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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. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. today’s electric vehicle batteries. Nevada Las. The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) will develop a new, fire-resistant electrolyte to make today’s Lithium-ion (Li-ion).

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

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This low-cost structure, which would sit atop water channels, can reflect solar light while simultaneously dissipating heat to the atmosphere and cooling water below ambient temperatures, even in broad daylight. Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies (University of Nevada; the University of California, San Diego; and Voss Scientific LLC).

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