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US DOE Selects 43 Projects for $92M in ARPA-E Funding; 3 on Automotive Power Electronics

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The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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will partner with GE Global Research, EPRI, Southern Company, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy to design and test a high temperature nickel-based superalloy thick-walled header for cycling and flexible plant operation in new and existing plants. Cost: DOE: $749,058 Non-DOE: $187,264 Total: $936,322 (20% cost share).

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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This project will develop a combination of new alloys and novel casting techniques to produce high-performance, low-cost castings for crankshafts and rotating components with properties similar to forged units. In the last four years, the cost of a plug-in electric vehicle battery has come down by nearly 50%. Caterpillar. ???

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U.S. Commercial Drone Delivery Comes Closer

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That’s now been in operations in two distribution centers here, one in Utah and one in Arkansas ever since. Your range and long range and low cost. And a fixed-wing aircraft over something that can hover has something like an 800% advantage in range and cost. In the industry referred to as a fixed-wing aircraft.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. CIRCUITS focuses on new circuit topologies and system designs, ensuring the performance benefits of these new WBG devices are maximized.

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