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ARPA-E awarding $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects; conversion and storage

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Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Earlier post.). 1,996,127.

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DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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Total value of the projects, including cost sharing, is approximately US$5.9 The projects are located in North Carolina, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Quebec, Canada (through collaboration with a company based in Lexington, Ky.). Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Harvesting Infrared Light to Improve Photosynthetic Biomass Production - $1,347,122.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production.

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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. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI). Tailor the morphology, complex dielectric structure, and electronic properties of matter so as to sculpt the flow of sunlight and heat, enabling light conversion to electrical energy with unprecedented efficiency. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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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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University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. Massachusetts. Description.

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