Hydrogen energy storage in AMMONIA: Fantastic future or fossil fuel scam?

Steam methane reforming is currently used to convert methane to hydrogen using high pressure steam, and generates a lot of waste CO2. 

The Liquid Metal Battery: Innovation in stationary electricity storage

Making jet fuel out of carbon dioxide

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-jet-fuel-carbon-dioxide.html 

$35M of $60M by DOE - for Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research - goes toward Battery Research

For the fans of solid state batteries, this tranche of money may seem like a waste. However, the government beaurocracies are high level thinking, but rather the entrenchment of the established. So, see this as a direction of those in the market, not those coming into the market.

From an article by greencarcongress.com

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced up to $60 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. (DE-FOA-0002420) This funding opportunity supports priorities in batteries and electrification, advanced engine and fuel technologies, materials, and new mobility technologies.

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Batteries and Electrification (Up to $35 million)

• Advanced liquid electrolytes for lithium-ion cells under extreme conditions, such as extreme fast charging, and mechanical, thermal, or electrical abuse.
• Novel liquid electrolytes for lithium-sulfur cells that improve the overall stability and performance of these cells.
• Lithium-sulfur and lithium-air battery cell development.
• High-power-density traction inverters for use in light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicle applications.

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SOURCES

DOE announces $60M to accelerate advanced vehicle technologies research
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/12/20201211-vto.html
11 December 2020

Vehicle Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2021 Research Funding Opportunity Announcement
https://epicweb.ee.doe.gov/EPICWeb/#/public/submission/opportunityDetail/2311

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