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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. Georgia Institute of Technology. The proposed technology easily separates the CO 2 and H 2 O in the flue gas of an oxy-combustor. 8 Rivers Capital. Envergex, LLC.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. The concept of a 3D-printed 3D printer was a theory before Minnick began his project three years ago. Georgia Tech freshman studying computer science, created a rip-current detection system that incorporates machine learning. A SELF-REPLICATING 3D PRINTER. RIP-CURRENT DETECTION SYSTEM.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. Water will be the primary byproduct. A novel metal complex for electrolysis of water will be used to generate the hydrogen at high rates. of Georgia). per gallon. The project also will develop a chemical method to transform butanol into jet fuel.

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ORNL and Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in CRADA for development of fluoride salt-cooled high-temp reactors

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The project will draw on ORNL’s expertise in fuels, materials, instrumentation and controls, design concepts, and modeling and simulation for advanced reactors, as well as the lab’s experience in the design, construction and operation of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, the only molten salt reactor ever built. cool the fuel. J/cm 3 -K).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The projects were selected through a merit-based process from thousands of concept papers and hundreds of full applications. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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that produces large quantities of sugar and requires less water. will conduct a one-year “proof-of-concept seedling” program. to demonstrate proof of concept for hydride-based thermal. heating and water purification. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials. . $3,734,939.

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