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JANUARY 16, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to provide approximately $1 billion ( earlier post ) of cost-shared funding to the FutureGen Industrial Alliance (the Alliance) for the FutureGen 2.0 The Alliance will upgrade one unit in a power plant currently owned by Ameren near Meredosia, Illinois. Earlier post.) The FutureGen 2.0

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Construction activities have begun at an Illinois ethanol plant on a full-scale commercial project that will demonstrate industrial carbon capture and storage (ICCS). The injected CO 2 will come from the byproduct from processing corn into fuel-grade ethanol at ADM’s biofuels plant adjacent to the storage site in Decatur, Illinois.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded more than $4 million in funding to test novel applications of dimethyl ether (DME) as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. As an energy-dense, cost-effective means to transport and store renewable hydrogen. WM International Engineering L.L.C.

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AUGUST 30, 2020

Accounting for all of the carbon flows in biofuel systems and comparing them to those in grasslands and forests, the team found that there are clear strategies for biofuels to have a net carbon benefit. This is one of the first studies to look at both current and future carbon-negative biofuels. —Field et al.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale. Linhua Hu, Ian D.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy has signed final cooperative agreements with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and Ameren Energy Resources that formally commit $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to build FutureGen 2.0. This site could eventually become a regional CO 2 storage site in downstate Illinois. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 11, 2010

The projects—located in Louisiana, Texas and Illinois—were initially selected in October 2009 for phase one research and development grants. The project selections are aimed at testing large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage, an important step in moving CCS technology toward eventual commercial deployment.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Following the successful completion of the first phase, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the beginning of Phase II of the FutureGen 2.0 project development with a new cooperative agreement between the FutureGen Industrial Alliance and DOE for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Illinois.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Siemens Energy, Inc. has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 730-megawatt (gross) advanced coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill. Michael Suess, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division of Siemens Energy. Tenaska, managing partner for the $3.5

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AUGUST 5, 2010

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu and US Senator Dick Durbin announced the awarding of $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to the FutureGen Alliance, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock & Wilcox, and Air Liquide Process & Construction, Inc. an advanced coal repowering program and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) storage network.

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JULY 30, 2011

Schematic illustration of carbon capture and storage at Kevin Dome in Montana. Courtesy Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership. The overall goal of the project is to demonstrate that CO 2 can be stored safely and viably in regional geologic formations. Click to enlarge. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and UC Berkeley have engineered yeast to convert cellulosic sugars and toxic levels of acetate together into ethanol under anaerobic conditions. We sort of rebuilt how yeast uses carbon.” cerevisiae to consume xylose more efficiently. Jamie Cate.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The plant will be designed to capture carbon emitted by its operation and store it underground. The US Department of Energy has committed to provide more than $1 billion in funding to the project if the details of a public-private partnership can be worked out to the satisfaction of all parties.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. Pecan Street Project (TX).

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. Advanced Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries. 760,000. .

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

The electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis—has largely been stymied by the impractically high overpotentials necessary to drive the process. This is very energy. The energy efficiency or the process is 87% at low voltage (1.5V), and. Credit: Science, Rosen et al.

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JANUARY 10, 2012

The Molecular Foundry is a US Department of Energy (DOE) nanoscience research center. from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1990. These materials make it possible to store vast quantities of natural gas, hydrogen or carbon dioxide in confined spaces. His appointment was effective 3 January 2012.

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JULY 25, 2016

As described in a paper in the journal Nature Energy , the cathode consisting of nanoscale amorphous lithia (nanolithia) confined in a cobalt oxide enabled charge/discharge between solid Li 2 O/Li 2 O 2 /LiO 2 without any gas evolution. V) causes severe energy efficiency and thermal management problems. Courtesy of the researchers.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

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. The work will be managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. million over four years, with $27.6

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Javad Rafiee, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has developed a new graphene material for storing hydrogen at room temperature. Graphene has one of the highest surface area-per-unit masses in nature, far superior to even carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The selections include $10.3

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JANUARY 28, 2023

It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. A high priority, says IEA’s Birol, is investment in across-the-board energy-related technology research and development and their placement into practice. “Electric cars will not save the climate.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). Nanoparticles add greatly to the energy density of the fuel of the flow battery, making it suitable for use in EVs. An example, she says, is the task of balancing energy flows in the power grid.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The genome project—led by scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), a Department of Energy (DOE) bioenergy research center—provides a road map for researchers exploring new avenues to maximize the plant’s productivity and decipher the genetic basis for its desirable traits.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. million in funds to approximately 120 energy projects within seven program areas. HEATS: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage ($37.3

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 37 energy research projects for $151 million in funding through the recently formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects). Biomass Energy (5 projects). Carbon Capture (5 projects).

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JUNE 21, 2022

Its goal is to produce hundreds of charging stations for stores in various markets across the United States. . Over 350 chargers have been installed at the Kroger stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. There will be several more expected before the end of the year.

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