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PNNL IntelliVent system reduces risk of explosions in outdoor battery cabinets

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The Snohomish County Public Utility District’s new Arlington Microgrid and Clean Energy Center, in Everett, Washington, will be the first to install the safety technology when it retrofits a 1.2 IntelliVent is available for low-cost, nonexclusive licensing as PNNL pursues broad and rapid adoption of this safety technology.

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ARPA-E holding workshop on increasing efficiency of light collection and bioconversion to liquid fuels

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The US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E will hold a workshop on “Applied Biotechnology for Transportation Fuels: Meeting Today’s Energy Needs by Maximizing Photon Capture” on 2 December 2010, in Arlington, Va. How can organisms be engineered to better use the available solar resource for significantly enhanced production of biofuels?

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity.

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