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MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

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Now, a team of researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a way of achieving results that equal or surpass the durability of the coated surfaces, but with no need for any coatings. The findings are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.

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MIT team proposes SCR emission control for hybrid aviation turbines; reducing NOx by 95%

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Now, MIT engineers are proposing using an ammonia-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that could result in an approximately 95% reduction in NO x emissions in exchange for a ~0.5% The trend towards smaller engine cores with smaller mass flow rates in the core stream, presents new opportunities for emissions control.

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ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

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X-energy: Advanced Operation & Maintenance Techniques Implemented in the Xe-100 Plant Digital Twin to Reduce Fixed O&M Cost - $6,000,000. X-energy’s digital twin project aims to reduce the fixed O&M cost of its advanced nuclear reactor design to $2/MWh. SSR-W is a low overnight-capital plant design, targeting a e build cost.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The study found that there are significant global supplies of conventional gas.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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MITEI releases report on Electrification of the Transportation System

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The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. The symposium was sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, together with Ormat, Hess, Cummins and Entergy.

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Researchers Achieve Major Advance in Performance of Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells

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One of the obstacles to commercializing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the cost of the fuel cells themselves. Furthermore, these NPMCs may also present opportunities for ORR in direct alcohol, formic acid, and alkaline fuel cells. Gasteiger of MIT and M. milligram of platinum per square centimeter at a cell voltage of ?0.9

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