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Purdue researchers convert packing peanuts into anode materials for Li-ion batteries; outperforming graphite

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Purdue researchers have developed a process to manufacture carbon-nanoparticle and microsheet anodes for Li-ion batteries from polystyrene and starch-based packing peanuts, respectively. The researchers cycled the anodes 300 times without significant capacity loss. Batteries'

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Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

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announced new and extended contracts for more than 20 million gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) to accommodate the continued demand across key business segments for the ultra-low carbon fuel produced from organic waste. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Rishal, Grant A.

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6.8M gallons in new contracts for Redeem renewable natural gas

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million in grant funding to expand and upgrade the station. One of the fastest growing companies in Denver, GFL Environmental, Colorado has inked a 10-year station upgrade and maintenance agreement. Clean Energy has begun a major fueling infrastructure upgrade for trucks operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach.

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7 finalists announced for USDOT Smart City Challenge; Amazon Web Services new partner

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The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. announced its intent to award up to $10 million to the winning city to support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon emission reduction strategies. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.,

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NREL reveals thermoelectric potential for tailored semiconducting carbon nanotubes

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A finely tuned carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses waste heat, according to researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Carbon nanotubes, which are organic, are lighter and more flexible.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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