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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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REFUEL projects will use water, molecules from the air, and electricity from renewable sources to produce high-energy liquid fuels for transportation and other uses. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen – $1,500,000. University of Minnesota: Small Scale Ammonia Synthesis Using Stranded Wind Energy – $2,900,000.

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DOE and USDA Select Projects for More Than $24M in Biomass Research and Development Grants

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Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. The self-contained process uses minimal water and no acids or chemical additives. University of Minnesota (St. DOE Awards. Exelus, Inc. USDA Awards.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Framatome Inc.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Solar Panel Installations at DTC facilities: Retrofits Delaware Transit Corporation facilities with solar panels, which will generate cost savings through fossil fuel energy reductions.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

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The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. Bettergy Corporation. Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects. Organization. Description.

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

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Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a. If successful, this.

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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. Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). University of Minnesota. BCT) Metastable Fe-N Anisotropic Nanocomposite Magnet—A Path to Fabricate Rare Earth Free Magnet A joint University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National.

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