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Amazon buys 11 Boeing 767-300s for cargo network

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The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger-to-cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air’s network in 2021. Amazon Air plays a central role in delivering for customers by transporting items across longer distances in shorter timeframes.

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

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Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Tempe, Ariz.

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Stanford’s Yi Cui receives CalTech Resonate award for battery work

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Milliron (University of Texas at Austin, USA): Resonate Award recipient for leveraging nanomaterials to improve the carbon reduction capabilities of smart windows. The Resnick Sustainability Institute is Caltech’s studio focused on breakthroughs that can positively alter global sustainability.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM).

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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15:38 PT – Elon highlights the importance of solar and batteries. Unfortunately, his friend had neither solar nor Powerwall, so they essentially froze themselves out in the dark. As for Solar Roof, Musk notes that the company is actually making some rapid progress. This will happen in about 30-40 years, Elon said.

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DOE launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative; awards $23.5M to 5 more manufacturing R&D projects

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Key elements of the initiative include: Increasing funding for clean energy manufacturing research and development that will accelerate US-based manufacturing of cost-competitive clean energy technologies, from wind, solar, and geothermal to batteries and biofuels. University of Texas at Austin.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

We encourage our members to contact their representatives in Austin,” said HEAA President Dave Hanson, explaining that recent activity has centered around several bills intended to greatly increase EV registration fees. The first year we were invited, we planned to show a few conversions, including a VW bus and a VW Bug,” Douglass explained.

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