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Femtosecond Lasers Solve Solar Panels' Recycling Issue

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Manufacturers achieve the seal by laminating a panel’s silicon cells with polymer sheets between glass panes. But the sticky polymer is hard to separate from the silicon cells at the end of a solar panel’s life, making recycling the materials more difficult. This partial recycling wastes the most valuable materials in the modules. “At

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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Additional $47M to 7 ARPA-E SCALEUP projects; $27M to 3 advanced battery projects for EVs and electric aviation

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This proposed project will significantly (1) reduce Si anode costs; (2) improve efficiency and reduce waste in production; (3) reduce engineering and cost risks; and (4) reduce EV battery costs and accelerate the move to clean transportation and renewable energy. 24M Technologies, Inc.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( Specifically: the current cost of high?energy competitive waste heat recovery technologies.

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DOE awards up to $10M to 6 projects for non-food biomass and algal biofuels and biochemicals

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This uses carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), water, and light as the main inputs, and does not waste carbon and energy by limiting the amount of biomass produced. This type of increased production rate will significantly reduce the cost of enclosed algal cultivation systems and will boost total fuel potential, especially in the southwest United States.

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HyperSolar reaches 1.25 V for water-splitting with its self-contained low-cost photoelectrochemical nanosystem

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This lowers the system cost of what is essentially an electrolysis process. This allows the nanoparticles to be submerged or dissolved into virtually any source of water, such as sea water, runoff water, river water, or waste water, instead of purified distilled water. Protective Coating. —Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar.

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CAR releases study on use of bio-based materials in automotive sector; potential for the Great Lakes Region

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The report defines bio-based materials as industrial products made from renewable agricultural and forestry feedstocks, which can include wood, grasses, and crops, as well as wastes and residues. These materials may replace fabrics, adhesives, reinforcement fibers, polymers, and other, more conventional, materials.

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