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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Solar PV system installations range from 5kW to 20kW. Solar Thermal System: A solar thermal system on the building roof will provide hot water for the operations building and the maintenance building. as well as administrative and dispatch services. Minneapolis-St.

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UTA researchers demonstrate one-step solar process to convert CO2 and H2O directly into renewable liquid hydrocarbon fuels

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. The process uses cheap and earth-abundant catalytic materials.

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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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range of cultivation. that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. Arlington). Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. University.

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