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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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A primary goal of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural Gas Program is to enhance the responsible development of domestic natural gas and oil resources that supply the country’s energy. This project will develop a low-cost, mobile process to treat the total dissolved solids in the flowback water from hydraulic fracturing operations.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. Albuquerque, NM – up to $4.3 These selections include: General Atomics – San Diego, CA – up to $2.1

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

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Particle Thermal Energy Storage and Efficient Heat Exchanger for Carbon-Free Industry Heat Supply, $249,500. Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). OpenOA, $249,950. Utilidata, Inc.

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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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Battery costs exceeded $500/kWh when President Obama launched his EV Everywhere Grand Challenge goal of making EVs that are as affordable and convenient for the American family as gasoline-powered vehicles, and low-cost, high performance batteries are a key component of the strategy to attain the President’s goal.

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