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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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The energy is stored through a chemical reaction, which potentially allows the energy to be stored for a much longer period of time. The ability to store the heat captured by a CSP system during the day and continue running the power plant at night or when it’s cloudy makes solar power plants more reliable. SkyFuel, Inc.

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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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streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. The team will.

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