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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential.

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Bosch acquires US ridesharing start-up SPLT

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SPLT operates a platform that allows companies, universities, and municipal authorities to offer their workforces ridesharing services. The B2B approach is designed especially for commuters. Some 140,000 users in the United States, Mexico, and Germany currently take advantage of the service. SPLT was founded in 2015.

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DOE to award up to $8M to three algae-based biofuels projects

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In partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, University of California at San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the J. Pond ecology has a major impact on algal health and productivity, yet very little is known about the impacts of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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Porter Machinery Company; Honeywell Aerospace; Montana Tech of The University of Montana; and TechSolve, Inc.). University of Pittsburgh (Acutec Precision Machining Inc.; Developing Topology Optimization Tools that Enable Efficient Design of AM Cellular Structures. Development of a Low-Cost Lens® Engine.

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DOE awarding $35.4M to 13 projects to advance deepwater drilling technologies

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The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma — Intelligent Casing-Intelligent Formation Telemetry System. Det Norske Veritas — Ultra-deepwater Dry Tree System for Drilling and Production in the Gulf of Mexico. Low Cost Flexible Production System for Remote Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Field Development.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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The goal is to enable communities to quickly build a low-cost, low-power, and yet still portable network that meets their own connectivity and education needs.” Many of these networks are planned, designed, built, and operated by the community and local partners.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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Develop 700 bar conformable hydrogen storage systems based on novel pressure vessel designs developed by the founder of High Energy Coil Reservoirs. Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine. University of Delaware. University of New Mexico. Center for Transportation and the Environment.

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