Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Philippe Boisseau, President Total Gas & Power.

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MIT Batteries Battery Energy Storage 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

The system aims to decrease the levelized cost of electricity for natural gas-fired combined cycle (NGCC) power plants to 2 emissions when operating in highly variable renewable energy penetration markets. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Report highlights include: Cape Wind’s troubles. Source: IRENA.

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Renewable Parts Powered Power 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Carbon Lithium Sulfur 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stanford University. Pratt & Whitney.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. This ARPA-E program seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long range plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles. A123 Systems, Rutgers University).

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Carbon Li-ion Battery Batteries 249

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The burner will be incorporated into a new flare system design that is robust to cross winds and low load conditions which can lead to poor methane destruction efficiency. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing a low-cost copper-based catalyst for reducing methane emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Colorado State University will develop a novel, low-cost turbo-compression cooling system that utilizes the ultra-low-grade waste (less than 150°C) heat available in many industrial processes, the energy from which is not traditionally recovered. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Colorado State University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Watertown, Massachusetts). Newton, Massachusetts). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. Newton, Massachusetts). IP Group, Inc.

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

District Court for the District of Massachusetts sided with the Justice Department in determining that the merger would reduce competition in the airline business. The Justice Department argued that a larger JetBlue would act just like its bigger competitors while taking away a low-cost option for travelers. Young of the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Representatives Henry A.

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