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APRIL 15, 2022

As the pressure to decarbonize electricity grids mounts, so does the need to have long-term storage options for power generated from renewables. Scientists have been looking for solutions in gravity energy storage , thermal or geothermal storage , and also molten-salt batteries.

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Molten Salt Energy Battery Batteries 126

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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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San Diego California Energy Transportation 346

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The system would also capture waste heat from the solar cells, providing additional gains from the sun’s energy. The proposed system will enable more efficient use of solar energy to produce dispatchable renewable electricity on a utility scale. MicroLink Devices. ARPA-E Power Generation Solar'

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Solar Conversion Hybrid Molten Salt 300

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Due to their potential for large-scale deployment, ILs derived from inexpensive, renewable reagents are highly desirable. More than a billion tons of biomass are produced annually in the United States alone and fuels from this biomass could be renewable substitutes for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on a gallon-for-gallon basis.

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Molten Salt Waste Fuel Renewable 236

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MARCH 10, 2016

They first have applied their technology to the production of a plastic—a promising alternative to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) called polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF)—but are now working to apply the new chemistry to the production of renewable fuels and other compounds from hydrogen and CO 2.

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Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel 150

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AUGUST 14, 2014

This project will develop high specific energy, high power and highly reversible Li-air batteries that are based on the concept of replacing traditional electrolytes in the air electrode with a stable inorganic molten salt electrolyte. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. University of Maryland. Eaton Corp.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Researchers are considering three different types: a lead-cooled fast reactor, a uranium-fueled, helium-gas-cooled reactor, and a molten-salt-cooled reactor, shown here [below, at bottom]. One is a thorium-fueled molten-salt reactor. The reactors would be small, modular units.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 145