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DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

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The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations. The project team’s technology will consist of a novel methane oxidation catalyst (MOC) formulation capable of high conversion efficiencies at the lower exhaust temperatures in ultra-lean burn engines.

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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. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. 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 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. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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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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High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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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. Renewable Electricity-Powered Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Ethanol for Storage and Transportation (Category 1) The Opus 12, Inc.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Low Cost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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