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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Hydroscanner: Instrumentation for water ingress imaging in photovoltaic module packaging materials, $250,000 D2Solar Inc., New York, N.Y. Madison, Wis. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash.

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Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

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The companies’ task is to demonstrate a high-efficiency, residential, air-source heat pump that can perform at 100 percent capacity at -15 °C. Companies can choose to further test their machines down to -26 °C. Companies that complete the challenge won’t receive a cash prize. The study found that if every heated home in the U.S.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The projects selected projects as part of the MINER program are: University of Texas at Arlington. First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Specifically, the program investigates the potential CO 2 -reactive ores to unlock net-zero or net-negative emission technologies.

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Chevrolet one of 16 organizations across US recognized by EPA for Climate Action; only automaker

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The following organizations received Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award) awards: The City and County of San Francisco; The Clorox Company; DPR Construction; SC Johnson; Sprint; and. The awards were presented at the 2015 Climate Leadership Conference in Arlington, Va. Tiffany & Co. Tiffany & Co.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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SEED Award winner, Scotty “Claus” Martin, founder and owner of the Living Christmas Company , whose sustainable business model has brought a new kind of gift to the holidays was there to see the latest living learning lab being unveiled at the school and to attend its annual community forum. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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Alabama Injection Project Aimed at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Testing Important Geologic CO2 Storage

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When the 5-month injection is completed, incremental oil recovery is anticipated to be 60% greater than that of conventional secondary oil recovery by water flood. A recent study by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, Va., Southern Company of Birmingham, Ala., Southern Company, (Birmingham, Ala.);

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GE Receives $1.4B Contract to Supply Turbines for Largest Wind Farm Yet Built in the US

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Stretching across 30 square miles of Gilliam and Morrow Counties in north-central Oregon, near the town of Arlington, the 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat project marks the US debut and largest single global order of GE’s 2.5xl wind turbines, which has been proven in Europe and Asia. Steve Bolze, president & CEO of GE Power & Water.

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