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Coskata Inc. completes first close of Series D financing round

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a developer of technology for the production of advanced biofuels and biochemicals from biomass and waste materials, announced a first close of its Series D round of financing. The company has been operating a demonstration-scale integrated biorefinery in Madison, Pennsylvania since 2009. Coskata Inc.,

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ARPA-E awards $32M to 10 new projects to improve connected and automated vehicle efficiency

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General Motors. The Pennsylvania State University. Since stop-and-go operation wastes a large amount of energy, optimizing these maneuvers for an urban transit bus presents significant opportunities for improving energy efficiency. NEXTCAR Awards. Organization. Description. 2,800,000.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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The Pennsylvania State University. Advanced power electronics and electric motor technology : Four projects awarded to develop the next generation of power inverters and electric motors to meet demanding performance targets while achieving significant cost reductions. General Motors LLC. General Motors, LLC.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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This system will use waste heat to treat a wide variety of waste streams at manufacturing facilities. process will reuse more than 50% of the facilities’ wastewater, decrease wastewater discharge, and recover significant amounts of industrial waste. Technology; University of California Santa Barbara; and The Pennsylvania State.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. WASTE HEAT CAPTURE. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Water (1 project).

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