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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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Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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

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remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. reduce US dependence on foreign oil. Ceramatec, Inc. liquid fuel.

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How to improve EV traction motor efficiency

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function of RPM), and displacement of air (or, worse, a liquid coolant such as glycol antifreeze, oil, etc) by the rotor assembly (aka windage , which is also a cubic function of RPM). The CVT4EV is a continuously variable transmission with a pushbelt that Bosch says can increase the efficiency of light commercial EVs by more than 4 percent.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. This means the grid wires are utilized at only 10% to 15% of their installed energy transfer capacity.

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