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DOE BETO report provides overview of current state of alternative aviation fuels; overcoming technical and commercial barriers

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The report provides an overview of the current state of alternative aviation fuels, as reported in findings by recent working groups, and also presents findings from the Alternative Aviation Fuel Workshop hosted by BETO in September 2016. Unlike other liquid fuels (e.g.,

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Nor was 3M the first company to popularize magnetic media— that was Ampex , which commercialized the tape recorder in the late 1940s. They were “homegrown” businesses—largely created within 3M and commercialized and built with the energy of many internal sponsors and champions. based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Critically, 2 MGPY will be sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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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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Georgia Power. Southern Company: Georgia Power. Loan guarantees can be an important tool to commercialize innovative technologies because these projects may be unable to obtain full commercial financing due to the perceived risks associated with technology that has never been deployed at commercial scale in the United States.

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DOE selects 16 projects for funding to develop post-combustion carbon capture technologies

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The Obama Administration has made a goal of developing cost-effective deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies within 10 years, with an objective of bringing 5 to 10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016. Georgia Tech Research Corp. DOE share: $1,999,693; recipient share: $500,000.

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