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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont.

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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Bush was a fount of wisdom, particularly when it came to defining the engineer's role in the industrial research and development enterprise. Columbus found the Indians of Central America using feather garments; but even with their example, we still do not emulate the duck, nor do we look natty or comfortable in the rain.”

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Battelle, Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership release Phase II reports

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Refinement of earlier estimates of regional storage capacity in the MRCSP’s deep geologic formations further confirmed the potential for storing at least a century’s worth of CO 2 emissions from all the region’s major CO 2 sources. The permit requirements were successfully met and all wells at all three sites have been closed as required.

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$3M Award Supports Production of New Multi-tasking Fuzzy Fiber Nanomaterial; Energy Applications

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The Third Frontier award, announced 26 May in Columbus, will be matched by UDRI and Ohio collaborators Goodrich, Owens Corning and Renegade Materials to fund the creation and equipment of a full-scale production facility for the hybrid fabric. But in doing so, electrical and thermal conductivity inherent to metals is lost.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). In partnership with a consortium of local research institutions, this project deploy smart grid systems at partners’ university campus properties and technology transfer laboratories.

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DOE Selects High-Tonnage Biomass Feedstock Projects for up to $21M in Funding

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The project will deploy, evaluate, and improve upon an industrial-scale feedstock supply chain capable of provisioning crop residues and herbaceous energy crops to biorefineries in the densified format. Auburn University of Auburn, Alabama (up to $4.9 of Columbus, Ohio (up to $4.9 FDC Enterprises Inc.

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