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New Ricardo 48V electric motor aims to boost power and cut costs of hybrids; up to 50% increase in power density; ECOCHAMPS

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As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo developed a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50% increase in power density compared with current production machines.

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DOE awarding up to $12M for projects to advance wave energy

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Oregon City, Oregon-based AquaHarmonics won the Wave Energy Prize competition by demonstrating a five-fold improvement in energy capture per unit structural cost. The company will seek to upscale its device while maintaining low costs.

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Xfuels and Converde forming gas-to-liquids JV

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XFuels is a publicly held energy company based in Portland, Oregon established to design, build, and operate regionally-integrated, small-to-midcap electricity and petroleum production facilities.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W. Dominion Energy, Richmond, Va.

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DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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Investigators will attempt to create an energy efficient, CO 2 -consuming inorganic binding phase to serve as a high-performing substitute for Portland cement (PC) in concrete. CCS Materials, Inc. Piscataway, N.J.). In collaboration with 3H Company (Lexington, Ky.), DOE share: $399,960; recipient share: $100,000; duration: 24 months).

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

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That announcement came about three weeks after a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 body shortly after takeoff, terrifying passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at the Portland International Airport in Oregon. Almost immediately, the F.A.A. grounded some Max 9s.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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South Plainfield, New Jersey) will demonstrate an innovative tidal turbine system that incorporates a Hydraulic Energy Transfer system to pressurize and pump water to low-cost onshore hydroelectric generating stations. Sunlight Photonics, Inc. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $337,000. Total Project Value: $4,809,000.

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