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DOE to award up to $44M to advance enhanced geothermal systems

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While a small fraction of the United States’ vast geothermal resource can be harnessed via naturally occurring hot water or steam, the vast majority is inaccessible without the creation of human-made EGS reservoirs.

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California Energy Commission approves $8M grant for H2 fueling station at Port of Long Beach

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The statute authorizes the California Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help attain the state’s climate change policies. The Intermountain Power Project Agency in western Utah operates the project.

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Glamping With the Stars

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I climbed aboard a shuttle bus that would take me two hours east to Utah, where I planned to spend a starry night at Under Canvas Lake Powell-Grand Staircase. George, Utah, I rented a car and headed southeast, the Pine Valley Mountains hovering to the north. Hoping for good weather In St. But would the weather cooperate?

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HRL Labs video demonstrates principle of thermal battery based on advanced metal hydrides for EV heating and cooling

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million to a team comprising researchers from the University of Utah, HRL Laboratories and GM Global R&D for a project to develop a new generation of high-density thermal battery based on advanced metal hydrides. In 2011, the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $2.7 Earlier post.) In the video, Dr. John J.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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However, the technologies that have released the new supplies—hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—have also unleashed anxieties about contaminated drinking water, induced earthquakes and lenient regulation. Earlier post.).

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Exascale Computing Project (ECP) announces $39.8M in first-round application development awards

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Projects will be funded in the following strategic areas: energy security, economic security, scientific discovery, climate and environmental science, and healthcare. Cloud-Resolving Climate Modeling of the Earth's Water Cycle, Mark Taylor (SNL) with ANL, LANL, LLNL, ORNL, PNNL, UCI, CSU.

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