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Alabama Injection Project Aimed at Enhanced Oil Recovery, Testing Important Geologic CO2 Storage

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A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. is evaluating the potential of the reservoirs as permanent storage sites for CO 2 produced from fossil fuel combustion in power plants. the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Ala.); Southern Company of Birmingham, Ala.,

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SLAC, Stanford team develops new catalyst for water-splitting for renewable fuels production; 100x more efficient than other acid-stable catalysts

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Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new highly active and stable IrO x /SrIrO 3 catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Dickens/Stanford University) Click to enlarge. The team published their results in the journal Science. Seitz, Colin F.

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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Compact Power, Inc. (on

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EV Chargers for All!

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Power , for instance, indicate that while 27 percent of potential car shoppers are “very likely” to consider an EV as their next purchase, only 17 percent of renters indicate the same level of interest. One company, Atom Power, just might have the solution everyone is looking for. Consumer surveys from J.D. light-duty vehicle sales.