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First crop of DOE Battery500 seedlings awarded nearly $6M; high-risk, high-reward toward 500 Wh/kg

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The Battery500 project is focused on three keystone projects: A high nickel content cathode with a Li-metal anode; Sulfur cathode and Li-metal anode; and. Innovative electrode and cell design. Some of the seedlings fill the gaps in expertise, and then some applications propose unique designs. Penn State University Park.

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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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University of Maryland: College Park. Research innovative iron-based materials for high energy cathodes for high energy lithium ion battery technologies. Research thick cathodes using freeze casting methods for solid-state lithium batteries. Penn State University Park. University of Maryland: College Park.

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PNNL licenses three technologies via Startup America; batteries, fuel cells and buildings

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The agreements are part of the White House’s Startup America initiative, which was launched in January and is designed to help young companies grow, move innovative technologies into the marketplace and create good-paying jobs in the United States.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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