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ARPA-E issues $100M OPEN funding opportunity announcement to support early-stage energy R&D

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DE-FOA-0001858 ) ARPA-E issued previous OPEN solicitations in 2009, 2012, and 2015. Technologies for improved batteries for a wide range of vehicle applications, including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). Non-battery storage for transportation.

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Liquid Metal Battery Corp secures patent rights from MIT

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Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications, has secured the rights to key patent technology from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President.

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US Senators Alexander, Webb Introduce $20B Energy Legislation with Emphasis on Nuclear Energy Investment

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US Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced “The Clean Energy Act of 2009”, a bill to promote further investment and development of non-fossil-based energy technologies, including nuclear power and other resources. 100 million per year for 10 years toward nuclear education and training. “The

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DOE proposing $100M in FY2014 for 2nd round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers

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US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced a proposed $100 million in FY2014 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers; research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production and use. Earlier post.) —DE-FOA-0001010.

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Study Finds Bioelectricity Better Option Than Liquid Biofuels for Transportation Output and GHG Emissions

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2009) Click to enlarge. Co-product credits in EBAMM favor the ethanol pathway by accounting for ethanol co-products but not potential bioelectricity coproducts including steam for heat and fly-ash for cement, noted the researchers in their paper. This is largely due to fact that the small SUV BEV has an electric motor that is 3.1

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Mad Power thoughts

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Everybody knew then that renewables were unreliable: that wind power fully works less than one-third of the time, and that solar power is unavailable at night (of course) and less efficient on cloudy winter days. So, ironically, renewables have in some ways hastened the decline of nuclear power. This was plain wrong.

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NIST Releases EPRI Report on Smart Grid Development; Priorities, Standards, Architecture

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The Smart Grid is a planned nationwide network that will use 21 st century information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely, while allowing increased use of renewable power sources. Electric transportation. NIST’s role is to identify and submit to FERC recommendations for the final product.

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