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Study: no one knows which city has the highest concentration of PM2.5

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will require a harmonized network that integrates different types of monitoring equipment (regulatory networks, low-cost monitors, satellite remote sensing, and research-grade instrumentation) with atmospheric and statistical models. Chemical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St.

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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 awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Madison, Wis. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. San Jose, Calif. San Diego, Calif.

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DOE Investing Up to $78M Investment in Two Consortia Targeting Algae-Based and Biomass-Based Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuels and Infrastructure; $1.6M for Ethanol Blends Fueling Infrastructure

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The selected projects consist of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government, and will facilitate sharing expertise and technologies. Led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Low-cost one-step syngas to distillates.

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines. 6k , Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM), $50,000,000. The plant will be an expansion of its existing facility in St. million electric vehicles.

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DOE awarding $1.16B to 9 battery component manufacturing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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SCC55 can be deployed directly in current LIB production equipment with very low switching costs and rapid implementation timelines. 6k , Plasma Low-cost Ultra Sustainable Cathode Active Material (PLUS CAM), $50,000,000. The plant will be an expansion of its existing facility in St. million electric vehicles.

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

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Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. Selective and low-cost separators for batteries with liquid reactants.

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