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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). The platform for these discussions is the “International DME Association” founded in 2001, which currently has 50 members from science and industry. The project still in the pre-competitive phase, Soltic said.

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Li-ion maker Amprius raises $30M to accelerate commercialization of high-energy, high-capacity batteries

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SAIF Partners, a leading Asian private equity firm, led the financing, in which all of Amprius’ previous investors participated. SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 and currently manages over $3.6 Amprius’ technology was initially developed at Professor Yi Cui’s laboratory at Stanford University; Prof. Cui is a founder of the company.

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ARRA funding raises R&D expenditures within federally funded R&D centers 11% to $16.8B in FY 2010

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FFRDCs are privately operated R&D organizations that are exclusively or substantially financed by the federal government. Since 2001 the federal government has consistently provided over 96% of the funding to the FFRDCs each year, and the FFRDCs’ federally funded R&D expenditures have increased 69%, from $9.7 billion in FY 2001 to $16.4

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MassCEC Approves $5M Forgivable Loan for A123 Systems; Targeted at Expansion for Grid Storage Systems

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Under the terms of the MassCEC financing, A123 will double its Massachusetts employment to more than 500 by 2014. Founded in 2001, A123 Systems develops and manufactures advanced lithium ion batteries and battery systems for the transportation, electric grid and consumer markets.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. The Finance Ministry sought a change in the mineral extraction tax formula to generate an additional 609 billion rubles in 2015 and 1.6

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CCM: LiPF6 industry in China may face overcapacity in 2017

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a company providing securities investment and financing, predicts that the demand for LiPF 6 would be about 20,000 tonnes in 2017. Founded in 2001, CCM offers a range of data and content solutions, from price and trade data to industry newsletters and customized market research reports. China Merchants Securities Co.,

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US DOE offers conditional loan guarantee commitments to support nearly $4.5B in Loans for 3 California Cd-Te photovoltaic solar power plants

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million Cd-Te thin film solar PV modules, which are commercially proven and have been deployed since 2001. The 550 MW project will be located on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in eastern Riverside County, California. The Desert Sunlight project is expected to use 8.8 million homes.

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