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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Solar-Concentrating Photovoltaic Mirrors Arizona State University will develop a curved mirror made of solar cells to collect both direct and diffuse sunlight for conversion to electricity and heat. The carbon dioxide expands to low pressure and extremely cold temperatures to generate electricity from stored electrical and heat energy.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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University of Tulsa plans to combine active self-healing/self-repair functionality combined with digital leak detection/notification for pneumatic controllers deployed throughout the natural gas transmission system. Modular System for Direct Conversion of Methane into Methanol via Photocatalysis. Gas to Carbon Fiber Crystals (G2-CFX).

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