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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. coal plants are planned to shutter by 2035. On 13 September, the U.S.

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Butamax and Highwater Ethanol break ground on biobutanol retrofit project

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Converting a corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol requires changes to the fermentation step (mainly a new microorganism) and to alcohol recovery from the fermentation. Butanol is a four-carbon aliphatic alcohol (C 4 H 10 O). Fermentation to convert the sugars to iso-butanol using a proprietary microorganism. Source: Butamax.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 15 research projects through ARPA-E’s “Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy” (ECOSynBio) program to decarbonize biorefining processes used across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57.

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US Maritime Administration to fund projects on reducing emissions from marine vessels, study on LNG bunkering

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Awardees must demonstrate a reduction of air emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulfur oxides (SO x ), particulate matter (PM), or carbon through an approved emissions testing scheme. Identify similar regulations for in-water bunkering. Eligible applicants include vessel owners, operators, or sponsors. Bunkering and Safety.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen (Category 1). Earlier post.) Giner, Inc.

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

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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. Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Carl ZEISS Industry Metrology (Maple Grove, Minnesota).