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DOE VTO awarding $3.6M to 6 projects to commercialize lab-developed clean transportation technologies

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million, with an industry match of $3.6 million, to six projects selected from the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). DOE’s OTT coordinates the TCF and plays a vital role in strengthening DOE’s commercialization partnerships. The TCF is administered by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT).

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FHWA makes BAA awards for Phase 1 Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment

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s The project will assess various aspects of in-service truck platoons that are delivering commercial goods by a fleet operator on their common delivery routes over an extended time period. The strategy is to partner with and leverage current industry and state agency plans for truck platooning operations. Contract Amount: $499,878.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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million in federal funding to develop conceptual designs of commercially viable technologies that will extract rare earth elements (REEs) from US coal and coal by-product sources. The selected projects will accelerate the advancement of these commercially viable technologies. University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND).

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Bristol, TN Columbus, GA.

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Battelle wins $6M in contracts to advance carbon management and shale development

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The first project is Systematic Assessment of Wellbore Integrity for Geologic Carbon Storage Using Regulatory and Industry Information. Additional funding and collaborative support is being provided by the oil and gas industry. Battelle is collaborating with Stanford University. Evaluating Wellbore Integrity.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. White served in the U.S.

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