CSU: Propane could be new diesel with $3.5M DoE grant

CSU: Propane could be new diesel with $3.5M DoE grant

FORT COLLINS -- Propane could be competitive with diesel as a cost-saving, energy-efficient fuel for large trucks and school buses, according to Colorado State University mechanical engineers awarded... Read More

Thursday July 30, 2020 Tags: Fort Collins, CSU, propane, Bryan Willson, Daniel Olsen, DOE

Carbon Fuels awarded $2M DOE grant to develop clean coal products

Carbon Fuels awarded $2M DOE grant to develop clean coal products

CENTENNIAL -- Carbon Fuels, LLC , developer of the CharFuel Coal Refining Process, was awarded $2 million by the Department of Energy to operate its existing 18 TPD pilot plant located at Hazen... Read More

Tuesday March 19, 2019 Tags: Centennial, Carbon Fuels, DOE, clean coal, Lee G. Meyer

Study: NREL economic impact tops $1B nationwide, $748M in Colorado in FY '17

Study: NREL economic impact tops $1B nationwide, $748M in Colorado in FY '17

GOLDEN -- In fiscal year (FY) 2017, the economic impact of the U.S. Department of Energys (DOEs) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) amounted to more than $1.1... Read More

Thursday March 14, 2019 Tags: Golden, NREL, Martin Keller, Alliance for Sustainable Energy, DOE

CSU researchers among team receiving $500K DOE grant to study electric vehicle recharging

CSU researchers among team receiving $500K DOE grant to study electric vehicle recharging

FORT COLLINS -- Imagine never needing to stop at a gas station or wait hours while your electric car battery charges. Instead, youd simply drive your electric vehicle, like a Nissan Leaf or... Read More

Tuesday May 22, 2018 Tags: Fort Collins, CSU, electric vehicles, DOE, Jason Quinn, ARPA-E, Thomas Bradley

CSU seaweed-to-biofuel project receives DOE support under ARPA-E

CSU seaweed-to-biofuel project receives DOE support under ARPA-E

FORT COLLINS -- A Colorado State University project to grow and harvest ocean macroalgae for biofuel production has received support from the Department of Energys Advanced... Read More

Tuesday April 17, 2018 Tags: Fort Collins, CSU, biofuels, DOE, ARPA-E, Jason Quinn, microalgae

DOE's NREL marks 40th anniversary in July

DOE's NREL marks 40th anniversary in July

GOLDEN -- July marks the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden. Working with partners in industry and academia,... Read More

Wednesday June 28, 2017 Tags: Golden, NREL, Martin Keller, DOE

NREL seeks participants for 2017 Executive Energy Leadership Program

NREL seeks participants for 2017 Executive Energy Leadership Program

GOLDEN -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is now accepting applications for its 2017 Executive Energy Leadership Program. NREL's Executive... Read More

Wednesday March 8, 2017 Tags: Golden, NREL, DOE, Energy Execs

CU-Boulder engineers, computer scientists team up to improve particle simulations for aerospace

CU-Boulder engineers, computer scientists team up to improve particle simulations for aerospace

BOULDER -- The flow and movement of individual solid particles be it grains of lunar dust or the powdered contents of a medication holds tremendous research value for scientists in a variety of... Read More

Thursday February 16, 2017 Tags: Boulder, CU-Boulder, DOE, Christine Hrenya, Thomas Hauser