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BP awards Colorado State University $5M to research technology for oil recovery from watered-out wells

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Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Krummel is leading the project with collaborator Chuck Henry, professor of chemistry at Colorado State.

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Umicore steps up solid-state battery technology development with investment in Blue Current

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The company has its origins at Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, UC Berkeley and the University of North Carolina. The company refers to this combination of properties together as a “silicon elastic composite” battery. In June 2022, Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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

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Exascale refers to high-performance computing systems capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second, or a factor of 50 to 100 times faster than the nation’s most powerful supercomputers in use today. Exascale Predictive Wind Plant Flow Physics Modeling, Steve Hammond (NREL) with SNL, ORNL, University of Texas Austin.

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NREL-led research could lead to improved enzyme performance to break down biomass for renewable fuels

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This enzymatic modification by the addition of sugars is referred to as “glycosylation” and it is known to have a substantial impact on enzyme function. The new research, which focuses on the enzyme Cel7A that breaks down cellulose in plants to sugars, is detailed in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Colorado Energy. The project REFUEL COLORADO, A Roadmap to Increase Alternative Fuel. Use in Colorado will work to add alternative fuel vehicles to State. use; produce a technical reference manual for utilities and policy makers to. University, North. University of Central. Delaware Valley. Commission.

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NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels; higher efficiency water-splitting for H2

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All are from NREL; Crisp also is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines, and Pach and Marshall are affiliated with the University of Colorado, Boulder. The paper is co-authored by Matthew Beard, Yong Yan, Ryan Crisp, Jing Gu, Boris Chernomordik, Gregory Pach, Ashley Marshall, and John Turner.

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