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ExxonMobil invests $15M in University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute; renewable energy, battery technologies and power grid modeling

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ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change.

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ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

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million to develop technology focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )from the US power grid. The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi, Pa.; and Toshiba International Corporation in Houston, Texas.

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Default Passwords Jeopardize Water Infrastructure

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In January, infiltrators linked to a Russian hacktivist group penetrated the water system of a Texas town near the New Mexico border. s power grid is relatively well-resourced and hardened against cyber attack, at least when compared to American water systems. Yet the larger threat is still very real, according to officials.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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

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NovaCentrix (Austin, Texas). Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 University of Illinois.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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KAHN Corporation for National Research Initiatives Reston, Va. ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM DAVID KUCK University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “For pioneering work in vector and parallel computer architecture, software, and compilers that enables many performance-sensitive applications.” IEEE FRANCES E. IEEE RICHARD W. IEEE JACK S.

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