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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Louis , Mo. Madison, Wis. Amesbury, Mass. Tempe, Ariz.

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

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The mission of the EFRCs is to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21 st century. Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Purdue University. University of Michigan.

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PNNL-led team designs highly active cobalt-based PGM-free catalyst for fuel cells

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V iR-free (internal resistance-compensated voltage) and peak power density of 0.64?W?cm Proton exchange membrane—or PEM—fuel cells are typically envisioned to be paired with hydrogen for multiple applications across different sectors, including transportation, stationary and backup power, metals manufacturing, and more.

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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. Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC).

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Compact Power, Inc. (on

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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