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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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The people in this room are America’s best hope” in the race to unleash the power of clean energy, she said. Salvaged mining waste also sequesters CO 2 Phoenix Tailings’ senior research scientist Rita Silbernagel explains how mining waste contains useful metals and rare earth elements and can also be used as a place to store carbon dioxide.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Phoenix Tailings. Idaho National Laboratory. Columbia University.

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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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In Phoenix, for example, high temperatures average about 41 °C during the month of July. Acting as a proof of concept, Zhang says, this fundamental science provides the “upstream innovation” needed to help provide the world with access to clean water.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. In addition to providing clean transportation for children, school bus electrification programs will add $6 billion to the economy and create 46,000 job years.

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Summer Update

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Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition. Keene, N.H.,

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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Nissan also announced the introduction of an automatic transmission (AT) model with a clean-diesel engine in the Japanese market, planned for spring 2010. In September 2008, a new clean diesel X-TRAIL 20GT, fitted with the Alliance-developed M9R engine, was introduced in Japan. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C.

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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

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So the idea that panels you put on now will become antiquated and no longer generating free, clean renewable power from sunshine is ludicrous. So it’s perfect for warehouse and commercial building applications, but it won’t generate enough total watts of power in the space allowed on my roof.

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