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DOE awards $1M to project on cost-competitive hydrogen fuel

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $1 million to a project to analyze and evaluate potential cost-competitive pathways for producing and transporting hydrogen fuel. in Arlington, Virginia—will identify cost-effective and efficient materials and processes to produce hydrogen from renewable energy sources.

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S4 Energy Solutions to Develop Plasma Gasification Project at Waste Management Landfill for Waste to Fuels and Power

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and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The planned facility will convert municipal solid waste into synthetic fuels and power. The new plasma gasification facility will complement the landfill site's other renewable energy production.

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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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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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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. In the best run, more than 13% by mass of the products were C 5+ hydrocarbons.

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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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to produce useful, high-energy fuel molecules directly within. substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. Keene, N.H.,