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SABIC introduces novel thermoplastic roof fairing concept for 3% improvement in heavy-duty truck fuel economy

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Specifically, SABIC applied CFD modeling to compare a baseline day cab with dimensions and geometry representative of top aerodynamic designs available today to a day cab featuring many iterations of an injection-molded, aerodynamically-optimized roof fairing.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Eaton Corporation, DC Wide Bandgap Static Circuit Breaker – $3,760,000. Eaton Corporation, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913. Georgia Tech Research Corporation, EDISON – Efficient DC Interrupter with Surge Protection – $3,000,000.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Corporation. Electron Energy Corporation will develop a technology to. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. Lead organization. Description. Electron Energy.

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