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GE and CPECC Sign Agreements with USTDA to Advance Commercial Scale IGCC in China

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This follows the memorandum of understanding signed between CPECC and USTDA in November as part of the US-China Clean Energy Announcements made by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009. and the Polk Tampa Electric IGCC plant in Florida that helped demonstrate the commercial feasibility of IGCC.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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Siemens Corporation. (EPRI) will team with Babcock and Wilcox Company and Wyman-Gordon to qualify improved high-performance structural materials for use in current power plants to improve flexibility. Cost: DOE: $749,058 Non-DOE: $187,264 Total: $936,322 (20% cost share).

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Infinia Corporation – Kennewick, WA – up to $3.0 Infinia Corporation is developing a large-scale thermal energy storage solution that can be used with solar dishes. University of South Florida – Tampa, FL – up to $2.5 SENER Engineering and Systems Inc. – San Francisco, CA – up to $3.1

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). Florida, Tampa). Technologies.

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