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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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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. The partnership will also work to enhance workplace charging efforts at public power utilities, study the impacts of EVs in public power communities, and share insights regarding infrastructure installation and EV interaction with the modern grid. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities.

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

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The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Northwest Energy Innovations (Portland, Oregon) will verify ocean wavelength performance for a new multimode floating point absorber wave energy device. Sunlight Photonics, Inc. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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Layered Graphene Sheets Could Be A Promising Hydrogen Storage Material

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The material does not store hydrogen well in its original form, according to a team of scientists studying it at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. The easy synthesis, low cost and non-toxicity of graphene make this material a promising candidate for gas storage applications. NIST theorist Taner Yildirim. March 18, 2010.

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Adding Graphene to Metal Oxides Significantly Improves Li-ion Electrode Specific Capacity at High Charge/Discharge Rates

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They presented the results of their work on these hybrid TiO 2 -graphene systems earlier this week at the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference in Portland, Oregon. It is abundant, low cost, and environmentally benign. Wang et al. TiO 2 is an attractive electrode material. Wang et al.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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He knew very little about making cars but proved to be a quick study. BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. executive who has studied BYD.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. — Larry 4. — jerryd 7.

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