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GE and NASA To Begin Wind-Tunnel Testing This Summer of Open Rotor Jet Engine Systems

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Following several months refurbishing a special NASA test rig, GE Aviation and NASA this summer will begin a wind-tunnel test program to evaluate counter-rotating fan-blade systems for open rotor jet engine designs. Engine noise is a prime challenge in operating open-rotor engines in a commercial aviation environment. Earlier post.).

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif.

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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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Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000.

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

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). IP Group, Inc.