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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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Low-Cost and Scalable Second Use Battery Demonstration in Central California for Equitable Domestic Manufacturing and Job Growth. Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Resiliency. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc.

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WeaveGrid and Wallbox to offer utility-managed smart charging, starting in Colorado – Charged EVs

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California-based EV charging software developer WeaveGrid and Spanish EV charging equipment supplier Wallbox have partnered to expand North American Wallbox owners’ access to utility-managed charging programs, beginning with Xcel Energy ’s Charging Perks Program in Colorado.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Argonne and University of Illinois to form Midwest Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Coalition

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The Midwest also has a large nuclear energy component to its electric power grid, and hydrogen production from electrolysis using nuclear electricity at times of low power demand can help to improve the economics of these existing power stations.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Sunnyvale, California). Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Actinide-Molten Fluoride Salt Property Measurement and Low-Level Detection, $1,500,000. Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California).

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ARPA-E announces $27M for transformational power electronics technologies

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If successful, Avogy’s transistors will enable smaller, more reliable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective high-power converters, electrical motor drives, and photovoltaic and wind inverters. High Quality, Low-Cost GaN Single Crystal Substrates for High Power Devices. Fairfield Crystal Technology.

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Sandia Labs and NREL leading new DOE hydrogen infrastructure project; H2FIRST

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H 2 FIRST’s technical goal is to develop and apply physical testing, numerical simulation and technology validation to help create low-cost, high-performance materials, components and station architectures. H 2 FIRST partners include several agencies from the state of California.

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