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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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The assembly plant will use always-on cloud-connected technologies to drive vast improvements in quality and productivity. This is a watershed moment for Tennesseans as we lead the future of the automotive industry and advanced manufacturing. located between Louisville and Bowling Green), which is targeted to open in 2025.

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BIRD Energy to invest $6.4M in Israel-US projects; biomass, fuel cells, natural gas, water-energy nexus and energy efficiency technologies

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million under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Santa Clara, CA), will develop an efficient power supply for grid connected electronic devices. The total value of the projects is $15.4 million, which includes $9 million of cost share from the companies selected for funding.

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Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch Phase

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Add to that autonomy and redundancy that so many mission-critical functions will demand, as well as high bandwidth communications required to return data and allow streaming and connectivity for visitors. Such initiatives could face politically-constructed hurdles, however.

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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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The institute received up to $70 million in federal funding from DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) that is matched by $70 million in private cost-share commitments from industry, consortium members, and partners. University of Louisville. Penn State University. Virginia Tech. University of California, Irvine.

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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. Louisville, Colo. Catalyst Leaching Resistance for the Oxidative Production of Biobased Chemicals, $335,000 Forge Nano, Louisville, Colo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass.

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Engineering Lunar Network 2.0

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A memorable feature of the Apollo communication system was the S-band erectable antenna , which was connected to the lunar module’s radio system. By day, Baysinger, who had an interest in radio astronomy, was the station engineer at WHAS AM in Louisville. to perform studies for robust and technologically advanced lunar networks.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. Collaboration across industry, academia and government provides an opportunity to directly address these challenges in a pre-competitive way.