Sentences with phrase «fuel technology development»

Obama should keep this in mind to fuel technology development to give companies impacted by his tax a better shot at getting renewable energy alternatives cheaper and faster.

Not exact matches

Partnerships with companies like Cisco and Microsoft are fueling development, a new tech - campus hub is in the works, and he's connecting citizens to government services through mobile technology.

But Toyota is helping spur infrastructure development for the Mirai, an effort that happily means helping along fuel - cell technology in general.

The city's mission to improve economic development by expanding its financial - technology sector has fueled a surge of high - paying, white - collar jobs.

This is the latest development in the high - stakes battle over intellectual property theft involving Waymo's autonomous driving technology and Uber's alleged use of it to fuel its own self - driving technology.

This 4th generation of Hyundai's fuel - cell technology vehicle, arrives next year, the result of 20 years of development.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He said that developments in transport technology as well as a predicted loss of fuel duty make the need to introduce a per mile charge for road users even more pressing.

Ethanol and biodiesel can both be used in bio-jet fuel, but the technologies to convert plant - derived oil to jet fuel are at an advanced stage of development, yield high energy efficiency and are ready for large - scale deployment.

The trend toward transformative research is fueled by nations» efforts to use science and technology to leapfrog competition in terms of innovation and economic development in a globalized environment, says Robert Frodeman, a philosophy professor at the University of North Texas, Denton, and director of the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity.

Some of the other projects involve the development of proton exchange membrane for fuel cell application, a gyroscope based on micro-electromechanical technology and research on innovative engineering materials to fabricate ceramic membranes that can partially oxidize methane to syngas used as feedstock in commercial methanol production.

Development of cost - effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said.

Carbon capture is an obvious extended use for fuel cells, said Tony Leo, vice president of application engineering and advanced technology development at FuelCell Energy.

A Solution In Motion No matter how fast and guilt - free this Audi feels, revolutions aren't guaranteed and they don't happen overnight: A lot of the technology that is required to scale up the production of green fuel is still in development, and green fuels in general need statutory mandates to attain popular use.

Moniz sees DOE drive to push development After announcing $ 50 million in funding for advanced transportation technologies at the auto show yesterday, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz underscored the Energy Department's commitment to bringing fuel - cell technology to market.

Canada's NRC Innovation Centre is nurturing a domestic fuel cell industry by supporting early stage research, development, and deployment of fuel cell technologies.

Sandia leads a number of other hydrogen research efforts, including the Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Research and Station Technology (H2FIRST) project co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a maritime fuel cell demonstration, a development project focused on hydrogen - powered forklifts and a recent study of how many California gas stations can safely store and dispense hydrogen.

With technologies uncertain, the panel felt the best approach would be to promote a portfolio of vehicle and fuel research and development.

The commission's new research funding program, which will run from 2014 to 2020 under the name Horizon 2020, will continue three existing JTIs: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, which aims to develop clean technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug development.

The Japanese government's Science and Technology Agency wants Japanese and Russian scientists to collaborate on the development of a new generation of reactors fuelled by plutonium.

-- The Secretary shall carry out a program to establish Energy Innovation Hubs to enhance the Nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by promoting commercial application of clean, indigenous energy alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring that the United States maintains a technological lead in the development and commercial application of state - of - the - art energy technologies.

But Steve Cohen, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said the increases in use of fossil fuels in China and India — which show few signs of abating — will push emissions in the opposite direction in 2015, and only the development of affordable renewable energy technology is likely to counter that trend.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $ 39 million in available funding to support early stage research and development (R&D) of innovative hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent has established a strategic consortium with Tesoro, Toray, Johnson Matthey and The Coca - Cola Company focused on completing the development and scale up of Virent's BioForming technology to produce low carbon bio-based fuels and bio-paraxylene (a key raw material for the production of 100 % bio-polyester)....

At the leading edge of U.S. nuclear technology development, Centrus is dedicated to the long - term growth of the commercial U.S. nuclear fuel supply and the expansion of the commercial nuclear power industry worldwide.

Such a transition would require the development of advanced battery and fuel - cell technologies as well as modernization of the electrical grid to manage the increased demand for electricity.

Researchers around the world are working on the development of solar fuel technology.

