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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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The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Thar Energy, LLC to develop new recuperator technologies leading to more cost-effective and efficient supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO 2 )-based power cycles. DOE will contribute $9,394,828 toward the overall project cost of $11,743,535.

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Your Guide to Electric-Vehicle Charging-Station Tax Credits

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Tax credits for installing EV charging stations are available in a variety of forms, and many of them apply toward the cost of equipment and installation. Some type of incentive program is available in 44 states and Washington, D.C. , It covers 30% of the cost for equipment and installation, up to $30,000.

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DOE reports show major potential for wave and tidal energy production near US coasts

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The two reports—“Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Resource” and “Assessment of Energy Production Potential from Tidal Streams in the United States”—calculate the maximum kinetic energy available from waves and tides off US coasts that could be used for future energy production.

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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Having raked in perhaps 30 percent of all the money invested in electrically-powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft so far, Joby is the colossus in an emerging class of startups working on these radical, battery-powered commercial flyers. Laurie Garrow, Georgia Tech And somehow, the cost would be no greater, either.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. MicroBio Engineering Inc., Critically, 2 MGPY will be sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Commercial trucks already have guard bars on the back to prevent such accidents, so instead of looking to improve trucks, Bayhan decided to build an attachment for cars. He says that the unsustainable cost of building spaceships is what prevents long-term space travel. Brian Minnick. That didn't stop him, however.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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