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DOE to Award Up to $27M in Phase III Small Business Awards; Algae Processing, Fuel Cells, Improved Materials for Motors, Synthetic Fuels Among Areas of Interest

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Additionally, few of current harvesting and dewatering technologies available today are amenable to scaling for larger production scenarios of 1,000 acre or larger algal farms. However, they must accommodate high ripple currents, in a high temperature environment. saline water). Office of Nuclear Energy.

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Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

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Unlike Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, which produces liquid fuels at costs of greater than $5 per gallon of gasoline energy equivalent, this approach does not require an expensive gasification step. These waste hemicellulose sugars are among the most inexpensive biomass feedstocks that are available today, they noted.

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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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The United States lags behind competitor nations in providing the business environment and skilled workforce needed for advanced manufacturing. The loss of these activities will undermine our capacity to invent, innovate, and compete in global markets. A strong advanced manufacturing sector is essential to national security.

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NVIDIA deep learning software platform gets trio of big updates

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release candidate is available today as a free download for members of the NVIDIA developer program. The GPU Inference Engine (GIE) is a high-performance deep learning inference solution for production environments. They determine both the quality of the user experience and the cost of deploying the application.

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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The radar sensor is the basis for the Proximity Control Assist and Emergency Braking Assist already available today. The Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 is therefore not on the road in isolation, but constantly communicates with its environment, unnoticed by the driver. billion tons today to nearly 5.5

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From Burden to Benefit: A Property Manager’s Guide to EV Charging

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More than half of the apartment stock available today was built before 1980, limiting the capacity required to support todays electrification needs. Instead of navigating the complexities independently, developers can partner with experienced companies that offer solutions tailored to multi-family environments.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology.

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