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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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REFUEL projects will use water, molecules from the air, and electricity from renewable sources to produce high-energy liquid fuels for transportation and other uses. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen – $1,500,000. University of Minnesota: Small Scale Ammonia Synthesis Using Stranded Wind Energy – $2,900,000.

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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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The proposed MOC will use a hydrothermally stable formulation to promote high conversion efficiencies in low-temperature and high-water concentration environments.(Selection University of Minnesota will use plasma-assisted combustion to enhance flare methane destruction efficiency. Selection amount: $3,257,089).

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Departments of Energy and Interior award nearly $17M for advanced hydropower technologies

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By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

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A bit like sleepaway camp We’d come from all over the United States, including Texas, Alabama, California and Minnesota, and most of us were meeting for the very first time. They directed us to their favorite restaurants and watering holes, and attempted to draw everyone into conversation and ensure no one felt left out.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Wind-vortex generators: In 2016, 3M developed a technology to help wind turbines generate airflow more optimally to ensure they work better, in partnership with Smartblade. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S. based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

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Minnesota is considering new restrictions on gathering mushrooms in state parks for personal use, too. Some are the product of a vast web of mycelium that laces tree roots and that gathers water and nutrients and shuttles it to the tree in exchange for sugar. Climate change is also upending some aspects of mushrooming.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Wind Energy Project: GLPTC seeks to reduce its electrical energy usage by investing in a renewable source of energy to be generated by wind using equipment on site.

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