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EPIC-UCAS Joint Center awards six grants for energy and environmental research in China

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The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) announced the first research grants from the EPIC-UCAS Joint Center for Energy Policy Research in China.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The big-Mercury universe for 1964 included the top-grade Park Lane , the mid-level Montclair and the might-as-well-be-a-Ford-Galaxie Monterey. Built in Missouri, probably shipped to Colorado by train, then sold new in Greeley, located about 60 miles north of Denver and the site of a famous Utopian community during the late 19th century.

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CU-Boulder team develops more efficient isothermal solar-thermal water splitting technique for H2 production

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A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a new solar-thermal water-splitting (STWS) system for the efficient production of hydrogen. With the price of natural gas so low, there is no incentive to burn clean energy. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science. Christopher L. Muhich, Brian W.

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DOE awards $18M to six projects for algae-based biofuels; targeting <$5/gge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $18 million in funding to six projects to reduce the modeled price of algae-based biofuels to less than $5 per gasoline gallon equivalent (gge) by 2019. The projects selected include: Producing Algae and Co-Products for Energy (PACE), Colorado School of Mines.

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Lightning Systems converting 35-foot diesel buses to battery-electrics in Boulder; cost-effective electrification

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Via Mobility Services, a local nonprofit social enterprise, operates Boulder’s HOP transit route, a high-frequency shuttle service serving Boulder hotspots like the University of Colorado campus and Downtown Boulder. —Charlie Travis, director of business development and strategic accounts for Lightning Systems.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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Colorado State University. Colorado State University will develop a thermal energy storage system combined with partner ION Clean Energy’s flexible advanced solvent carbon capture technology. University of Pittsburgh. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000.

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JISEA: nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems can reduce GHG from industry, produce fuels and support the power system

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However, the economic feasibility of these systems may depend on future natural gas prices, electricity market structures, and clean energy incentives.

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