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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $64 million in Fiscal Year 2020 funding for 18 projects that will support the H2@Scale vision for affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use. TOPIC 2: ADVANCED CARBON FIBER FOR COMPRESSED HYDROGEN AND NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANKS. 3M Company. Nikola Corporation.

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DOE awarding $13M to advance fuel cell performance and durability and H2 storage technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $13 million in funding for the advancement of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. UTRC: the project will develop more durable cell electrodes to lower the cost and improve the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Laser-burned graphene could replace platinum as fuel cell catalyst

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In addition, the researchers noted in their open access paper published in ACS Nano , the nanoparticles can vary from metal oxide to metal dichalcogenides through lateral doping, making the composite active in other electrocatalytic reactions such as hydrogen evolution. —James Tour. Tour is the T.T.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Low-cost advanced composites are also needed to make the storage tanks for vehicles that run on hydrogen and natural gas. .; Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen; Organism: Cupriavidus necator; Product: Biodiesel.

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DOE to Award $41.9M in Recovery Funds to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets

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A variety of technologies will be developed and deployed, including polymer electrolyte, solid oxide and direct-methanol fuel cells. This project will deploy 35 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a complete fleet of electric lift trucks at FedEx’s existing service center in Springfield, Missouri. million (two awards).

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