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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Stanford University. Dimensional Energy.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

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NETL researchers have synthesized Si-C (carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, carbon mattes, graphene) composite anodes. Experiments are being conducted to increase the lifetime, rated voltage, range of operating temperatures, and combined power density/energy density.