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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. University of Maryland. Stanford University. UC Berkeley.

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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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contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. Motors Research and. structure with powerful magnetic properties. Advanced Electric Vehicle Motors with Low or No Rare Earth.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

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To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program β€œ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam sent between buildings at the University of Maryland. The 400 watts we were able to transmit was, admittedly, not a huge amount, but it was sufficient to brew us some coffee.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES Sponsor: Toyota Motor Corp. ALEXANDER BARG University of Maryland College Park β€œFor contributions to the theory of error-correcting codes and their applications in distributed storage, non-volatile memory, and digital fingerprinting.” IEEE RICHARD W. IEEE NICK HOLONYAK, JR.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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Just a few days after the California Air Resource Board's mandate came out, Governor Newsom had to publicly beg electric vehicle owners not to charge their cars due to concerns of the power grid and blackouts. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms.