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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation Establish Partnership; Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm

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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation ( LEEDCo ) of Northern Ohio have formed a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.

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NASA testing new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsor; 4-8% fuel burn savings over current advanced engines

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NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. Many industry, NASA and academic experts contributed to the design and analysis of the propulsor. Larry W.

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DOE to award up to $2M to 3 projects for hydrogen and fuel cell supply chain and manufacturing analysis

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Selections include the following three projects: Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network’s GLWN of Cleveland, Ohio, will receive $695,000 to complete detailed manufacturing analysis of fuel cell systems (automotive and stationary), high pressure hydrogen storage systems, and key high value hydrogen and fuel cell subsystems and components.

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

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Raleigh, N.C.

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NASA moves Environmentally Responsible Aviation project into next phase of research with 8 large-scale technology demonstrations

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Flap and Landing Gear Noise Reduction Flight Experiment : Analysis, wind tunnel and flight tests to design quieter flaps and landing gear without performance or weight penalties. and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. That research is being conducted at NASA Langley; NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.;

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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. Under the new contracts, the teams will now develop concepts and models that can be tested in computer simulations, laboratories and wind tunnels.

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Chicago Plugging Green

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This is way beyond tree hugging in Chicago," said Johnston, 31, who before coming to Chicago helped dust some of the rust off of Cleveland's image by serving as executive director of the non-profit Cleveland Green Building Coalition. This is about quality of life. Chicago is also going to start a green roof program.

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