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

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Assessing and managing sustainable resource utilization in the Gulf Coast requires rapidly deployable, highly sensitive, specific sensors. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description. Montana State University. Benjamin Poulter. Nelson Cardona-Martinez.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids.

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Researchers Identify Conditions for Increased Atlantic Hurricane Activity

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Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the Medieval Climate Anomaly about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a “perfect storm” of La Niña-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. Michael Mann.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. Lam and his colleagues will collaborate with University of Puerto Rico and two historically black universities, Virginia Union University and Delaware State University. The grant is valued at up to $3.2

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

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billion to 270 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico—including 100 projects to support rural communities. The $474-million 2013 TIGER round alone supported $1.8 billion in overall project investments. Since 2009, the TIGER program has awarded $3.5 TIGER applications are due 28 April. 2014 TIGER NOFA.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

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The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $22 million in funding to 18 projects as part of the Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) program. Earlier post.) exclusive economic zone, where year-round production is possible. 500,000.

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