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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. However, there remains a need to lower the costs of fusion development and accelerate its development timeline to have appreciable impact. Earlier post.)

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DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. It has a low maintenance cost, resulting in a lower cost of energy. University of Washington.

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Forth and Mobility Development partner to launch national EV carsharing program; affordable model for underserved communities

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This carsharing model as it will roll out builds upon the success of the Miocar program in California’s San Joaquin Valley (supported by Mobility Development), as well as Forth’s experience of piloting similar programs in rural Oregon—both efforts received proof of concept funding from DOE in 2019.

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DNA Data Drives Point Toward Exabyte Scale

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Yet DNA data storage has to date been relegated to boutique, proof-of-concept applications like time capsules, and the cost is tremendous. But for DNA to make a difference in the storage problem, it needs to scale up, while the cost must come down. So you can see that’s pretty different than the cost of a thumb drive,” he says.

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DOE to award more than $7M to four projects to advance hydrogen storage

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The US Department of Energy is awarding more than $7 million to fund four 3-year projects in California, Washington and Oregon to advance hydrogen storage technologies to be used in fuel-cell-electric vehicles. The selected organizations will provide close to $2 million in cost share. HRL Laboratories, LLC, up to $1.2

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Cummins progressing with lightweight downsized T2B2 diesel for pickup; 40% improvement in fuel economy over gasoline V8

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At the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Annual Merit Review meeting in Washington, DC last week, Michael Ruth from Cummins noted that the DOE program target for the project is a fuel economy (CAFE) target of 26 mpg (9.05 Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. Earlier post.). l/100 km) for a vehicle of that size.

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PNNL, OSU, Lanzatech improving efficiency and cost of ethanol-to-jet process

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The ability to use new multi-material additive manufacturing technologies to combine the manufacturing of microchannels with high-surface-area catalyst supports in one process step, has the potential to significantly reduce the costs of these reactors. —OSU lead researcher Brian Paul. Image: Oregon State University).

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