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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. 3M Company.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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The selected OPEN 2018 projects are in 21 states and fall into 9 technical categories, including transportation, electricity generation and delivery, and energy efficiency. . Pinnacle Engines will electrify its four-stroke, spark-ignited, opposed-piston engine to improve fuel efficiency and reduce its cost.

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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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These low density steels are expected to generate energy savings by bringing efficiencies in the steel manufacturing and lifetime savings by use of lightweight steel in automotive structural applications. Argonne National Laboratory. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Boston Electrometallurgical Corporation.

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Inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review report concludes DOE is underinvested in transport; greatest efforts to go to electrification

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The DOE-QTR defines six key strategies: increase vehicle efficiency; electrification of the light duty fleet; deploy alternative fuels; increase building and industrial efficiency; modernize the electrical grid; and deploy clean electricity. Vehicle efficiency has the greatest short- to mid-term impact on oil consumption.

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DOE awarding $35.4M to 13 projects to advance deepwater drilling technologies

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million 13 projects aimed at reducing risks while enhancing the environmental performance of drilling for natural gas and oil in ultra-deepwater settings. Low Cost Flexible Production System for Remote Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Field Development. DOE share: $701,733; Recipient share: $175,434; Duration: 2? Doris, Inc. —

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DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

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VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries. Innovative subsystem component technologies in the areas of high-resolution low-cost NO x and NH 3 sensors. Buildings use more energy than any other sector of the US economy, consuming more than 70% of electricity and 50% of natural gas.

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DOE issues 4 funding opportunities totaling $78M for advanced biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts

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This waste carbon source resulted in around 5 gigatons of emissions in 2016 from the transportation, industrial, and electricity sector. scale carbon capture has enjoyed recent success, a major barrier to its utilization is the low energy content of CO 2 , making it relatively difficult to convert to fuels and products.

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