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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Preliminary Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of MWe-Class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems. FuelCell Energy Inc.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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The FOAs were awarded with two primary objectives: to design, construct, and field-test a SOFC prototype system; and to support innovations that improve the reliability, robustness, and endurance of SOFC cell and stack technology. The University of South Carolina. FuelCell Energy, Inc. The Tennessee Technological University.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). Advanced Li-Ion Battery Manufacturing : Novel High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Cell Designs via Innovative Manufacturing Process Modules for Cathode and Integrated Separator. Clemson Univ., Applied Materials. A123 Systems, LBNL). Applied Materials Inc.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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OBE believes they will be one of the first commercial-scale renewable fuel producers to petition for an advanced biofuel designation from the EPA. The focus for 2010 is to get the Hopewell plant up and running and to start the petition process for an advanced biofuel designation.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Rational Design of Innovative Catalytic Technologies for Biomass Derivative Utilization. Center for Inverse Design. $20. Purdue University.

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The new process produces sugars that can be fermented to biofuels and a solid fuel suitable as a coal substitute. of Adel; and the Iowa Energy Center.

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DOE selects 10 projects for $5M in funding to conduct advanced turbine technology research

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The universities will develop solutions to specific technical challenges and barriers that must be overcome to enable the development of advanced gas turbines and gas turbine-based systems that will operate reliably, cleanly, efficiently, and cost effectively when fueled with coal-derived hydrogen, synthesis gas (syngas) and natural gas fuels.

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