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SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

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Understanding this process will inform the creation of synthetic designer proteins that bind with high specificity to different types of lanthanides, according to biochemist John Love. The researchers have teamed up with a startup company, Phoenix Tailings, to test and refine the recovery process.

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Cyclone Power Technologies and Phoenix Power Group generate power from used motor oil

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Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group have successfully powered-up the Phoenix 10, producing grid-tied electricity from the clean combustion of used motor oil. The Phoenix 10 is a novel renewable power system designed specifically for the small business owner. Earlier post.)

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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Chilldyne optimized the cold plate using corkscrew-shaped metal channels, called turbulators, that force water around them “like little tornadoes,” maximizing the heat absorbed, says Harrington. Phoenix Tailings —a startup based in Woburn, Mass.—extracts

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ARPA-E to award $10M to third SEED cohort

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Improved Nodule Collector Design To Mitigate Sediment Plumes. Deep Reach Technology will design a novel nodule collector to minimize the impact of sediment plumes generated by seabed mining, which may disperse and cover the seabed beyond the mining area. Phoenix Tailings. Deep Reach Technology.

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Cyclone Power Technologies to Design Generator System Running on Waste Motor Oil

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has received a work order from Phoenix Power Group LLC (PPG) to develop a prototype electric generator system that will be powered by Cyclone’s heat-regenerative, external combustion engine running on waste oil. Waste motor oil is a major source of contamination of waterways and can result in the toxic pollution of drinking water sources.

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American Sands Energy announces successful operation of oil sand pilot facility in Utah

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The pilot facility, which is based in Phoenix, Arizona, has been operational since early July. The extraction system consumes no water in its process. The Utah oil sands are “oil wet”, which allows us to extract the bitumen while neither consuming water in the process nor producing waste water as a byproduct.

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Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Purchase Order for Two 10kW Waste Oil Gensets

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Cyclone Power Technologies has received a purchase order from its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) for two waste oil power generators. The new Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator will be powered by Cyclone’s WHE-25 engine—a compact, scalable waste heat engine—using a specially designed, clean emissions combustion chamber.

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