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DOE awards ~$34M to 11 projects to advance waste and algae bioenergy technology

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Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine. Arizona State University. Federal share. AMP Robotics.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion.

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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Arizona State University. High-Temperature Topping Cells from LED Materials Arizona State University will develop a solar cell that can operate efficiently at temperatures above 450°C, unlike today’s solar cells, which lose efficiency rapidly above 100°C. Arizona State University. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Description.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. If successful, this.

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

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Tucson, Arizona). Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Framatome Inc.

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

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Carbon Capture (5 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., CARBON CAPTURE. Pilot Scale Testing of Carbon Negative, Product Flexible Syngas Chemical Looping. The projects selected are grouped into 10 areas: Energy Storage (6 projects).

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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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improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. The team will.

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