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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Volvo Car Corporation developing flywheel kinetic energy recovery system; considering broad application

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Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) has received a grant of 6.57 SKF is also a partner in the Ricardo-led KinerStor project to demonstrate the viability of low-cost flywheel hybrid systems ( earlier post ). The flywheel technology is relatively cheap. million Swedish kronor (US$1.05

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RPI team develops method to use paper-making by-product in lithium-sulfur batteries

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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Our research demonstrates the potential of using industrial paper-mill byproducts to design sustainable, low-cost electrode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

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The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. And if you're located in California, the California Energy Commission portion of the grant to Coulomb will pay for installation. As Richard Lowenthal said to me at the event: "Great deal!" But for whom?

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Video Friday: High Mobility Logistics

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LRN ] Goby is a compact, capable, programmable, and low-cost robot that lets you uncover miniature worlds from its tiny perspective. On Kickstarter now, for an absurdly cheap $80. Unlike model-based gait control, our RL-driven approach grants Adam exceptional adaptability. Kickstarter ] Thanks, Rich!

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

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Key terms of the agreement are: AFC Energy has granted to Linc Energy worldwide exclusive rights to utilise and operate AFC Energy Fuel Cells in conjunction with any UCG application for a period of 24 months (with an option to extend this agreement to 3 years if required). New electrolyte immediately restores the performance of the system.

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UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys

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It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg. Then, you can reduce the microstructure by rolling it, which is an extraordinarily cheap step to convert a microstructure into a nanostructure. —Karl Kreder. Kreder, III, Brian T.

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