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Maxwell Technologies to receive more than $500K in funding for collaborative energy storage programs

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One involves testing and evaluation of advanced activated carbons produced by Calgon Carbon Corp. at Calgon’s Columbus, Ohio facility, with a goal of establishing a domestic source of high-performance, low-cost carbon for ultracapacitors.

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Sapphire Energy and Linde Group to commercialize hydrothermal treatment technology used to upgrade algae into crude oil

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This growing partnership builds upon Linde’s and Sapphire Energy’s agreement to develop a low cost, CO 2 management system for open pond, algae-to-fuel production, which was previously announced in May 2011. Today, this Green Crude Farm is operating year-round and producing barrels of crude oil daily.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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She is a vice president for knowledge enterprise at Ohio State University , in Columbus. During the virtual visioning event in December, experts explored solar and renewable energy, carbon sequestration, water management, and geoengineering. The climate change task force released its report last month.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Waterproof sensors that track flooding As part of the Sunny Day Flooding Project, Katherine Anarde, assistant professor in North Carolina State University’s Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Group [right] and another researcher install low-cost water-level sensors in storm drains. and its environs.

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$3M Award Supports Production of New Multi-tasking Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial; Energy Applications

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—NAHF-XTM inventor Khalid Lafdi, Group Leader for Carbon Materials at UDRI. Everybody is growing carbon nanotubes on substrates. This means we can produce the material at a low cost, and it also means we can produce pieces big enough to cover an aircraft. Khalid Lafdi. Brian Rice.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. million of non-Federal cost sharing. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid. 12,392,120.