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

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CSP technologies concentrate the sun’s energy and capture that energy as heat, which then drives an engine or turbine to produce electrical power. CSP plants can include low-cost energy storage, allowing them to provide electricity even when the sun is not shining. Infinia Corporation – Kennewick, WA – up to $3.0

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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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that substantially reduce costs of the motor. Ames Laboratory, Electron Energy Corp, United Technologies. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric. energy density over existing systems by an order of. storage material.

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