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JANUARY 18, 2023

In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. Out of Finland’s energy-related emissions, 82 percent come from heating domestic buildings (Ref.

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JULY 14, 2022

This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. The company designs and builds the drone’s hull, deck, and circuit boards. She has a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from McMaster University , in Hamilton, Ont.,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Amphionic proposes to optimize cathode design to form Pd-polymeric composites within which the Pd nanoparticle size and shape are varied, and the interfacial separation and geometry are controlled. Stanford University. Stanford University will explore a technical solution based on LENR-active nanoparticles and gaseous deuterium.

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Energy Michigan Massachusetts Universal 282

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APRIL 26, 2022

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Dolphyn project showcases a floating semi-submersible design with an integrated wind turbine, PEM electrolysis and desalination facilities. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. This funding will enable the detailed design of a 2 MW prototype system.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Funding would come from the $1.2-trillion Jacopo Buongiorno et al.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Bridgestone and several partners a $35-million grant to continue its investment in desert shrub guayule ( earlier post ) to advance a climate-smart domestic rubber industry and offer a solution for growers amid the ongoing water crisis in the Southwestern US.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle. —Ahmad O.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau jointly announced sweeping restrictions to offshore oil and gas leasing in the US and Canadian Arctic waters. Obama designated the vast majority of US waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing. It’s uncharted waters.”.

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APRIL 12, 2016

The 10-year transformation of the company’s more than 60-year-old Dearborn facilities will colocate 30,000 employees from 70 buildings today into primarily two locations—a product campus and a world headquarters campus. More than 7.5 More than 7.5 —Bill Ford, Ford executive chairman.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. The adventure of the startup began at the University of Sapienza in Rome , where Professor Chiara Petrioli is in charge of a research laboratory. “We

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For the first time, SpaceX has teamed up with researchers from NASA and several other US institutions to publicly discuss how it plans to use Starship to build Mars Base Alpha. billion NASA contract to build a human-rated Moon lander variant of Starship. In April, SpaceX also secured a $2.9 Packing for Mars.

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JULY 5, 2022

If the pilot continues as a full commercial build out, the project would be expected to produce up to 2,500 tonnes of hydrogen per year. Hydrogen can be produced in a number of ways, including through electrolysis (separating hydrogen from water using electricity) or through separating it from natural gas.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The shortlisted proposals include plants aiming to produce jet fuel from: Combining carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water; Alcohol derived from wastes; Everyday household and commercial black bag rubbish; and. The project is currently completing design optimization work ahead of starting FEED by the end of 2021.

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Fuel Waste Production Convert 321

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AUGUST 23, 2013

They also generate environmental problems from degrading soil to runoff into rivers where they pollute fresh waters and coastal zones. This project aims to design and build a synthetic biological module that could work inside a cell to perform the function of “fixing” nitrogen for plants. Oxygen-Tolerant Nitrogenase ($1.87M).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. Initial Engineering and Design for CO 2 Capture from Ethanol Facilities.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Funded by a $2-million grant from the US Department of Energy, a team of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led by Eric Masanet is building a sophisticated cost model for fuel cells that will will take into account the total cost of ownership. Success with forklifts could lead to bigger transportation markets.

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MAY 10, 2024

The site — an expansion of the existing Benjakitti Park — includes a mile-long elevated walkway, as well as water-purifying wetlands, 8,000 new trees, pickleball and basketball courts, and a dog-walking zone. He called for a creative approach to the park’s design (and he suggested the dog-walking area, a rarity in Bangkok).

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MAY 14, 2022

The competition has now finished successfully, with the two winning architects’ practices—OMA of Rotterdam and 3XN of Copenhagen—opting to develop their designs jointly. Their collaboration will combine the best of their respective winning designs, which will then serve as the basis to develop a masterplan. and DIGITAL.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. The group has shortlisted three designs and plan to have picked one by the end of 2024. The reactors would be small, modular units.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 145

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. University of Illinois. DOE funding: $741,194 Non-DOE: $188,333 Total: $929,527.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Looking to make replacement filters more environmentally friendly and affordable, a team of engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , in Dhaka, designed a carbon-based version with bamboo. Shakhawat recently graduated from the university with a degree in electrical engineering.

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Carbon Diesel Emissions Bangladesh 110

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Comstock proposes to build a pre-pilot scale system to demonstrate a novel new pathway to convert its biointermediates from forestry residues and other forms of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline, and marine fuel at dramatically improved yield, efficiency, and cost. Comstock Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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APRIL 20, 2023

universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The sensors are designed to transmit data in real time to a secure, online gateway.

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Environment North Carolina Climate Change Columbus 75

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Building on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail ( Setaria viridis ), this project will identify new genes and pathways that contribute to photosynthesis and enhanced water use efficiency. —principal investigator Thomas Brutnell, Ph.D., Sorghum is a member of the grass family and is grown worldwide.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

One of these, the Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), aims to enhance or increase the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by changing the design. Design tools will be used to create optimal system-level and subsystem-level designs.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. University of Houston. Princeton University. Description.

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MARCH 25, 2013

reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors. Ionova Technologies, Inc.

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Building Energy Lead Acid DC 304

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MAY 14, 2020

These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes. Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets.

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JUNE 4, 2018

MEITNER teams will identify and develop innovative technologies that enable designs for lower cost, safer, advanced nuclear reactors. These plants are all conventional light water reactors (LWR), the technology of which has evolved steadily over time. GW by 2050.

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Molten Salt Power Powered Illinois 284

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Together with Porsche and other partners, we now want to build a prototype plant and test the concept as a whole. Water, a potential by-product, is drained off. This is the case when it is manufactured from wind energy, renewable generated CO 2 and hydrogen extracted from water. How direct-air-capture (DAC) technology works.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced nearly $5 million in funding across seven research projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates. The University of Texas at Austin. Earlier post.). Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?.

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Oregon Water Universal Washington 230

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AUGUST 7, 2020

The team will build on ORNL’s success in developing low-cost carbon-fibers, composites, smart polymer materials, and non-destructive evaluation methods by leveraging expertise of partners on coating deposition and robotic inspection tools for smart repair of gas pipes. University of Colorado, Boulder. University of Maryland.

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Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado 297

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JUNE 4, 2018

Researchers, led by a team from the University of Pennsylvania, have used a polymer-folding mechanism to develop a new and versatile kind of solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) that currently offers proton conductivity faster than Nafion by a factor of 2, the benchmark for fuel cell membranes.

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Polymer Florida 2001 Pennsylvania 250

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MARCH 25, 2013

reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors. Ionova Technologies, Inc.

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Building Energy Lead Acid DC 275

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JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS Phase 1 teams will design, model, and optimize CCS processes that enable flexibility on a high-VRE grid. Later in the program, teams that move to Phase 2 will focus on building components, unit operations, and prototype systems to reduce technical risks and costs. Colorado State University. University of Pittsburgh.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

On the rooftop of a quiet building, a set of panels cools the rooms within and keeps the lights on, removing heat and generating electricity using the coldness of the sky. That cold isn’t in the air around the building—the night is warm. It’s a summer night. Sound crazy? Admittedly, this technology isn’t fully available just yet.

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