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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) is using pay-as-you-save financing to help transportation companies switch to electric buses.

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

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Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Johnson Matthey, Billingham, UK Enabling Autonomous Wind Plants through Consensus Control, $250,000 RES Group, Broomfield, Colo. Kairos Power, Oakland, Calif. Montgomery Center, Vt.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) will provide technical assistance to TBTA.

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