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Over three decades later, Martinson reinvented himself, earning an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership (EMSL) from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. We need to go all out in building charging infrastructure and developing the workforce required to install and maintain it.”

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Energy Secretary Chu says US faces a new Sputnik Moment in Chinas clean energy successes

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Advanced Coal Technologies. China is rapidly deploying supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal combustion plants, which have fewer emissions and are more efficient than conventional coal plants because they burn coal at much higher temperatures and pressures. Supercomputing.

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DOE to Award $2.4B in Funding for Carbon Capture, Storage and Reuse Projects

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The Department is posting Notices of Intent to issue this funding, supporting the following initiatives: Clean Coal Power Initiative. Arizona Public Services Modification ($70.6 million) : Funding will permit the existing algae-based carbon mitigation project to expand testing with a coal-based gasification system.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Building Efficiency (3 projects). Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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According to Peter Bruce, a chemist at the University of St Andrews, UK, “As far as I know, this is the fastest yet for this material.&# When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On! is a Green Options Media Production.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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“Public policy implementation is hard even if everyone supports a policy,” says University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has studied policy management and administration for decades. economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035.

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