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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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The formic acid can then be stored, transported, and used directly in many industrial, consumer, transportation, and agricultural industries. Additional partners participating in the project include the Benton Public Utility District, and the University of Alabama, Sacre-Davey Engineering, and TRI-DEC (Tri-Cities Development Council).

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DOE-sponsored drilling projects demonstrate significant CO2 storage at three sites

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Evaluation-related test drilling at geologic sites in three states that could store a combined 64 million metric tons of CO 2 emissions—an important component of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology development—has been completed in projects supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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US DOE to Invest Up to $989M in Three Carbon Capture and Sequestration Projects; Total Project Value of $3.18B

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During the operation phase, AEP plans to permanently store the entire amount of captured CO 2 in two separate saline formations located approximately 1.5 The Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas will design and assure compliance with a state-of-the-art CO 2 sequestration monitoring, verification and accounting program.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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Later, when power demand is high, the stored air is released back up to the surface, where it is heated and rushes through turbines to generate electricity. The world’s two existing compressed air energy storage plants—one in Alabama, the other in Germany—use man-made salt caverns to store excess electricity.

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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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The projects, led by universities, private companies, and national laboratories, were selected to develop technologies to advance UNF recycling, reduce the volume of high-level waste requiring permanent disposal, and provide safe domestic advanced reactor fuel stocks. Earlier post.) Award amount: $1,580,774). Award amount: $4,715,163).

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International bioenergy research team sequences miscanthus genome

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The open-access study, published in Nature Communications , was supervised by CABBI researchers Daniel Rokhsar, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California (UC), Berkeley; and Kankshita Swaminathan, Faculty Investigator at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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