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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Delaware Transit Corporation. Delaware Transit Corporation will receive funding to purchase Proterra 35' Catalyst E2 battery electric Buses, serving Wilmington and Sussex County. Because the charging stations will utilize Jacksonville Electric Authority's Solar Smart Power program, the buses will truly have zero emissions.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The mission of the EFRCs is to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21 st century. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). University of Delaware. Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics. University of Michigan. Center for Excitonics. $19.

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DOE awards $100M in 2nd funding round for 32 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center.

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ARPA-E selects 33 projects for $66M in awards; advanced biocatalysts for gas-to-liquids and lightweight metals

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The use of renewable and readily available solar energy reduces equipment costs and greenhouse gas emissions. University of Delaware. Hybrid Solar/Electric Carbothermal Reactor for Magnesium Production. Solar-Thermal Electrolytic Production of Magnesium from Ore. MOgene Green Chemicals LLC ?St. University of Colorado.

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