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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Winning BETHE projects are: Category A: Development of Lower-Cost Concepts. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Earlier post.)

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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. ABS reviewed the design for an extended 30-year facility on-station life.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. air defense system.

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10-Year FTA Low-Speed Urban Maglev Research Program Shows Technology is Feasible, But Infrastructure Costs and Availability of Technologies Are Intimidating

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An attractive feature of EDS, according to the report, is its inherent ability to compensate for variations in payload weight, dynamic loads, and guideway irregularities through rapid changes in the magnetic field (via the control system) resulting in the maintenance of the proper vehicle-guideway air gaps. Forward or reverse propulsion.

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