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ARPA-E to award $60M to 2 programs: enhancing biomass yield and dry-cooling for thermoelectric power

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The Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) program ( DE-FOA-0001197 ) aims to develop low-cost, highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants. Dry-cooling systems—which use air to cool and transfer waste heat—are an appealing and potentially transformational alternative.

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Tips: 6 Ways to Increase Your Fuel Economy

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Try to avoid using your car as a storage container, and don’t let clutter build up. 2 – Keep Up with Regular Car Maintenance. While it does cost a bit to have your car checked over by a mechanic, regular maintenance will improve your fuel economy and help you catch problems before they occur.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

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Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. But any look at our total energy use, its growth, and centrality to modern life argue for building as many different sources of renewable energy as possible.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. EV Life, LLC is building the first online platform that gives drivers everything they need to switch from gas to an electric car. is developing a?rechargeable

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DOE to Support Research Associated with Water Issues for Shale Gas and Alaskan Oil and Natural Gas

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As water supplies become scarcer, the protection of existing supplies becomes even more critical and water from oil and natural gas development is being viewed as a potential resource rather than a waste. Develop cost-effective, environmentally responsible alternatives for supplying water for ice road/pad building.

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

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Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. Areas of emphasis could include, but are not limited to: Development of microbial strains or co-cultures with improved hydrogen yields; Reactor designs to improve hydrogen production yields or reduce costs (e.g.,

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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. Buildings Technologies. The trend for higher-temperature electric machines requires higher-temperature PMs. Solar Technologies. Wind Technologies.

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