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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit will receive funding to purchase New Flyer 60' zero-emission fuel cell electric buses with supporting hydrogen infrastructure.

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

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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. Along with PNNL, researchers from Washington University in St. —Xie et al.

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

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Dramatically increase our fundamental knowledge of the physical structure of biopolymers in plant cell walls to provide a basis for improved methods for converting biomass into fuels. Adapt the fundamental principles of natural photosynthesis to the man-made production of hydrogen or other fuels from sunlight. Purdue University.

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

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Washington University, St. FY 2014 EFRC Awards. Lead organization.

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