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DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

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The selected projects will: Research and develop waste for energy conversion ($20 million). Topic Area 1: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste to Enable Production of Conversion-Ready Feedstocks. University of Maryland: College Park. Lehigh University. North Carolina State University. AMP Robotics.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. University of Cincinnati. 1,999,882.

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U. of Minnesota researchers demonstrate new method for direct conversion of heat to electricity

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). 2011), The Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity Using Multiferroic Alloys. note in their paper.

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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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University of Maryland: College Park. Penn State University Park. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Pittsburgh. Cornell University. University of Maryland: College Park. Wayne State University. Oregon State University. SUNY University at Stony Brook.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Colorado State University. Temple University.

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Aemetis wins $6M biodiesel supply contract with India Government oil companies

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announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has won a $6-million first contract to supply biodiesel to the India government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) in a public tender process. Aemetis, Inc. The plant was constructed in 2008 and was expanded to produce refined glycerin in 2013.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). University of California, San Diego. University of Delaware. Vanderbilt University.

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