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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” Both Lanzanol and cellulosic ethanol will then be converted to jet fuel via the Alcohol-to-Jet" (ATJ) process developed by LanzaTech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

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

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Sila Nanotechnologies. Solid Power Inc.

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DOE awards nearly $55M to advance fuel efficient vehicle technologies in support of EV Everywhere and SuperTruck

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Eight projects are aimed at improvements including developing and demonstrating dual-fuel or dedicated natural gas engine technologies for high-efficiency medium and heavy-duty vehicles to reduce petroleum usage and developing advanced computational fluid dynamics models to accelerate the development of advanced engine technologies.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MicroBio Engineering, Inc. Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies (IBET) to convert organic waste to biopower via North American research and educational partnerships. Scalable CO 2 electrocatalysis technologies. Project title. Federal share. University of Alabama.

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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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Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Michigan State University. United Technologies Research Center.

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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

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In the United States, the Eva-Tone Company of Deerfield, Illinois became the leading manufacturer of vinyl “sound sheets” (their preferred trademark) by the mid-1960s and promoted their use in “mailing pieces, financial reports, product instruction, sales training, and packaging inserts.” What could have happened to the disc?

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

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Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. (Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc.