This workshop will influence future funding opportunities at the Commission through its Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, which provides up to $100 million a year for alternative fuels and vehicle technology development. Agenda, presentations and details on how to participate are available. Background.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

The USDA AFRI Regional CAP is led by the University of Washington and includes GreenWood Resources, Oregon State University, Washington State University, the University of California, Davis, University of Idaho, and the Agricultural Center for Excellence. ZeaChem Inc., ZeaChem Inc., Earlier post. ).

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MAY 1, 2013

Roughly 78% of net LCFS credits were generated from ethanol; 12% from fossil and bio-based LNG or CNG; and 9% from biodiesel/renewable diesel. biodiesel/renewable diesel in the diesel mix. UC Davis researchers helped create the framework for the LCFS, the US’ first, in 2007. Electricity generated 1% of the net credits.

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JULY 29, 2014

Phase II of the project expanded the use of this network to schedule charge times based on the needs of the driver and preferred rate structures, including the use of renewable energy sources for charging. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The two cross-functional groups will seek to break down critical barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and biomass-based advanced renewable transportation fuels. Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Catchlight Energy, LLC; Colorado School of Mines; Iowa State University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; RTI International; Tesoro companies, Inc.; University of California- Davis; UOP LLC; Virent Energy Systems; and Washington State University. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 16, 2015

The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota. —Adam Brandt, lead author of the Bakken study and a professor at Stanford University.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). by Bill Cooke. Energy Markets in a State of Change. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Lithium ion batteries are ubiquitous in mobile devices, increasingly used in transportation, and promising candidates for renewable energy integration into the electrical grid, provided the degradation of electrochemical performance upon use can be understood, mitigated, and ideally eliminated. —Ulvestad et al. Resources.

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JULY 17, 2014

million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

A new study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Davis, examines a range of sustainability requirements for biofuels and considers a possible framework for implementing the LCFS sustainability provision. It also reviews the sustainability principles and criteria (Version 0.5)

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APRIL 6, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will partner with an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) to investigate secondary applications for aged battery packs from electric drive vehicles. million with 51% of the funding coming from CCSE and its partners.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy-duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University.

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