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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable

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

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. Montgomery Center, Vt.

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Mercedes-AMG brings cylinder deactivation to 5.5L V8; 30% reduction in fuel consumption

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The exhaust valves, which are subject to high thermal loads, are hollow and sodium-cooled. Four overhead camshafts operate the 32 valves via low-maintenance, low-friction cam followers. Optimal charging of the combustion chambers is ensured by large intake and exhaust valves. Aftertreatment.

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