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NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

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NuScale Power, along with Shell Global Solutions (Shell) and industry participants will develop and assess a concept for an economically optimized Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant.

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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An open-access paper on their work appears in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Marine BioEnergy invented the concept of depth-cycling the kelp, and USC Wrigley scientists conducted the biological and oceanographic trial. One Utah would take up only 0.13% of the total Pacific Ocean. 2021.110747.

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DOE awards $39M to strengthen university-led nuclear energy research and development

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The US Department of Energy has awarded up to $39 million in research grants aimed at developing advanced nuclear energy technologies and training under the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) initiative. Reactor Concepts Research, Development and Demonstration – $11.9 Fuel Cycle Research and Development – $12.4

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DARPA awards up to $20M to NVIDIA to research high-performance, highly energy-efficient embedded processors for autonomous vehicles

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The five-year contract, awarded under DARPA’s Power Efficiency Revolution For Embedded Computing Technologies ( PERFECT ) program, will fund research for processors that are 75-times more energy-efficient than current embedded solutions. University of Utah and the University of Virginia.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Fully Fluorinated Local High Concentration Electrolytes Enabling High Energy Density Silicon Anodes. 2,474,075.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. Free Flow Energy, Inc.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The TCF was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote promising energy technologies. Amesbury, Mass. Louisville, Colo. Louis , Mo.