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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM).

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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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The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Medical University of South Carolina. per gallon.

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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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REFUEL projects will convert low-cost renewable energy into a transportable chemical fuel and use these fuels for transportation applications, while reducing production costs and environmental impact. FuelCell Energy, Inc. hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects. Organization. Description. Bettergy Corporation. Opus 12, Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $33M to 13 intermediate-temp fuel cell projects; converting gaseous hydrocarbons to liquid fuels

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The fuel cell will use new metal-oxide electrode materials with superior energy storage capacity and cycling stability, making it ideal for distributed generation systems. The University of South Carolina. UCLA’s new materials also have high catalytic activity, which will lower the cost of the overall system.

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