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

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Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Project description. Federal share.

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

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They will incorporate experts in hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, control systems, power electronics, grid connections, and performance optimization. The project aims to demonstrate a significant step-change up in efficiency with a step-change down in cost of energy. University of Virginia. Emrgy, Inc. Emrgy, Inc.,

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New seamless charging network across18 states

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Six major utility companies join together to add EV Fast Chargers to connect Gulf Coast, Midwest and Atlantic state destinations. =. While many drivers recognize the benefits of driving an EV, such as the ease of low-cost home charging, some are concerned with the availability of charging stations during long road trips.

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

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The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). Pueblo, Colorado) will design, construct and test a laboratory-scale model of the Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. data center energy consumption and operating cost while creating a high-volume commercial market for SiC-based power converters.

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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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streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or. The team will. field trials.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency. The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit.

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