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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. The material is described in a paper in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. who led the study. —Attarzadeh et al.
Phillips 66 has received a $3-million grant from the U.S. Phillips 66 will collaborate with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a low-cost and highly efficient RSOFC system for hydrogen and electricity generation. Earlier post.)
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Microvi Biotechnologies a grant to develop a new technology to improve significantly the yield and performance of biobutanol processes. Microvi’s technology is also expected to provide economic advantages such as reduced water usage, waste production and energy use.
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a steam-carrier-adopted composite membrane reactor system to produce pure H 2 (>99.99%) from ammonia with high productivity (>0.35 Membrane reactor for production of H 2 from NH 3. mol-H 2 g cat ?1 Credit: KIST. Jo Young Suk from KIST. 2020.118483.
The findings of their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition , suggest that cell-free biosystems could produce hydrogen from biomass xylose at lowcost. grant from the Mexican Council of Science and Technology. The method can be performed using any source of biomass. earlier post ). Jonathan R.
Saratoga Energy has won a National Science Foundation grant to scale up its breakthrough process for generating low-cost, top quality carbon nanotubes from carbon dioxide for use in making high-performance Li-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, grid storage, and military and aerospace applications.
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million) grant to a consortium to develop supply chains for PEM electrolyzer components. Thus, the focus of the project is on low-cost electrocatalyst, low-noble metal loading electrodes and membrane development. A European consortium will receive a €1.35-million million (US$1.7-million)
OptiFuel Systems, a system integrator of Cummins and BAE Systems hybrid power products for decarbonizing the rail, marine, and microgrid power market, is in the process of finalizing a $2.6 million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive.
Most recently in November 2022, ABTC was selected for a competitive US DOE grant for a $20-million project to develop and commercialize a set of next-generation battery recycling technologies to even further enhance the recovery of recycled products and reduce the cost of operations.
million grant to develop Next Generation Cobalt-free batteries. 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%. 50% pack weight reduction.
Amprius Technologies, a developer of ultra-high energy density lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Nanowire Anode Platform, was awarded a $1-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (“AMO”) to be used to mature further its process for manufacturing nanowire-based silicon anodes.
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The steam hydrogasification reaction is one component of a three-step process for the production of fuels. The CEC grant will allow for the completion of a process demonstration unit at CERT that will provide data needed before a proposed pilot plant is built at the city of Riverside’s waste water treatment facility. Click to enlarge.
million) grant towards £52 million (US$76.7 million) construction costs for the first commercial plant in Europe using its waste-to-ethanol BioEnergy Process Technology. This bioethanol production is integrated with combined heat and power generation. million (US$10.8 Earlier post.). million (US$6.6
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announced the successful production of ethanol at a capacity that can be scaled to commercial production. ZeaChem currently uses harvested hybrid poplar trees as the feedstock of choice in its combined biochemical and thermochemical process for the production of ethanol. Other products. ZeaChem’s process. ZeaChem Inc.
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OurVision is a low-cost wearable that reads text out loud to users and helps them navigate their surroundings. The IEEE CIS chapter received a US $4,400 grant for the project from EPICS in IEEE , made possible through generous donors and a partnership with the IEEE Foundation. I cherished this mentoring experience,” she says. “I
The collaborative work was funded by a WSU startup grant and by the US Department of Energy. The researchers suggested that the evolution of the oxidation state and the disordered structure of Ni 2 Fe 1 might be a key to the high catalytic performance for OER. 2017.12.010.
OilPlus combines thermal, mechanical, and chemical treatments to improve the recovery of corn oil, a valuable co-product that can be used for feed and other bio-industrial products. million grant from the California Energy Commission as part of California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
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million including industry cost-share contributions, will allow industry-led teams to advance the state of domestic commercial nuclear capability. Two awards will advance flexible operation of light-water reactors with integrated hydrogen production systems. These projects, valued at $26.9 Under this proposal, FuelCell Energy Inc.
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a $3-million grant to support the commercialization of its patented and patent-pending lignin conversion and refining technologies. The resulting ABL Resin product is proven to be a higher-performing renewable offset for the petroleum-derived resin acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS). a subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, Inc.,a
Electrochaea employs a patented biocatalyst (BioCat) to convert low-cost and stranded electricity and CO 2 into pipeline-grade renewable gas. The core of the power-to-gas (P2G) technology is the proprietary biocatalyst that can be deployed in a simple and cost-effective energy conversion system.
FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has signed a contract with Mpac Lambert for the supply of the casting and unit cell assembly equipment package to the battery cell production line at FREYR’s Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) in Mo i Rana, Norway. Earlier post.).
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million grant award to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center. million award reflects the Company’s satisfaction of all conditions of its grant for Budget Period 1 under the DOE’s Integrated Biorefinery Grant Program. ClearFuels Technology, Inc., million of a $22.6 Earlier post.).
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a leading producer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage products, will receive more than $500,000 in state and federal funding for collaborative energy storage research and development programs with three US-based companies. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.,
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