Cars that plug into solar panels for electricity or run on hydrogen may sound like something found only on the pages of science fiction novels, but engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 18, 2011
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Having pioneered the development of the first high-performance iron-based catalyst for fuel cells, researchers at INRS recently achieved a second major advance. They developed a new and improved iron-based catalyst capable ...
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2011
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Building a battery-powered land speed vehicle capable of achieving a speed of 400+ miles per hour requires innovative components, corporate partnerships, hours of diligent preparation and a powerful supercomputer.
Engineering
Jul 21, 2011
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Fuel-cell cars have been a tomorrow technology as long as I've been reporting on them, but it looks like 2015 will be the year they finally go commercial, with hundreds of thousands (you read that right) planned for production ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 25, 2011
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Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have received three patents for developing catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions in fuel cells. The newly patented catalysts, as well as a method ...
Materials Science
May 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Driving hydrogen fueled SUVs for 431 miles per fill-up is no longer a California dream. Researchers from NREL and Toyota recently completed a 331 mile round trip drive between Torrance and San Diego in two ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 17, 2009
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(AP) -- Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2009
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South Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors Wednesday announced plans to invest 4.1 trillion won (3.28 billion dollars) by end-2013 to develop fuel-efficient cars and cut carbon emissions.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2009
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The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy will take at least a generation, if not a bit longer. And at the end of the journey, we will not emerge with a pristine planet. The goal is to minimize the damage we ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2022
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Fuel cell vehicles need hydrogen to operate, but that hydrogen has to be free of any contaminants that could damage the fuel cell. Professor Andreas Schütze and his research team at Saarland University are collaborating ...
Engineering
Mar 13, 2019
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