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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The plant will be located at the site of the retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

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Panda Power Funds jointly to develop 1,000 MW coal to natural gas conversion project; Marcellus Shale gas

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Panda Power Funds has entered into a joint venture with Sunbury Generation LP to develop, finance, construct and operate a 1,000 megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power project near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The project has also received its water use and land development permits.

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MIT Researchers Engineer Viruses as Scaffolds for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation

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Angela Belcher, has engineered a common bacteriophage virus (M13) to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. Angela Belcher.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. Success will lead to increased operational reliability of the chemical looping technology with impacts for CO2 capture from solid and gaseous fuel conversion. Transitional Technology Development Awards. Lead organization. Description. Energy Industries of Ohio.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Bayer Material Science LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) will analyze an innovative, non-turbine approach to harnessing river currents. The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion.

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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

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Pennsylvania State University - $1,377,444. The research program is focused on the key technology challenges for these concepts and supports cross-cutting activities, including Modeling and Simulation, Structural Materials, Energy Conversion, Nuclear Instrumentation and Control, and Innovative Manufacturing Approaches.

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

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Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania). Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Intellimation, LLC (Berwyn, Pennsylvania).