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Sandia progressing to demo stage with supercritical CO2 Brayton-cycle turbines; up to 50% increase in efficiency of thermal-to-electric conversion

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Research focuses on supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2 ) Brayton-cycle turbines, which typically would be used for bulk thermal and nuclear generation of electricity, including next-generation power reactors. The Brayton cycle could yield 20 MW of electricity from a package with a volume as small as four cubic meters.

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DOE launches wave energy competition

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) opened the registration period for the new Wave Energy Prize competition that aims to double the state-of-the-art performance of wave energy conversion (WEC) devices over the next two years. The Wave Energy Prize provides an opportunity for participants to: Win a monetary prize.

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PHEV Day 144, Saturday, 28 February 2009, Holds a Two Variety of Folks Meeting at Flying Star plus Run to 41st State Capital, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - Saturday morning holds first a get-together of two variety of folks in Albuquerque -- EVnthusiasts, especially from the EAA (Electric Auto Association) and testy New Mexico Mensans. SPECIAL NOTE: Albuquerque has a PluginSupply PHEV Kit Dealer, George Daun GeoDaun@gmail.com.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania). Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina).

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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

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If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e. A purely electric type of heat pump is possible, however, and the most common example found these days relies on a phenomenon first noticed in 1834 by the French physicist Jean Peltier.