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DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $46 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002809 ) to eight companies advancing designs and research and development for fusion power plants. Commercial fusion power on a decadal timescale with the compact, high-field ARC power plant. The awardees are: Commonwealth Fusion Systems (Cambridge, MA).

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Amprius Technologies ships first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1150 Wh/L batteries

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Amprius Technologies, Inc., the developer of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells with its Si-Nanowire platform ( earlier post ), has shipped the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1100 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells to an industry leader of a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS).

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Volta/Imogen collaboration awarded $12M in ARPA-E funding to commercialize next-generation fast charging technology

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Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Nucor investing in start-up company Electra developing zero-carbon iron technology

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Just as Nucor changed the face of the steel industry 53 years ago with our first electric arc furnace, successfully developing and scaling up a zero-carbon iron product is the type of transformative technology that could change the steel industry as we know it. Existing electric arc furnaces account for 70% of steel production in the US.

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Fusion energy company TAE Technologies launches power management subsidiary TAE Power Solutions

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TAE Technologies , the world’s largest private fusion energy company, has spun-out a new subsidiary, TAE Power Solutions. TAE Power Solutions intends to deliver a novel technology to improve fundamentally the reliability, efficiency, longevity, and affordability of electric-powered products, from vehicles to renewable energy storage.

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CoFlow Jet signs JOA with NASA to commercialize deflected slip-stream technology for eV/STOL

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CoFlow Jet, LLC, an engineering and technology company specializing in active flow control using coflow jet (CFJ) technology for aerospace applications, has entered a Joint Ownership Agreement (JOA) with NASA to commercialize the deflected slip-stream (DSS) technology enabled by co-flow jet flow control.

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CSIRO, RFC Ambrian form Hadean Energy to commercialize tubular solid oxide electrolysis (tSOE) technology

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Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and corporate advisor RFC Ambrian have co-founded Hadean Energy , a new company to commercialize CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide electrolysis (tSOE) technology. Hadean Energy will have exclusive rights over CSIRO’s SOE technology.