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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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These consortia—led in theUS by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Florida, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)—will bring together experts from national laboratories, universities, and industry in both the US and India. MEMC Corporation; and Solarmer Energy Inc. Thermax Ltd.;

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Iowa State/Ames Lab researcher receives $3M from ARPA-E for solid-state sodium battery

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When we look at ways to efficiently store energy from wind and solar sources, lithium-based batteries are expensive and world-wide geological resources of lithium are actually quite limited. A team led by Yan Yao at the University of Houston will create a new cathode for the battery.

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UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts. Mueller, N.D.,

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is. How fast can you ramp your power plants up and down to handle the variability from wind and solar?

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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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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer. Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump Another big development in the energy sector is the return of the hydrogen economy. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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Ames Lab team to head new $120M Critical Materials Institute; addressing shortages in rare earth metals and other materials

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Many materials deemed critical by the DOE are used in modern clean energy technologies—such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient lighting. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.;

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