Dublin Institute of Technology, Electrical and Controls Engineering and Gaskatel, Kassel, Germany - Fuel Cells University of Applied Science - Germany, Fuel Cells and Nanocomposit Materials Trinity College - Dublin Physics - Nanotubes and Polymer Modified Carbon Nanotubes materials and Spectroscopic Characterization of Liganded Rare Earth Compounds (Chemistry) Our work has resulted inthe start up of two companies: Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC, Platteville, WI, USA - Manufacturer of First Contact Polymer, Sales in 62 Countries Xolve, Inc., Platteville, WI, USA Hamilton Group Past and Present Research and Development Projects: Design, Characterization and Synthesis of Chromone Laser Dyes Surface And Optical Characterization of Polymer Strip Coatings for Optics and Astronomy Double Resonance IR / VIS Fluorescence Detection using the National Free Electron Laser Facility in Newport News, Virginia

The US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the US Air Force has issued a request for information (RFI)-- DE-FOA-0000981 — on research & development aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reductions and cost competitiveness of Mil - Spec jet fuel production using coal - to - liquid (CTL) fuel technologies.

Through our Vehicle, Bioenergy, and Fuel Cell Technologies Offices, EERE advances the development of next - generation technologies to improve plug - in electric and other alternative - fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fuFuel Cell Technologies Offices, EERE advances the development of next - generation technologies to improve plug - in electric and other alternative - fuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fufuel vehicles, advanced combustion engine and vehicle efficiency, and produce low - carbon domestic transportation fuels.

Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of fuel - cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.

His professional career in alternative energy research has spanned more than 25 years, centering on development of solar energy conversion devices and on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Katie Randolph is a Technology Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fuel Cell Technologies Office where she manages a wide range of hydrogen production, delivery, and storage research and development projects.

The five year grant will support the development of Bretschger's BioElectrochemical Sanitation Technology (BEST), which uses microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to clean wastewater and improve sanitation and water accessibility in developing world applications.

The main hardware in the existing research infrastructure at IFE Hynor is found in a process room for testing and development of high temperature hydrogen production and solid oxide fuel cell technology (SOFC), including a Dual Bubbling Fluidized Bed reactor prototype (DBFB) for continuous hydrogen production by sorption - enhanced reforming (SER) of methane with an integrated process for CO2 - capture.

The nascent technology of iron smelting allows for the development of firearms, but also means that forests are felled to fuel the process — forests where the ancient gods still live.

At Bickley Park, we are constantly responding to research into how to bridge the gender gap: school development over the summer was fuelled by how to optimise boys» performance, resulting in the introduction of a new food technology classroom — providing hands on learning — and an outdoor timber trail to let pupils burn off energy at break times.»

In the past half - century, technology has fueled an information - driven economy in which ongoing professional development is not just advantageous, it is necessary.

Continue the development of the Toolkit, by updating of Version 1.0, to include DOT and public feedback as well as additional sections on specific issues such as: safety (NHTSA), pipelines (PHMSA), climate change, and emerging technologies, sharing economy and alternative fuels (OST Research).

This program funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies.

These fuels should be seen as part of an expanded renewable energy portfolio that emphasizes greater fuel efficiency and reduced demand as well as the development of new sustainable energy technologies that may one day go beyond biofuels.

Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.

«For the design and development of the Next Generation 10 - Speed RWD Automatic Transmission Family; advanced automatic transmission technology is critical to meet stringent government fuel economy regulations and customer expectations for increased performance.»

«The show car combines sex appeal, highly efficient e-tron-quattro technology that produces 300 kW of power yet only consumes 1.9 l / 100 km (123.80 US mpg) of fuel and cutting - edge electronic applications,» says Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of AUDI AG, Technical Development.

«Global customers increasingly want smaller cars with outstanding fuel economy, but without sacrificing any of the style, technology, connectivity and driving quality they demand from larger vehicles,» explained Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of Global Product Development.

It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct fuel injection that replaced the less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago, there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.

It is a development of the Atkinson cycle unit which has been deployed to good effect in the GS F and RC F, its performance supported by advanced D - 4S fuel injection technology.

Honda is a leader in the development and deployment of advanced fuel cell vehicle technologies and today has more than 450 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles — with an industry - leading 366 - mile zero - emissions driving range rating1 — in the hands of customfuel cell vehicle technologies and today has more than 450 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles — with an industry - leading 366 - mile zero - emissions driving range rating1 — in the hands of customFuel Cell vehicles — with an industry - leading 366 - mile zero - emissions driving range rating1 — in the hands of customers.

As part of a technology development partnership, Honda is in talks with General Motors to help reduce costs in producing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

Though still in development, Tula claims a 15 - percent improvement on fuel economy over V - 8 engines with GM's cylinder deactivation technology called Active Fuel Managemfuel economy over V - 8 engines with GM's cylinder deactivation technology called Active Fuel ManagemFuel Management.