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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The selected projects, each 36 months in duration, include: Georgia Tech Research Corporation , Atlanta, Ga. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas.

Coal 210

Coal Universal North Dakota Power 210

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AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Tucker, Ga.)

Coal 218

Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power 218

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JUNE 13, 2014

Under the agreement, which will be managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Southern Company (Atlanta, Ga.) will test both pre- and post-combustion carbon-capture technologies, as well as materials and processes that support advanced fossil-fuel conversion systems, primarily coal gasification.

Carbon 250

Carbon Companies Coal Atlanta 250

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. million to the University of Maine (Orono, Me.)

Grant 225

Grant Kentucky Manufacturer Universal 225

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Earlier post.)

Iowa 150

Iowa USA Manufacturer St. Louis 150

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Along the country road that leads to ATL4, a giant data center going up east of Atlanta, dozens of parked cars and pickups lean tenuously on the narrow dirt shoulders. He says that this giant building and four others DataBank has recently built or is planning in the Atlanta area will together add 133,000 square meters (1.44

Portland 145

Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 145

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

The largest impact was seen in the east-central United States and in the Midwest: Eastern power plants tend to use coal with higher sulfur content than Western plants. Pollution from industrial activities was highest in the Midwest, roughly between Chicago and Detroit, as well as around Philadelphia, Atlanta and Los Angeles.

MIT 378

MIT Emissions Ozone Power 378