Sentences with phrase «research on alternative fuels»

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The funds will advance research projects geared toward improving energy efficiency, developing alternative fuels, improving electrical infrastructure and reducing U.S. dependence on foreign resources.

And 13 - year - olds Mitchell Haverty and Angus Fung talk about their research on algae as alternative fuel.

USC professor Sri Narayan's research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use and by providing energy alternatives to fossil fuel, Wednesday, June 10, 2014 in Los Angeles.

A paper by Yan's research group, published in the Jan. 8 issue of the multidisciplinary journal Nature Communications, helps pin down the basic mechanisms of the fuel - cell reaction on platinum, which will help researchers create alternative electrocatalysts.

There is almost no work going on in the United Kingdom on future alternative reactor designs, such as Generation IV reactors and small modular reactors and their associated fuel cycles, so Beddington's ad hoc board says the government should actively foster research in these areas.

Prior to joining the State Department, Gunderson was an American Chemical Society - sponsored AAAS Congressional Fellow (2012 - 13) with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources under Chairman Ron Wyden (D - Oregon), with a legislative portfolio focused on basic energy - science research and development, low - carbon transportation fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, and critical minerals / elements.

Related research also focuses on engineering plants to produce more sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels and petrochemicals.

China's shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research.

Related research also focuses on engineering plants to produce more sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels and petrochemicals — i.e., biodiesel and precursors for biodegradable plastics and resins.

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.

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).

R.L. Polk and Co. research says that almost 593,000 hybrid electric, ethanol - capable E-85 and clean - diesel autos were on Florida's roads in 2006, marking an increase of 22.1 percent from 2005 when there were almost 486,000 alternative - fuel autos on Florida's roads.

Then we could be on a course toward a sensible national energy policy, with profits not going to the profiteers who have brought us to the brink of disaster, but to research and implementation of alternative, renewable fuels and energy efficiency.

There is a lot going on in alternative energy research but it's not easy replacing fossil fuels.

The California Energy Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) and Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc) Committees will conduct a joint workshop to discuss clean technology innovation efforts funded through U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) competitive solicitations with a focus on projects receiving cost - share funding from the Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research and Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programs.

In January he joined RMIT university as an associate professor to lead a research group as part of a $ 10 million project to support «leading - edge experiments on alternative fuels for advanced and more efficient internal combustion engines» - so says the RMIT press release.

This Pollyanna view of fossil fuel alternatives and efficiency, which makes going green seem cheap and easy — little more than the cost of «a postage stamp a day» — has provided the justification for green - policy advocacy that has overwhelmingly focused on pollution regulations and carbon pricing while ignoring serious investment in energy research and development.

More on Alternative Fuels and the Military Algae - Based Jet Fuel Research Gets $ 25 Million Boost From DARPA Rumsfeld Directs DOD To Study Energy Alternatives

China's shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research.

In the meantime because society is not resilient to current extreme weather I think that in addition to funding research for cheaper fossil fuel alternatives we should be spending money on adapting to extreme weather rather than subsidizing any current technology renewable energy.

Skeptics don't have to rely on vested fossil fuel interests to do research, nor do fossil fuel interests have to fund their research to learn about alternatives to the consensus position.

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