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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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University of Delaware. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Advancing Climate and Innovation Goals of Memphis and Shelby County: Electrification of key fleet vehicles to capture cost savings and climate benefits.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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This consortium among researchers in Delaware, Mississippi and Wyoming studies the technological potential of novel biochar-based materials for carbon dioxide capture, water purification, and food production. Biochar, a plant-matter based charcoal, is a byproduct of some biofuel production.

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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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If successful, the development of DAC materials suitable for a more diverse climate spectrum will expand the currently limited development of DAC technology towards a scenario of global deployment. University of Delaware plans to develop an electrochemically driven CO 2 separator (EDCS) using poly (aryl piperidinium) (PAP) ionomers.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. University of Delaware. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris.

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Study: new international agreements needed to ensure sustainable supply of minerals and metals for low-carbon energy tech

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Climate change mitigation will create new natural resource and supply chain opportunities and dilemmas, because substantial amounts of raw materials will be required to build new low-carbon energy devices and infrastructure. Their paper is published in Science.

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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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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. Electric Vehicles, University of Delaware). for climate control in automobiles. Climate Control System (ATB) MIT will develop advanced adsorption-based hot and cold. batteries for effective climate control of electric vehicles. light energy. National Lab.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. While utilities such as E.ON

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