Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
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Wright Electric & Columbia University Receive U.S. Department of Energy Award for Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development
MALTA, NEW YORK — Wright Electric, in collaboration with Columbia University, is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Pioneering Railroad, Oceanic and Plane Electrification with 1K energy storage systems (PROPEL-1K) for their groundbreaking work on … [continued]
NREL’s Rail Optimization Software Is Putting Freight Electrification on the Fast Track
Collaboration With Parallel Systems Quantifies Benefits of Autonomous, Battery-Electric Rail Vehicles For more than a century, American freight trains—responsible for moving a fifth of the nation’s cargo—have run nearly exclusively on carbon-based fuels. But that could change in the coming decade, as railways eye ambitious federal clean-energy goals that call for investment … [continued]
Lithium-Air EV Batteries Tapped For Net Zero Economy Of The Future
Lithium-air EV batteries could help decarbonize aviation, shipping, and railways if only some key technology hurdles can be leaped.
Elegant Solid State EV Battery To Be Unveiled At CES 2024 By Schaeffler…Who?
The automotive supplier Schaeffler teams up with Honda and The Ohio State University to push a new solid state EV battery out of the lab.
$4 Billion Says Green Hydrogen Is Here To Stay, With A Green Ammonia Twist
Egypt climbs on the green hydrogen bandwagon with a new $4 billion project aimed at high volume green ammonia production.
New Solid State EV Battery Deploys Ceramic “Brain” From Saint-Gobain
A new solid state battery teams a US startup with a centuries-old ceramics firm for next generation energy storage.
NREL Joins $40 Million Effort To Advance Data Center Cooling Efficiency
ARPA-E Program Creates More Energy-Efficient Data Centers, Reducing Carbon Emissions and Mitigating Climate Change The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) joined a $40 million program led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to radically rethink how components within data centers are cooled. Among the 15 … [continued]
High School Student Invents Biofuel Solution For Sugar Shortage
As a sugar shortage looms, a high school student in Zimbabwe discovers that biofuel could be made from common reeds instead of sugarcane.
$42 Million to Strengthen Reliability, Resiliency, & Affordability of America’s Power Grid
Funding for 15 Research and Development Projects Across 11 States Will Bolster Efficiency of Grid Operations and Prevent Outages, Supporting President Biden’s Efforts to Modernize America’s Electric Grid and Achieve a Net-Zero Economy by 2050 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $42 million for 15 projects … [continued]
