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Sandia and Arizona State University to partner on renewable energy; solar and algal fuels among areas of focus

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Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University have signed a formal partnership agreement on renewable energy challenges. The potential areas of focus are solar hybrid fuels, solar thermochemical fuels, concentrating solar technologies, photovoltaics, electric grid modernization and algae-based biofuels.

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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

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Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO). The company began construction on a CO 2 -to-fuels demo in Tucson, Arizona in 2021. Dimensional’s technology can run on all forms of renewable energy.

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Arizona State researchers engineer fatty-acid secreting cyanobacteria for biofuel production; Green Recovery method for fatty acid recovery from cyanobacterial biomass

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In two open-access papers published in the Proceedings of the National Academies (PNAS), a team from Arizona State University describes the genetic modification of cynanobacteria to produce and secrete fatty acids for renewable biofuel production, as well as a Green Recovery strategy to convert cyanobacterial membrane lipids into fatty acids.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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ASU and Argonne researchers report progress on artificial leaf for solar conversion of water to H2 and O2

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Researchers at Arizona State University and Argonne National Laboratory reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf in a paper in Nature Chemistry.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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Fortunately, abundant renewable power is getting cheaper, while gasoline from finite fossil fuels may get more expensive. The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. Average fuel efficiency in the US is 22 miles per gallon (mpg). Agua Caliente PV Plant: Yuma Arizona.

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