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ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

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million to develop technology focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )from the US power grid. and Toshiba International Corporation in Houston, Texas. Detection and Fixation: A Lifecycle-Management Framework Towards an SF 6 -Free Green Power Network - $2,734,381. University of Connecticut.

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

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma will identify reliable technologies that may be applied to make production casing—the piping that carries oil and gas—“intelligent,” allow safe and effective deployment, and ensure highly reliable and effective data transmission to the surface.

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

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Cruise just announced they were going to open Dallas and Houston. People build a safety-critical system, then they put a cheap commercial software product in the middle of it. The power grid is important, maybe the most important, but it’s difficult to prove to people it’s vulnerable. They’ve been doing well.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Harvesting Infrared Light to Improve Photosynthetic Biomass Production - $1,347,122.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Application of Advanced Materials Processing to Enable Direct Production of Fast Reactor Fuel Alloys, $1,000,000. Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. New Alloy Anodes for Electrochemical Production of Advanced Materials, $200,000.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. Synthetic Crop for Direct Biofuel Production through Rerouting the Photosynthesis Intermediates and Engineering. biomass production. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The reason the funding was dropped is not clear, but the challenge facing Europe’s big power generators is obvious ? insulating or rebuilding Europe’s rickety housing stock could cut heating bills from 30 to 80 per cent, which would slash demand for their product. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ?

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