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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management.

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ARPA-E awards $16M to 8 projects developing distributed generation systems; solid-oxide fuel-cell/engine hybrids

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The INTEGRATE program seeks to achieve this unprecedented efficiency level at an attractive cost by developing fuel cell and engine hybrid system concepts and enabling technologies. Funded projects are: Colorado School of Mines; High Efficiency, Low Cost & Robust Hybrid SOFC/IC Engine Power Generator – $3,006,864.

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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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New Engineering Concepts to High Energy Density Li-S Batteries. AOI 6: Low?cost cost Infrastructure?based Colorado State University. . $1,250,000. University of Illinois at Chicago. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. University of Pittsburgh. AOI 3: High Power Density Inverters.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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Colorado State University. Colorado State University will develop a thermal energy storage system combined with partner ION Clean Energy’s flexible advanced solvent carbon capture technology. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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The selected projects vary in levels of maturity and industry-readiness—from concept definition (focused on specific experimental proof or detailed analysis) to proof-of-concept (requiring physical experimental validation). Colorado State University. United Technologies Research Center. Yale University. Zyvex Labs, LLC.

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DOE awarding $35.4M to 13 projects to advance deepwater drilling technologies

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Colorado School of Mines — Hydrate Modeling & Flow Loop Experiments for Water Continuous & Dispersed Systems. Low Cost Flexible Production System for Remote Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Field Development. Stress Engineering — Ultra-Deepwater Riser Concepts for High Motion Vessels. Doris, Inc. —

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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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More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. The project also includes innovative concepts for engineering microbial fuel cells and bioreactor systems. The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. 1,500,000.

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