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DOE awarding $12.5M to nuclear energy projects, training

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $10.9 Additionally, the Energy Department announced today a $1.6 million investment in three university-led projects, helping to train and educate the next generation of nuclear energy scientists and engineers. Additionally, the Energy Department announced today a $1.6

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UGA team develops method for genetic engineering of Caldicellulosiruptor thermophilic bacteria; another pathway for efficient conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals

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Researchers at the University of Georgia, who are also members of Department of Energy’s BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), have developed a method for the genetic manipulation of members of bacterial genus Caldicellulosiruptor , a group of anaerobic thermophiles with optimum growth temperatures between 65 °C and 78 °C (149–172 °F).

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Startup Blue Current seeking to commercialize non-flammable fluorinated electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) battery scientist Nitash Balsara and co-inventor Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have launched Blue Current , a startup company backed by investment firm Faster LLC, to commercialize their non-flammable electrolytes for Li-ion batteries.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

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Non-food sources of biomass with great energy potential include crops such as algae, switchgrass and poplar trees, and residues from lumber and agriculture. Ribeiro, all from Purdue University. Furthermore, lignin itself is of interest as a feedstock due to its high energy-density. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann, and Fabio H.

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New hybrid polymer-glass electrolyte for solid-state lithium batteries

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Berkeley Lab battery scientist Nitash Balsara, working with collaborator Joseph DeSimone of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led the effort on the hybrid electrolyte. Balsara was one of the co-founders of battery startup Seeo, founded in 2007 to develop a solid block copolymer electrolyte. earlier post ).

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In January 2007, CalCars began a project to install Valence batteries in several cars that led to the creation of OEMtek (see above). In 2006, CalCars worked on a project with Electro Energy, Inc. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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