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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. High-temperature, high-strength, lower-cost permanent magnets (PMs) are needed for traction motors for HEVs and PHEVs. saline water).

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Stanford scientists identify new Li-B-S solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance

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Stanford University scientists have identified a new solid-state Li-ion electrolyte predicted to exhibit simultaneously fast ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical stability, low cost, and low mass density. Lithium, boron and sulfur are abundant chemicals with a price tag of $26 per kilogram.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs, Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) and Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), which both seek to develop low-cost technology solutions. SRI International. Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million.

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IEA report calls for no investment in new fossil fuel supply and end to sales of ICE cars by 2035

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The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally, according to a new special report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. temperature ranges similar to internal combustion engines.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Drexel University aims to design a significantly more efficient, fast, low-cost, compact, and reliable circuit breaker for medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) power system. Gas tubes switch without mechanical motion by transitioning the internal gas between its ordinary insulating state and a highly conductive gas plasma.

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Demonstration series hydraulic hybrid transit bus yields fuel economy of 6.9 mpg, 110% better than conventional diesel, 30% better than electric hybrids

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The BUSolutions demonstrator LCO-140H (Low Cost of Ownership–1 st 40-foot Hybrid) series hydraulic hybrid transit bus yields fuel economy of 6.9 Altair wanted to use existing products and technology available but to apply them in a more efficient way that would yield better results.