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ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

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The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.; University of Connecticut. Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech proposes TESLA, an SF 6 -free high-voltage circuit breaker. GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi, Pa.;

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FAA launches new Center of Excellence for alternative jet fuels; $40M in funding over 10 years

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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. Research and development efforts by the team will focus on NextGen environmental goals for noise, air quality, climate change and energy.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. —Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies

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The summit kicked off on 4 May at the Georgia Aquarium with a reception and panel discussion on climate change and sustainability, moderated by Saifur Rahman , IEEE president and CEO. The IEEE Fellow, a computer science professor at Rice University , in Houston, is the recipient of the IEEE Frances E. Allen Medal.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328.

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USDA and DOE Partnership Awards $8.9M to 9 Projects to Develop Better Plants for Biofuels

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University of Delaware, Newark. University of Georgia, Athens. Energy Bioscience Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Texas A&M University, College Station. University of California, Berkeley. DOE’s Office of Science will provide $6.9

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Obama Administration launches $200M Big Data Research and Development Initiative

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SDAV is a collaboration tapping the expertise of researchers at six laboratories: Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Sandia national laboratories and in seven universities: Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, the University of California at Davis, and the University of Utah.

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