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President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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420 million for fusion energy sciences, $48 million below the FY 2015 Enacted level, to understand the behavior of matter at high temperatures and densities and to develop fusion as a future energy source, including funding for the U.S. The Science Budget Request includes: $1.85 Bioenergy Technologies.

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UK government and industry to invest >$1.5B in Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) for low carbon vehicles; technology roadmaps for 5 priority areas

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Business environment: The UK faces stiff competition from other countries that strategically support advanced manufacturing, the report advises. Strategic partnership is key to improve the business environment for the UK automotive sector. Waste heat recovery to shaft power or electricity production. Low carbon liquid fuels.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Nature: Protecting and restoring the natural environment, with plans to include planting 30,000 hectares of trees a year. Over the next couple of years, you will see more and more hit the market and as technology betters, the cost of electric vehicles will come down. Point 9: Protecting Our Natural Environment. Plan in detail.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. per gallon.

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

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Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. Currently, the cost of recuperators of power systems operating in these conditions is prohibitive. The Boeing Company.

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

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Development of more established techniques such as conventional fusion welding, riveting, friction joining and ultrasonic joining is underway and not supported by this AOI; this AOI seeks to support early stage development and demonstration of completely new techniques.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. SZ (1) 6753.T

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