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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI).

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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Unlike wind, tidal or solar power the advanced design for this Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system can deliver constant output 24 hours a day. Developed by OTEC International (OTI) LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, the approach converts liquid ammonia into gas in a heat exchanger using warm ocean surface water.

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Fighting Climate Change with Clean Energy

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Arcadia has developed a suite of technical products to make this possible, from tools that explore utility data and analytics to understand and optimize electricity usage, to centralized billing options that empower businesses to engage in the clean energy conversation with their customers. Many people across the U.S.

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

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland).

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Maryland. Stanford University. Dimensional Energy.

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USPTO awards patent to UMD team for process to make gasoline through fermentation; electrofuels

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The inventors are Professor Richard Kohn and Faculty Research Associate Dr. Seon-Woo Kim from the University of Maryland (UMD). The concept for the program was similar to what the Maryland inventors had done, but the inventors’ laboratory was not funded. Earlier post.)

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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 team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Solar Turbines Incorporated. University of Maryland. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. Zyvex Labs, LLC.