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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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APRIL 26, 2022

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. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

Conversion

Conversion Grant Waste CO2

Study of californium borate could lead to new technologies for radioactive waste storage and nuclear fuel recycling

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APRIL 2, 2014

Albrecht-Schmitt said that the discoveries could help scientists build new storage containers for radioactive waste, plus help separate radioactive fuel, aiding in its recycling. After years of working with the US Department of Energy, Albrecht-Schmitt obtained 5 milligrams of californium costing $1.4 —Polinski et al.

Waste

Waste Florida Fuel Alabama

Successful demonstration of advanced hyperbaric centrifuge technology for recovering fine coal particles from waste slurries

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JANUARY 4, 2011

coal-cleaning plant in Alabama successfully reduced moisture from ultrafine coal waste. In some cases the water is evaporated to stabilize the deposits before they are recovered in surface reclamation; in others, the waste coal is not recovered for a variety of technological, operational, market, or other reasons.

Coal

Coal Waste Virginia Water

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

Water

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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JUNE 21, 2023

The company aims to build an app ecosystem through the application of an open operating system and controller integration, including Level 3 and higher autonomous driving capabilities, high-performance semiconductors and over-the-air (OTA) update advancements. Production. It plans to convert additional lines as market demand dictates.

Hyundai

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Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

Vitruvian Energy is trying to crowd-fund its novel biofuel EEB (ethyl 3-ethoxybutyrate). EEB is produced from organic waste, including (and initially) sewage treatment bio-solids—the leftover, dirt-like organic material that remains after a community’s wastewater is treated.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Alabama Diesel

USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

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JANUARY 20, 2011

The Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill) provides loan guarantees to entrepreneurs seeking to take advantage of the growing opportunities in renewable energy provided by advanced biofuels. Enerkem uses gasification followed by catalytic synthesis to produce synthetic fuels from biomass and waste.

Waste

Waste 2008 Alabama Renewable

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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MARCH 16, 2017

UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles.

Gas

Gas West Virginia Alternative Fuels Vehicles

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

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Clean Energy.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Alternative Fuels Fuel

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

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Earlier post.) It is later removed from the pools and placed into dry storage casks with protective shielding.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Fuel EPRI Waste

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.

Renewable

Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. million in funds to approximately 120 energy projects within seven program areas. HEATS: High Energy Advanced Thermal Storage ($37.3

Energy

Energy Clean Cleaning Grid

DOE Selects High-Tonnage Biomass Feedstock Projects for up to $21M in Funding

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AUGUST 31, 2009

The US Department of Energy will award up to $21 million to five projects that will develop supply systems to handle and deliver high-tonnage biomass feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production. Feedstocks or combinations of feedstocks that were considered include: agricultural residues, energy crops (e.g., Earlier post.).

Alabama

Alabama Columbus Kansas Supplies

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

Study of californium borate could lead to new technologies for radioactive waste storage and nuclear fuel recycling

Successful demonstration of advanced hyperbaric centrifuge technology for recovering fine coal particles from waste slurries

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

USDA providing $405M in conditional loan guarantees for three biorefinery projects

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

DOE Selects High-Tonnage Biomass Feedstock Projects for up to $21M in Funding

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