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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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The project has future applications for supercritical CO2 cycles in power plants, nuclear power, solar power and natural gas combined cycle units. DOE: $696,416 Non-DOE: $174,104 Total: $870,520 (20% cost share). DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

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When David Cameron’s energy bill was being discussed in Parliament in 2013, the word on everybody’s lips was ‘trilemma’: how to ensure that energy was affordable, reliable and low-carbon. So the only way to make renewables reliable is to back them up, expensively, with some other power source, responding to fluctuations in demand and supply.

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

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). First Solar Inc.

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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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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Electrofuels. per gallon.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Ten of these projects are new while the rest received renewed funding based both on their achievements to date and the quality of their proposals for future research. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center. Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC).

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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Pennsylvania State University. Pennsylvania State University is developing an innovative. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. energy storage system for renewable energy generation. sources like solar and wind for small commercial and. electrolyte materials composed of low cost iron.