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Construction begins on DOE-sponsored carbon-capture project at Kentucky Power Plant

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The program supports national efforts to mitigate climate change by capturing CO 2 at large point sources, such as power plants, and permanently storing the greenhouse gases to prevent its release into the atmosphere. This robust system integration will improve the power plant’s cooling-tower and steam-turbine efficiency.

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

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Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina). First Solar Inc. Santa Clara, California). Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (Palo Alto, California).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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City of Charlotte/Charlotte Area Transit System, North Carolina: $3,000,000. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy.

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