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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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Gas Technology Institute: A Novel Catalytic Membrane Reactor for DME Synthesis from Renewable Resources – $2,300,000. Wichita State University: Alkaline Membrane-Based Ammonia Electrosynthesis with High Efficiency for Renewable and Scalable Liquid-Fuel Production – $855,000. Giner, Inc.: REFUEL SBIR/STTR. Molecule Works, Inc.:

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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels. Cessna Aircraft Company-Cessna Citation, Wichita, Kan., Under the contract, the team will design, construct and test wind tunnel mockups and computer models of the airplane.

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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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State-of-the-art industrial ammonia production using the Haber-Bosch process requires a hydrogen source (usually natural gas), remains highly capital and energy intensive, and is only economical at a large scale. Gas Technology Institute. Wichita State University. Opus 12, Inc. University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

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