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

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Application of Advanced Materials Processing to Enable Direct Production of Fast Reactor Fuel Alloys, $1,000,000. Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. New Alloy Anodes for Electrochemical Production of Advanced Materials, $200,000.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 16 projects for a combined $35 million in funding under the new program “Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL)”. Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects. Organization.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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IONICS project teams are paving the way for technologies that overcome the limitations of current battery and fuel cell products. If successful, such a battery would enable the widespread deployment of intermittent renewable resources on the U.S. grid, transforming domestic energy production. University of Delaware.

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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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substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. Synthetic Crop for Direct Biofuel Production through Rerouting the Photosynthesis Intermediates and Engineering. biomass production. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. “It would help stabilize the energy flows, so you don’t come up against the limits of the grid. but not all of it.

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