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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE). Eaton Corporation. A Solid State Technology Enabled Compact, Modular Design to Reduce DC Fast Charging Cost and Footprint. Eaton Corporation. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Marquette University.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Enovix Corporation. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Exelon Corporation. Reduced Cost & Complexity for Off-highway Aftertreatment. Regents of University of Minnesota.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Ernie Smith For years, 3M’s reel-to-reels had one of the strongest reputations in the music industry; they were built to be of superhigh quality. IEEE Spectrum But 3M, much as with mechanical tape, was well positioned to improve on it, leveraging its skills with mechanical media in the budding computing industry. inch floppy disk.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Praj Industries Ltd. Actinide-Molten Fluoride Salt Property Measurement and Low-Level Detection, $1,500,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington).

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Gevo to supply alcohol-to-jet fuel to Virgin Australia

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The ATJ is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial isobutanol plant located in Luverne, Minnesota. The Queensland government is supporting the arrangement as a first step in the development of a renewable jet fuel production industry in the state. Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee, Texas.

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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. Bettergy Corporation. hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects. Organization. Description. FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. The University of Minnesota will develop an ultra-thin separation. other industrial materials. If fully implemented by industry, such a new.

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