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Georgia Tech team develops conversion-type iron-fluoride Li battery cathode with solid polymer electrolyte

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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a promising new conversion-type cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte. This material is based upon work supported by the Army Research Office under Grant No.

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Ford and Georgia Tech partner on hydraulic hybrid school bus conversion

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The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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Virginia Clean Cities requests proposals from Southeastern fleets interested in converting to propane Autogas

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Funding to cover the parts and labor for vehicle conversions will be provided under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program. Fleets in the following states are welcome to submit proposals: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Washington DC.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Herrick Laboratories; $11.6

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USDA to invest up to $100M to boost infrastructure for renewable fuel use; seeks to double number of higher blend ethanol fuel pumps

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Specifically, USDA will administer competitive grants to match funding for state-led efforts to test and evaluate innovative and comprehensive approaches to market higher blends of renewable fuel, such as E15 and E85. USDA will post a Notice of Solicitation of Applications in June.

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Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol from Biomass at Soperton Plant

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has produced cellulosic methanol from the initial phase of its first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant near Soperton, Georgia using non-food biomass. Range received a $76-million grant from DOE to help build a 40 MGY wood-based ethanol plant in 2007. Range Fuels, Inc.

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New high-performance cathode materials for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

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Korea), Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dong-Eui University (S. The demand for clean and sustainable energy has stimulated great interest in fuel cells, which allows direct conversion of chemical fuels to electricity. Peak power densities of cells with LnBa 0.5 GDC (Ln = Pr and Nd) cathode. Credit: Choi et al. Click to enlarge.

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