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DOE Awards $22.6M Grant to Rentech and ClearFuels Integrated Bio-Refinery Project

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project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Denver has been awarded a conditional $22.6-million million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Rentech, Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. Earlier post.)

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EPA awards $4.5M to advance air monitoring technology

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These grants will help fund research projects that explore how scientific data can be effectively gathered and used by communities to learn about local air quality. Research Triangle Institute will create a framework to empower and support communities near Denver, Colo. to design and conduct air quality monitoring studies.

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National Drive Electric Week 2021

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National Drive Electric Week – Denver, CO. Webinar: How to Receive a Grant for Free EV Charging Stations for your Multi-Family Property. This is a competitive and time-sensitive EV charging grant opportunity, so tune in to our webinar to learn all about it. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER. September 26, 2021. Hosted by EVMatch.

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Purdue researchers convert packing peanuts into anode materials for Li-ion batteries; outperforming graphite

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The work, performed by postdoc Vinodkumar Etacheri, Professor Vilas Pol and undergraduate chemical engineering student Chulgi Nathan Hong, is being presented at the 249 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Denver. Purdue’s Office of Technology Commercialization filed a US patent application on the technology in 2014.

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Clean Energy signs deals for more than 20M gallons of renewable natural gas in past 45 days

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The County of Denver has signed a three-year service agreement for its CNG station, which provides fuel to over 30 CNG refuse trucks for an expected 750,00 gallons. Clean Energy has entered into a network fuel agreement with Athens Services in Los Angeles to support its growing CNG refuse fleet.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. it had selected 23 projects for up to $15 million in annual appropriations funding.

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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Rishal, Grant A. Three sizes rocket motors ranging from internal diameters of 0.75