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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million

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Select the Right EV Charging Management Partner for your NEVI Program Project

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Intended to remove the speedbumps from building a high-speed EV charging network along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors , NEVI grants cover up to 80% of the cost of new or upgraded EV charging infrastructure. Conclusion It’s exciting to see progress toward building a robust EV charging network along 79,000 miles of U.S.

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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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Upon discharge from a nuclear reactor, the UNF is initially stored in steel-lined concrete pools surrounded by water. Most of the nation’s used fuel is stored at more than 70 reactor sites across the country. It is later removed from the pools and placed into dry storage casks with protective shielding. Award amount: $2,796,545).

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RWE, GE, Züblin, and DLR Partner in Development of Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage

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Existing Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) plants in Huntorf (Germany) and in McIntosh (Alabama) are “diabatic” concepts, notes GE’s Matthias Finkenrath, in which co-firing of natural gas is needed in order to compensate for the lost compression heat. Jörn Beckmann, Chief Executive Officer of Züblin.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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Running on regular unleaded, the hybrid system is designed to err on the side of fuel efficiency. Battery and Brakes The lithium-ion battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting by the regenerative charging system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. Story by John Faulkner.

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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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Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. Minneapolis-St.

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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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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. The plant will incorporate features that. The team will.

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