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DOE to award Thar Energy $9.4M to help advance more efficient supercritical-CO2-based power cycles

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However, the cost and effectiveness of the cycle’s recuperators are currently seen as a barrier to the full-scale SCO 2 power cycle demonstration and economic viability. Click to enlarge.

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Georgia Tech study suggests unlinking EVs from CAFE and coordinating with power sector for low-cost benefits

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They validated capacity expansion decisions through simulation of the day-ahead unit commitment and hour-ahead economic dispatch processes using data for hourly wind availability in each region and with sensitivity testing for lowest wind and highest demand weeks for each of the six electric system regions. Credit: ACS, Choi et al.

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DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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Total value of the projects, including cost sharing, is approximately US$5.9 The projects are located in North Carolina, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Quebec, Canada (through collaboration with a company based in Lexington, Ky.). million over two to three years. In collaboration with 3H Company (Lexington, Ky.),

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DOE selects 16 projects for funding to develop post-combustion carbon capture technologies

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The US Department of Energy has selected 16 projects for almost $29 million in funding to develop advanced post-combustion technologies for capturing carbon dioxide from coal–fired power plants. Georgia Tech Research Corp. The application of ultrasonic energy forces dissolved CO 2 into gas bubbles. Battelle (PNNL). TDA Research, Inc.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. Earlier post.)

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